The Indian national football team achieved its best Fifa ranking in over six years when the side jumped 11 places to be 137th in the latest standings released on Thursday. India, who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an International Friendly in Mumbai in September, garnered 230 points for the month. In August 2010, India were ranked 137th. Unless Mr. Patel (AIFF President Praful Patel) and Mr. Das (AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das) allowed me to do the things and the manner I wanted it to be done, this won’t have been possible ever,” he stressed. Constantine spoke about the impact the national team has made after reducing the average age from around 32 to 24.

Source: Hindustan Times October 20, 2016 08:48 UTC