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Asian Games: Chinese Taipei down India 2-1 in women’s football | Asian Games 2023 News – Times of India

WENZHOU (China): India's campaign in women's football started on a disappointing note after an impressive first half as higher-ranked Chinese Taipei rallied to win 2-1 in the Asian Games on Thursday.The Thomas Dennerby-coached side, who are 23 notches lower than the world No. 23 Chinese Taipei, dominated the first half. The opening goal came right after the break when Anju Tamang scored in the 47th minute.Her initial strike at the goal was stopped by Ming Jung but Anju was there to hit back on the rebound.In the absence of their star goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan, who is recovering from a knee injury, Shreya Hooda did a neat job in the first half when she thwarted a flurry of attacks from Chinese Taipei.But Chinese Taipei hit back in the 68th minute when Li-Chin Lai, known to be a left-foote...
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AIFF re-appoints Thomas Dennerby as women’s team coach though technical committee had recommended another

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday re-appointed Swede Thomas Dennerby as the national women’s team head coach ahead of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2, even though its technical committee had recommended Gokulam Kerala’s Anthony Andrews. On July 13, the technical committee of the AIFF under the legendary IM Vijayan as the chairman, had recommended Andrews, who guided Gokulam Kerala FC to back-to-back Indian Women’s League (IWL) titles in the last two seasons, to succeed Dennerby whose earlier contract had ended in March. But, it is learnt that many players in the national team wanted Dennerby’s continuation and had requested for the same to the AIFF. 🚨 UPDATE 🚨 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙁: Thomas Dennerby (Head Coach), Anthony Samson Andrews (Coach), Maymol Rocky (Assistant Coach...