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Welcome to Sportstar's World Cup Insomina podcast, where we recap the day's play at the FIFA World Cup. Co-Hosts USA and Canada were in action. The former registered a comfortable 4-1 win over Paraguay, while Canada managed to eke out a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In this episode of Sportstar’s Full-Time Show, Rajdeep Saha and Neeladri Bhattacharjee dive deep into a bittersweet week for Indian football.They break down the Indian Women’s National Team's exit from the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 in Australia. From the tactical struggles under new head coach Amelia Valverde to the "kit fiasco" and lack of international exposure, they analyse what really went wrong for the Blue Tigresses after three consecutive losses to Vietnam, Japan, and Chinese Taipei.

Can India's women contain Japan after a shaky start against Vietnam in the AFC Women's Asian Cup opener? Are East Bengal's defensive cracks a real problem? And just how good is this Mohun Bagan side? Rajdeep Saha, Neeladri Bhattacharjee, Aneesh Dey and Jayantho Sengupta dig into all of it.

For the first time in history, the Indian Women’s National Team has qualified for the Asian Cup on merit. After the heartbreak of 2022, the Blue Tigresses are heading to Australia to face the giants of Asia. India internationals Dalima Chhibber and Aditi Chauhan join us to discuss the team's evolution, the impact of new head coach Amelia Valverde, and why this tournament represents a defining shift for women's football in India.

Our correspondents Rajdeep Saha, Neeladri Bhattacharjee and Joan Jacob discuss how the second gameweek of the Indian Super League went.

ISL debutant Inter Kashi produced a disciplined and determined display to hold FC Goa (FCG) to a 1-1 draw in their Indian Super League 2025-26 clash. Our correspondents Rajdeep Saha, Neeladri Bhattacharjee and Joan Jacob talk about this and more from the gameweek 1 of this edition of the ISL.

The ISL is back, but not as you know it. With the traditional playoff system scrapped in favor of a European-style league table, every single point now carries double the weight. From clubs nearly shutting down to the exit of FSDL and a drastic format change, Rajdeep Saha and the Sportstar team deconstruct the 15 months of deadlock that brought us here.

After years of dealing with a sense of apathy from stakeholders, cases of alleged harassment, and the Indian Women’s League (IWL) being little more than an afterthought, the Indian women’s national football team has quietly qualified for next year’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup.This is the first time that the Blue Tigresses have made it to the continental tournament through the qualification route. In 2003, qualifiers did not exist. In 2022, India made it to the tournament as the host.The Crispin Chettri-coached squad topped Group B after an unbeaten qualifying campaign, which included dominant wins over Mongolia (13-0), Timor Leste (4-0), and Iraq (5-0), before grinding out a decisive 2-1 win against higher-ranked Thailand.