India football

Praful Patel, who was removed from the office of president of All India Football Federation (AIFF) by the Supreme Court, said he will call FIFA boss Gianni Infantino on Monday and request him to not ban the country and give two months'…

The Supreme Court appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) on Wednesday to run the All India Football Federation and virtually revoked the powers of its governing body headed by president Praful Patel.Underlining the…

“We are the favourites in the group. There is no hiding from that. I see India in the final stages of the Asian Cup. I have no doubts about that. We have a few debts to pay to our supporters in Kolkata. We know we were not at our best…

Minutes after his team was drubbed 6-0 by Al-Shabab FC over the weekend, Mumbai City FC head coach Des Buckingham sat in the post-match press conference stating that his players would be geared up in a couple of days to finish on a high. It…

Stephen Charles calls it his Bharat Darshan. The fierce wave of Covid-19 had just receded when, in July 2021, the Punekar set out, travelling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari taking detours to upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. There were…

Lost in the smoke and mirrors, fumes and noise around the Kashmir Files, Indian football re-opened a very different Kashmir file after more than a decade. In the India team against Bahrain away on Tuesday night - 1-1 till the 88th minute,…

Prabshsukhan Singh Gill may have won the golden glove in the Indian Super League (ISL) on Sunday but Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is likely to start in goal when India square off against Bahrain on Wednesday.“The goalkeeper’s position is…

Having spent a significant period of his career playing in his native country Brazil, Tiago Adan has now set sight on his new goal, which is to be I-League's top-scorer of the season. The Brazilian forward, who is relatively new in the…

Head coach Igor Stimac gave 10 players their debut when India played Oman in a friendly last March, their first international in 15 months. It is unlikely to be different this time against Bahrain and Belarus in Manama on March 23 and…

Express News Service "The Santosh Trophy can be considered to be a World Cup of sorts when it comes to footballers from Kerala". These are the words of Kerala's head coach Bino George ahead of his team's Santosh Trophy…