The former India football captain was run over by a train in Chennai.
Nitin Pradhan's late goal gave the Kolkata side their second victory in three match in the National Football League.
Brazilian Fabio Passo did the star turns as the Goa side scored a 3-1 victory in their opening match in the National Football League.
FIFA may propose making it mandatory for clubs of national leagues to have their own academy and retain nursery teams.
The post-mortem report revealed that Dempo striker Cristiano Junior died following an cardiac arrest.
The IFA came down heavily on the violence during two Kolkata Super League matches.
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Mohun Bagan got past Railway Football Club in another Kolkata Super Division football match.
Goalkeeper Rogerio Ramos turned in a fine performance to enable the Goa side take a point against the National Football League defending champions.
The governing football body has made it mandatory for all clubs to have a team doctor on board.
The Mumbai outfit are also negotiating with East Bengal's Baichung Bhutia.
Bhaichung Bhutia said 'unsporting play' by Subrata Paul led to Cristiano Junior's death.
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior collapsed during the finals of the Federation Cup Football Championship after being fouled by Mohun Bagan goalkeeper.
They beat Churchill Brothers 1-0 in a quarter-final battle between Goa teams.
Mahindra United moved to the third place in the National Football League with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa.
A 1-1 draw kept Churchill two points adrift of leaders East Bengal in the National Football League.
Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot.
The match between Mohun Bagan and Tollygunge Agragami has been postponed to March 6, while the AIFF has also rescheduled the matches of Goa's Sporting Club de Goa.
Dudu Omagbemi's hat-trick helped Sporting Clube de Goa score an emphatic 4-1 victory over Fransa in the eighth round of the NFL.
In a stunning development in Indian football, two-time champions Churchill Brothers were thrown out of the I-League along with three other teams for failing to fulfil the AIFF's club licensing criteria.
National football team coach Wim Koevermans has announced his squad of 21 players for India's two international friendlies which are scheduled to be held this month.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National Football League with a call to make India a major soccer power in the world.
The defending champions take on arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in inaugural match of the ninth National Football League.
All India Football Federation decided to treat him leniently as he is a young player.
Former India captain and CAB president, Sourav Ganguly, is working overtime to get everything in order at Eden Gardens, which is set to host the country's first pink-ball multi-day cricket match under lights. With drone flying over him under the dazzling Eden floodlights, the iconic lefthander was seen shooting promotional with the pink Kookaburra. "Eden Gardens will hold the first day-night (four-day) match in India. It has given us many moments to celebrate, now it's getting ready to host yet another moment to remember," Ganguly said in the promotional. Later talking to media, Ganguly, who is also the BCCI technical committee chairman, said, "Pink ball is the future... This will be the ultimate form of Test cricket. What will be the use of doing something which will have little interest left."
Dipanda Dicka's solitary second half goal gave Shillong Lajong their fourth home win of the season as they beat Churchill Brothers 1-0 in a seventh round I-League match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong on Sunday.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper said he felt terribly bad at the tragic death of Cristiano Junior.
Indian soccer officials will launch an inquiry into the death of Dempo SC striker Cristiano Junior during the final of Federation Cup on Sunday.
Minerva Punjab FC got the better of Churchill Brothers 1-0 to win the I-League 2017-18 title on Thursday, concluding a season peppered with dramatic turns and unexpected twists.
Sporting Club de Goa shocked East Bengal 1-0 to storm into the semi-finals of the Federation Cup football tournament.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances