The ace striker confirmed that he accepted the Kolkata giants' offer for the upcoming season.
Bhaichung Bhutia has been adjudged the Best Player of the 10th ONGC National Football League
Mahindra United outsmarted Air India 2-0 in their NFL tie at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai.
Mahindra United need to guard against complacency when they take on the spirited Goan team in the semi-finals of the Federation Cup football tournament.
Real Madrid football director Benito Floro said earlier this week that he wanted to sign the England midfielder.
Mahindra United fought back from two goals down to hold East Bengal in an eighth round match.
The AIFF denied reports that it planned to replace Sukhwinder Singh with Subhash Bhowmick as the national football coach
The draw enabled Mohammedan Sporting end their run of defeats in the National Football League.
A goal each by Clifford Miranda and Ranty Martins enabled Dempo win the battle between Goa teams.
I M Vijayan is amazed at Indian football's leap from amateurism to professionalism.
In its first sporting event after the tsunami, a charity football match was held at Port Blair.
A double strike by Yusif Yakubu guided Mahindra United to their fourth victory.
It shared points with East Bengal in the National Football League match that the Goa outfit dominated for most part.
The club says the referee denied them two penalties during last Sunday's crucial National Football League match against East Bengal.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
The CBI action came a day after the agency filed its second charge sheet in the case alleging that former director general (state armed police) and Trinamool Vice President Rajat Majumdar and East Bengal Club official Debabrata Sarkar were beneficiaries of the money collected through chit fund scam.
The IFA came down heavily on the violence during two Kolkata Super League matches.
The Indian Football Association diluted the East Bengal coach's suspended two year ban to six months.
Mohun Bagan will be first Indian club to play in the under-15 Manchester United Premier Cup.
, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu's father wanted his son to become a cricketer but the goalkeeper is glad he did not heed the paternal advice.
The two East Bengal footballers were arrested for providing shelter to an alleged anti-social element.
Former East Bengal coach Subhas Bhowmick was granted bail by a city court on health grounds
A goal on either side of the break powered Real Kashmir to a 2-0 win over Indian Arrows in the I-League, in Margao, on Sunday.
East Bengal coach Subhas Bhowmick was remanded to judicial custody by a CBI special court till December 9
East Bengal coach Subhas Bhowmick was remanded to judicial custody by a CBI special court till December 9
East Bengal's coach, who is employed with the anti-evasion department of Central Excise, was allegedly caught accepting Rs 150,000 from a businessman.
Trinamool leaders have claimed the NRC process and subsequent verification is vote bank politics. Other critics call it as modified ethnic cleansing. But putting poll rhetoric aside, the issue dates back to a time when many of these leaders had no political relevance.
Mahindra United scored a 5-0 win over Mohammedan Sporting in the NFL on Friday
S Venkatesh's goal gave the Mumbai side a 1-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa, their ninth win in 13 matches in the National Football League.
The opening match will be followed by Kolkata giants East Bengal taking on Mumbai's Air India in the 27th Federation Cup.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
The All India Football Federation has rejected requests to replace injured foreign recruits in the NFL.
The highlight of their 3-1 victory in the National Football League was a fine brace by Rodrigo Almeida.
The All India Football Federation named Mahindra United's Shanmugam Venkatesh as the player of the year.
Mahindra United were beaten 2-4 by Dhoffar Club of Oman in their second leg match of the Asian Football Confederation Cup.
They beat Churchill Brothers 1-0 in a quarter-final battle between Goa teams.
The tenth edition of the National Football League, featuring the ten best teams of the country, kicks-off on, January 10.
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