Iraq twice hit back to beat Vietnam 3-2 in the Asian Cup on Tuesday.
Sushant Mathew's goal enabled the Mumbai side snatch a 1-1 draw with the Bahrain giants in the AFC Cup football tournament.
Mohun Bagan beat Thailand's Osotpa M-150 FC 1-0 in the AFC Cup Group F match.
Andrews Pomeyie scored a brace in the second half to guide Mahindra United to a fluent 3-1 victory over Happy Valley of Hong Kong in the Group E AFC Cup home match in Goa on Tuesday.
India coach Igor Stimac wants his players to stay compact and not concede set pieces to Australia
On May 6, Arindam expressed his concerns about his mother's illness on the social media platform.
Nigerian striker Ernest Jeremiah scored a fine hat-trick as East Bengal beat Turkmenistan's Nebitchi FC in their concluding AFC Cup match.
The tournament brings together the six continental champions from across the world, with European Champions League winners Bayern Munich the first to have qualified.
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Dempo scored a convincing 6-1 win over Merw of Turkministan to record their maiden victory in the AFC Cup
A 6-1 victory enabled the Goa team round off their AFC Cup campaign on a winning note.
The Mumbai champions lost their AFC Cup match to the Bahrain team 0-1.
Two goals down, the Mumbai snatched a 2-2 draw in the AFC Cup match in Beirut.
Two late goals saw their NFL champions lose 1-3 at Oman in their away AFC Cup match.
Dempo revived their chances of making it to the knockout phase of the AFC Cup with a 2-1 victory over Bahrain league champions Al Muharraq in their Group A match at the National Stadium near Manama on Wednesday. It was sweet revenge for the I-League champions, who lost 0-4 at home to the same opponents on April 2. They now have six points from four matches.
The Kolkata giants posted their fourth straight victory in Group-E in the AFC Cup football tournament.
India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135, their best in the last six years, in the FIFA rankings published on Thursday. This is India's six-year highest annual ranking after 2009 when India finished at 134. National coach Stephen Constantine attributed the upsurge to all his players and the staff. "It can't be achieved without the help of the players. We have an exceptional batch of players as we are in the process of building the team for the future," Constantine said.
East Bengal defeated Geyland United 3-2 in the AFC Cup opener at the Bedok Stadium in Singapore on Tuesday.
India's ranking among Asian Football Confederation members, however, still remained static at 19th place
A second half strike by substitute Hassan Maatouk gave the Lebanese club a 1-0 victory over the Goa side in the AFC Cup match.
The Kolkata giants were beat 0-1 by the Jordanian side in their second leg AFC Cup meeting at home.
Peter Rodrigues' late goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 victory over the defending champions in the National Football League.
The Kolkata giants take on the Bangladesh side in the AFC Cup Group A league match on Wednesday.
While the players did the job on the field, the man quietly working behind the scenes was former India centre-back Mahesh Gawali.
In a series of tweets, Bajaj lashed out at the AIFF for getting the permission to use the stadium cancelled.
Real Kashmir FC overcame the mental turmoil arising out of uncertain situations back home as they beat Chennai City FC 1-0 through a last minute goal in the 129th Durand Cup fixture, in Kalyani, on Wednesday.
FIFA has told India's football association to complete changes to its constitution
The Al Duhail forward was in rampant form for the Qataris as he became only the fourth player in Asian Cup history to score four in a single game.
The ISL champions would also be entitled to a play-off place in the AFC Champions League and the I-League champions would take a place in the AFC Cup.
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2021 scheduled to take place on 11-30 October 2022 will be held in India as planned.
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The CEOs have been discussing a collaboration for some time, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
AFC Cup semi-finalists East Bengal suffered a jolt ahead of their big match next week as they were beaten by former champions Dempo 3-1 in Kalyani on Thursday.
It also showed that a side placed 102nd in the FIFA World Rankings can thwart a team placed 77 places above them. And India did keep the mighty Aussies out for 50 minutes before a fatal error saw the Blue Tigers punished after all the good work.
'Indians living in Qatar will play a significant role in making the 2022 World Cup a success'
The All India Football Federation on Thursday said the I-League clubs have agreed to the concurrent running of two leagues this season, a development which will set to rest the uncertainty prevalent in the domestic circuit at least for this year.
Curtin Jones's 71st-minute strike saw Liverpool edge past Everton in a derby tie at Anfield.
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National team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian player to be signed by an Indian club from an European club in a move involving a transfer fee.
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