- Joe Jackson and Cristiano Ronaldo to launch grill venture
- Becks hints at hanging up his boots after World Cup in 2010
- Ashley Cole says he is proud of wife Cheryl's X Factor success
- Oz spinner Hauritz working to improve his doosra
- For f***'s sake, World Cup is next year: Wenger
- Ross Brawn rules out Schumacher's return for Mercedes
India rallies past Iraq
Nov 01: Indian junior football team came from behind in the final ten minutes to hold Iraq to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday night in the AFC Under-16 Championship played at the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Stadium in Damman, Saudi Arabia.
With this draw India is now having four points and also raised the hopes of making it to the final round.
-
E-mail Article 
Printer Friendly
Text-Size 
India boys showed some immense Spirit and fought back hard in the final session to clinch a point out of the jaws of the title favourites.
Earlier India opened their campaign blanking Sri Lanka with a half-a-dozen goal margin in the six-team group. They have three more matches to play. India play against Lebanon today, hosts Saudi Arabia on November 4 and Bhutan on November 11.
Iraq went ahead in the 29th minute through Al Nuami, while Ahmed Marid doubled the lead after half time.
India fought back hard and survived the scare in the last 10 minutes with Vikramjit Singh scoring in the 80th minute and Tanmoy Ghosh restoring the parity three minutes before the final whistle keeping India’s chances alive in the tournament.
First Woman president likely for India, Pratibha Patil is UPA-Left candidate.
Haneef likely to return India, charges dropped against him.
India, Japan, S. Korea and Malaysia enter Asia Cup Semifinals.
India, Brazil, South Africa vow to push world trade deal.
India, China and Russia against sanction on Myanmar.