Indian football team back in Top 100 of FIFA rankings

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The Indian football team has re-entered the Top 100 of the FIFA world rankings and is now placed at 99th at the latest chart released yesterday. The team, which did not play any international match in this ranking period, jumped three places to enter the Top 100 for the first time this year. It now has 339 points to its kitty to be at joint 99th spot with Libya. Last year, the Indian team broke into the Top 100 three times, rising as high as 96th in July - the second best ever after the 94th place attained in 1996.

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