Thailand Football Team

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Stephen Constantine’s ‘chosen ones’ sparkle to help silence Indian manager’s detractors

Having identified the players of his choice, Stephen Constantine has stuck with them through thick and thin. The likes of Narzary, Jeje, Sandesh Jhingan and Anas Edathodika weren’t in the best of forms coming into the tournament

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Thailand sack head coach Milovan Rajevac after stunning defeat to India in opener

Milovan Rajevac's assistant, Sirisak Yodyathai, will take over as interim head coach for the tournament.

AFC Asian Cup 2019: It won't be an 'easy job' for teams to face India, says captain Sunil Chhetri

The 34-year-old Sunil Chhetri was part of the Indian team that featured in the 2011 edition in Doha where the country lost all their group matches — against Australia, South Korea and Bahrain.

AFC Asian Cup 2019: India should go all-out against Thailand in opening fixture, says former player Renedy Singh

When India played last time in the Asian Cup in 2011, the team lost all their group matches (against Australia, South Korea and Bahrain). Skipper Sunil Chhetri is the only current player to feature in that team.

Coach of youth football team trapped in Thailand cave apologises to parents in note handed to divers

The coach of a youth football team trapped for two weeks in a flooded Thai cave has sent his "apologies" to their parents in a scrawled note handed to divers, as officials Saturday appeared to rule out an immediate rescue.

Thailand cave rescue: Officials contemplate ways to extract trapped football team after forecast of heavy rains on weekend

A Thai firefighter said that levels in parts of a passage leading to a chamber where the boys and the coach were found on Monday was still flooded all the way to the ceiling, making diving the only way out.