Sikkim scored a superb 4-3 win over Orissa, while Punjab thrashed Chhattisgarh 5-0 in the preliminary league match of the Santosh Trophy.
The star striker termed the punishment handed out by the Indian Football Association as "too harsh".
Among them are 12 from NFL champions East Bengal.
A 4-0 victory gave the defending champions their fifth victory from nine matches in the National Football League.
Cristiano Junior notched his fourth goal as the defending champions won their seventh round National Football League match 1-0.\n\n
Dempo continued their unbeaten run to remain on top of the table in the eighth National Football League.
The Baichung Bhutia-led football team was thrashed by Korea University selection.
His late goal enabled the defending champions beat Churchill Brothers in the National Football League.
Chief coach Stephen Constantine expressed confidence that the team would retain the LG Cup it won in 2002.
The ace striker's second-half strike gave the defending champs a 1-0 victory in the NFL.
The Goan outfit beat East Bengal 4-3 via the tie-breaker in the final.
I M Vijayan and Baichung Bhutia scored twice each in a 5-3 semi-final victory over Zimbabwe at the Afro-Asian Games.
They beat Air India, Mumbai, by a solitary goal in the final.
The AIFF has requested FIFA to make an exception to enable Baichung Bhutia turn out for Malaysian side Perak FC.
'I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,' the Sikkimese said.
The ace striker predicted a "hard game" against BEC Tero Sesana in Saturday's ASEAN Club championship final.
The ace striker took his international goal tally to 44 after scoring in the ASEAN championship match against Persita Tangerang.
Substitute Bijen Singh's goal gave the Indian champions a 2-1 victory over Indonesia's Persita Tangerang \n\nin the quarter-finals.
India lost the Asia Zone Group 3 World Cup football qualifying league 1-5.
In the ASEAN tournament, twelve teams from South and East Asia are pooled in four groups.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 in the Kolkata Super Division.
Alvito D'Cunha scored a brace in a 2-0 win over West Bengal Police in the Kolkata League.
The club is believed to have offered the ace striker close to Rs two million.
The Indian team takes on North Korea in Pyongyang on March 20.
As Chhetri celebrates his 31st birthday today, here is a look at what makes him stand out.
The defending champions thrashed Air India 3-0 in the semi-final, to set up a title clash with Salgaocar.
Participating teams have been named after English Premiership sides.
Perak FC edged out Serawak 4-3 on aggregate in the Malaysia Cup football tournament.
The ace Indian footballer said he is ready for a foreign assignment 'if the club agrees to my terms and conditions'.
The Indian football ace said he's willing to take a pay-cut next season.
Two goals by Marcos Pereira gave the Goa side a 3-2 victory in the National Football League.
The India football captain hopes to resume playing in a couple of weeks after being sidelined with an injury to his left leg over 45 days.
The Indian football ace, who is nursing a calf muscle injury, blamed the system for his lapse.
Stimac was part of the Croatia team that sensationally reached the semi-finals of the World Cup at the first attempt in 1998 and he is looking to his India squad to similarly buck the odds in Asian qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian footballer to play for a top-tier European club after the custodian made his debut for Stabek FC in a Norwegian Cup tie against Runar on Wednesday.
The FIFA legends, including World Cup winner Frenchman Marcel Desailly, Colombian great Carlos Valderrama, Spain's Fernando Morientes, Mexican Jorge Campos and Nigerian Emmanuel Amuneke, will roll back the years and turn out for a short match at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
'We want more and more teams to join the I-League and ISL. With this, the two competitions will get stronger. We need more teams so that more players get chances'
Skipper Sunil Chhetri made it a fairytale 100th international game with a double strike as India recorded a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Kenya
The much-anticipated IPL-style Indian Super League (ISL) is set to roll again. The bidding process of the football tournament will start from on Monday.
