Axed coach Syed Nayeemuddin alleged that India's captain and the rest of the team did not give 100 per cent in the Asian Cup.
"I have been told by Dasmunshi that as per tournmanet rules, Bhutia can't play," IFA secretary said.
Former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia tells Laxmi Negi the IPL-style football IMG-Reliance league will not only bring in some of the world's leading players, but spectators to the grounds too, something the struggling I-League cannot do.
India football captain Baichung Bhutia will return from Portugal after suffering a thyroid-related illness which has kept him out of training for five days. Bhutia, who has been discharged from the camp to recuperate, has a history of thyroid-related illness. He has lost weight and is feeling weak.
National football skipper Bhaichung Bhutia on Thursday called for overhauling the domestic structure of the sport and said that players should be given universal contracts.
The 23rd Vasai Taluka Kala Krida Mahotsav 2012 was a huge success with over 45,000 participants and an encouraging audience turning up. The event, staged to encourage up-and-coming talent, featured sport, culture and literature.
India football team captain Baichung Bhutia has made a defamation claim of Rs 1 crore against Mohun Bagan for "damaging his reputation". The claim was made before the arbitrator appointed by the AIFF to decide on the player's suspension.
The Indian football ace will play for M K Land of Selangor for three months.
India's football captain underwent an orthoscopy on his left knee and will miss the World Cup qualifier on September 8.
The Indian football ace said the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers will be "really tough" for India.
Ahead of this election, the alliance between the BJP and the SKM had broken down. One reason is the fear that like Article 370, Article 371F might also be changed.
India's football captain Baichung Bhutia is looking for 20 to 30 acres of land to start a football academy in any state.
The ace striker said he is looking for a three-month contract.
A top official of the AIFF has questioned how the Executive Committee's decision to endorse a legal opinion to speed up a decision on the issue had been changed and an arbitrator appointed instead.
India football captain Baichung Bhutia, who was handed a six-month suspension by Mohun Bagan on Monday for breach of rules, has appointed Usha Nath Banerjee as his legal counsel to challenge the club's decision.
Mohun Bagan has barred captain Baichung Bhutia from practicing with the team and served a showcause notice asking the footballer to explain reasons for missing number of training sessions and an exhibition match in Jalpaiguri on Monday without prior notice.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 in the Kolkata Super Division.
The club is believed to have offered the ace striker close to Rs two million.
The only Indian inductee in the Asian Football Federation's Hall of Fame, former captain Bhaichung Bhutia dedicated the rare honour to the country's footballers who continue to 'struggle against all odds to prove themselves every single day'.
Captain Baichung Bhutia came off the bench to earn India a 1-1 draw with defending AFC Challenge Cup champions Tajikistan in Group A, in Hyderabad, on Friday. The point from the match kept India, who beat Afghanistan 1-0 in their opening match, in the race for a place in the semi-finals. Substitute Bhutia scored on the hour mark after Tajikistan's Yusuf Rabiev opened the scoring after just 10 minutes.
The Indian football captain said it was his way of showing solidarity with the people of Tibet.
Bhaichung Bhutia said the growing dominance of foreign players in domestic football was not detrimental to the Indian game.
Fed Cup winners Mohun Bagan thrashed NFL champions Dempo Sports Club 4-0 in the Super Cup.
India's football captain says Bob Houghton is the best coach he's played under.
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Pitted against Bharatiya Janata Party's S S Ahluwalia who has the backing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Trinamool Congress nominee Baichung Bhutia said the real issue in Darjeeling hills was not a separate state, but lack of development.
The Indian captain hopes the victory would herald a new beginning for Indian football.
The Indian captain scored twice in a 3-2 victory over Portuguese third division side AC Marinhense.
Bagan, India's oldest soccer club, was handed a two-year ban from the I-League for pulling out of its violence-marred derby match against the bitter rivals in Kolkata.
'The NRC had an effect on Assam and I think to cover up or make up for that, CAB has been brought in.'
The suspension row between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan drags on, with both the sides submitting written replies to the previous hearing's arguments in the presence of the AIFF-appointed arbitrator in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Senior advocate and former additional solicitor general of India Amarendra Sharan was on Thursday appointed as the arbitrator to decide on the suspension dispute between Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan.
The arbitrator who was appointed to decide on the suspension row between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan will give his verdict next week after the oral hearings between the two parties ended in New Delhi on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan suspended its captain Baichung Bhutia for six months from playing for the club, citing "violation of rules and regulations". The move virtually prevents the Indian football ace from joining any other club. Bhutia had sought a release from Mohun Bagan after his commitment was questioned by the club in a show cause notice, served on him on May 15.
'God's gift to Indian football' and an 'icon of his generation' is how the country's former greats described national captain Baichung Bhutia. who became the first Indian player to compete in 100 international matches. Bhutia, who began his international career in 1995 at the age of 19, on Sunday reached the milestone of playing 100 matches for the country when he led India in their second round-robin match of the Nehru Cup international football tournament in New Delhi.
East Bengal beat Salgaocar Sports Club 1-0 to register their fifth consecutive victory in the ninth National Football League.
Top Indian striker and captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been ruled out of next week's Asian 2006 World Cup qualifier against Japan following knee surgery.
