DECISION TIME FOR SINGH Dileep Premachandran guardian.co.uk Saturday 9th July 2011 Tomorrow, Gedupta Singh names his squad for the Asia Cup. All of India is poised for the competition, believing that their side may be good enough to get to the Quarter-Finals, at least. ...
CAN SINGH’S INDIA HIT THE RIGHT NOTES? After almost 2 years of rehearsals, Gedupta Singh’s India are ready for their opening night. This next 2 months will be a benchmark for finding out how far his side has come. The full team are in the Asian Cup, ...
Holders: Iraq / Hosts: Qatar The Asian Cup is the regions equivalent of the European Championships. It’s been staged every 4 years since 1956. After the 2004 tournament in China, the AFC chose to bring the next one to 2007 and then every 4 years after that, as it competed with the Olympics and European Championships. Iran, ...
SENSATIONAL INDIA MAGIC IN TAJIK Champagne football from India, as their supporters are naming them Windia. Gedupta Singh is being held up as a saviour and genius as he moulds this team into an exciting attacking force. They were in Tajikistan to play a country ranked 71st in the world. India are in the 120's and so this performance will have had many managers sitting up and taking notice. They now go onto the Asian Championship with a real spring in their ...
SURU THE GURU AGAINST TURKS Suru Nayak was the star of the show, as India continued their unbeaten run, but were held to a 1-1 draw. The 18 year old was making his 5th appearance for the full Indian side, and is rapidly gaining attention around the region. He was influential in so many of India's best moves and is forcing Steven Dias out of the team. Manager, Gedupta Singh, included just 2 players who'd been capped before he took over. In less ...