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Goalkeeper Monalisha Devi Moirangthem:  A new-look Indian women’s football team suffered a 0-4 defeat against Russia in the first of their two international friendlies at the rain-soaked Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Thursday.

India, ranked 69th in the world, held the 27th-ranked visitors at bay for much of the opening half before Russia’s sustained pressure told after the break.