Indian soccer officials will launch an inquiry into the death of Dempo SC striker Cristiano Junior during the final of Federation Cup on Sunday.
A 10-man Odisha FC registered their second win of the season, beating Hyderabad FC 3-2 in the Hero Indian Super League match, in Pune, on Wednesday.
The ace striker is not among the 32 players named for the national coaching camp, starting August 4 in Kolkata, in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia on August 16.
The former India football captain was run over by a train in Chennai.
After the big fat super wedding of tennis ace Serena Williams to billionaire Alexis Ohanian last week, India football captain Sunil Chhetri will take the plunge on December 4.
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Syed Rahim Nabi scored a brace in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
Goals by Jo Paul Ancheri and I M Vijayan gave the Punjab side a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
Odafe Onyeka Okolie scored a double hat-trick as Churchill Brothers whipped cellar team Vasco 9-1 in a 16th round match of the ONGC I-League football championship in Goa on Friday to stay in the hunt for the title. The victory kept Churchill in third place, with 30 points, behind league leaders Mohun Bagan (33) and Sporting Clube de Goa (31).
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday.
Both made the grade via the tie-breaker after their semi-final matches ended 1-1.
His goals enabled East Bengal down HAL 4-1 in a National Football League match.
Salgaocar rallied strongly after conceding an early goal but had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
A 3-2 victory kept the IFA Shield winners on top of the National Football League.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat Vasco Sports Club 3-0 to move into fourth position in the ninth National Football League.
'The only way to change things is to professionalise the administration,' says AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco.
It would take a few days to get Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior's post-mortem report which would throw light on the cause of his death.
Mohun Bagan thrashed Assam Rifles 5-0 in the Durand Cup football tournament.
Kerala Blasters FC rode on two second half goals to triumph over Bengaluru FC by 2-1 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi in the opening fixture of the Indian Super League 2023-24 season.
Two-time champions ATK rode on a David Williams brace to script a spectacular turnaround and storm into the final of the Indian Super League with a 3-2 aggregate win over holders Bengaluru FC, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
She claimed that the Centre has not released funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) project for the state and other initiatives of its housing and road departments.
India coach Igor Stimac wants his players to stay compact and not concede set pieces to Australia
It is learnt that Tollygunge Agragami have made an offer to former Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharjee.
The ace Indian footballer said he is ready for a foreign assignment 'if the club agrees to my terms and conditions'.
The Kolkata giants will be strong favourites when they taken on Army XI in the final on Friday.
Indian women's football team defeated Iran by a solitary goal to begin their campaign at the Hero Gold Cup on a winning note at the Kalinga Stadium, in Bhubaneswar, on Saturday.
Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the football-crazy denizens of Kolkata as his arrival for a two-day visit in Kolkata ushered in an early onset of the Durga Puja festival.
The victory helped JCT Mills move up to fifth place in the National Football League.
He hinted the decision was partly due to losing the ministerial berth and also differences with the state BJP leadership.
Indian football hero of '80s, Chibuzor dies
Former Indian cricket captain and co-owner of Atletico de Kolkata Sourav Ganguly on Monday said the presence of eminent foreign players in the Indian Super League (ISL) will help the Indian players raise their playing standards and improve Indian football in the years to come.
From doing double training sessions and reading books, to watching renowned broadcaster and historian Sir David Attenborough's documentary 'A Life On Our Planet', the 36-year-old has been one busy man through the last three weeks of the team's quarantine in Goa.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
ATK cancelled two scored in the first half by Bengaluru FC while Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan defeated Churchill Brothers.
Jamshedpur FC took a major step towards securing the ISL Winner's Shield after a dominant 5-1 victory over Odisha FC
Juventus and Inter, who have 42 points each from 17 games, both play on Monday while Lazio, with 39 from 17, have an outstanding fixture at home to Verona to come in early February.
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