Itanagar, April 30 -- The India U19 men's team arrived in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on Wednesday, ahead of the SAFF U19 Championship 2025, scheduled to take place from May 9
to 18 at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia.
Kipa Ajay, Treasurer, AIFF and Honorary Secretary, Arunachal Pradesh Football Association, welcomed the 25-member Indian squad, coached by Bibiano Fernandes, at the Donyi Polo
Airport in the Arunachal capital. The Blue Colts had been training at the Padukone-Dravid
Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru before arriving in the Land of the
Dawn-Lit Mountains.
It will mark a historic occasion in the sporting history of Arunachal Pradesh as the state will host
an international football tournament for the first time....