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The Indian women’s football team had a real chance to make it to the World Cup. All it needed was to progress beyond the group stage of the Asian Cup held in Australia earlier this month. Sadly, it lost all its group-stage games and were knocked out after conceding 17 goals in three matches.

Indian women’s football veteran ashalata devi believes the FIFA Women’s World Cup dream remains alive but insists stronger grassroots development is vital. With Under-17, Under-19 and senior teams qualifying for AFC championships, 2026 could be pivotal. Ashalata stressed early-age training, state-level responsibility and sustained effort, while highlighting her football festival aimed at blending education with grassroots development.

Indian captain ashalata devi feels doing well in the AFC Women's Asian Cup will, to a large extent, depend on how well the team absorbs the pressure as it aims for a quarterfinal berth and a historic World Cup qualification.

The India women's team won gold at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG), beating Nepal 4-0 in the final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.

Sunil Chhetri and ashalata devi have found a place in the respective men's and women's Indian teams of the decade chosen by fans. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) had invited fans to vote for creating a team of the decade for the Indian men's team on December 31.

Captain ashalata devi is set to become the first Indian woman footballer to reach 100 international matches, marking this milestone in the SAFF Championship opener against Pakistan in Kathmandu. Debuting in 2011, Devi has had a remarkable journey with India, aiming to secure the championship title as part of her significant career achievement.

Indian women's football team skipper ashalata devi feels her compatriot Bala Devi playing for Scottish giants Rangers will have an immensely positive impact on the next generation seeking to play abroad.

Three generations of Indian women footballers gathered at the Benaulim Grounds in Goa to celebrate International Women's Day on Sunday.

The Indian women's football team exuded confidence before departing for Vietnam on Wednesday to play two FIFA International friendlies.

India women's football team captain ashalata devi said that having a good balanced diet not only helps physically but also mentally.

The Indian women's football team is confident of a good show against Malaysia in the two international friendlies scheduled on July 29 and 31.

The Indian women's football team arrived in the city on Thursday for its upcoming friendlies in the UAE and Bahrain, which get underway on Saturday.

The Indian women football team's captain is among the three players to be nominated for Asian Football Confederation 'Player of the Year' award. She is the first from India, either man or woman, to achieve this feat.

India's Loitongbam ashalata devi has been nominated for the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) Player of the Year in the women's category. In the list of nominees for the AFC Annual awards that was released on Friday, it was revealed that Ashalata will be competing for the honour alongwith China's Li Ying and Japan's Saki Kumagai.

Maintaining focus and taking up responsibility by each player will be important for the Indian women's football team ahead of the AFC Asian Cup, to be hosted in the country next month, feels captain ashalata devi.

Getting stuck away from home during lockdown can be an ordeal for the best of us. But it came with its perks for national women's team captain ashalata devi.

India captain ashalata devi feels women's football in the country has come a long way forward where they can compete against "high-profile opponents".

Oinam Bembem Devi will lead India in the SAFF Women's Football Championship which begins in Colombo on September 7.

The Indian women’s will take on World Cup runners-up Brazil in an international friendly on Thursday and as skipper ashalata devi put it “every player is excited about the game”.