National football coach Bob Houghton on Thursday virtually ruled out any IPL-style football event in India, saying such a concept is not possible because of the exorbitant money involved in buying an international player.
Sakatar Singh's goal gave the Punjab team a 1-1 draw in a 15th round match in the NFL.
East Bengal went atop the table with the win in the 10th ONGC National Football League.
Legendary coach Arsene Wenger is set to visit India in the second week of October to finalise the setting-up of a central academy.
In a battle of cellar teams, the former champions from Goa lost to Mohammedan Sporting 1-4.
Dudu Omaghbemi's goal in the dying minutes gave the Goa team victory.
Chidi Edeh scored the all-important goal and took JCT to fourth on the NFL table, behind Churchill Brothers, who whipped Mohd Sporting 4-1 in another match.
FIFA's disciplinary committee will be asked to look into allegations of discrimination raised by the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) after it submitted a proposal to suspend Israel in May, world soccer's governing body said on Thursday.
JCT came up with a solid display to hold the Durand Cup champions at the Guru Nanak stadium in Ludhiana.
The AIFF ruled that the disputed match between Air India and Fransa would not be replayed as it was the latter who did not turn up.
A fine show by goalkeeper Vinay Singh enabled Churchill Brothers hold the defending champions goalless.
World champions France won the Nations League final with goals from Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe earning them a 2-1 win over Spain at the San Siro stadium on Sunday.
A 2-0 victory enabled the Punjab team avenge the defeat they suffered in the first leg meeting in the National Football League.
Mohun Bagan, despite being reduced to ten men, beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0.
The Nigerian striker score twice in a 3-0 victory over the Mumbai team.
Air India scored a 2-1 victory in the battle of Mumbai giants in the National Football League.
The world of sport reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday with a raft of cancellations across cricket, golf, rugby and cycling, while others paid tribute by holding a minute's silence.
Jeremiah Ernest scored twice in a 4-0 win over bottom-placed HASC.
The walloping score beat the previous 8-0 margin that Vasco had notched against HAL in Goa in April 2003.
The Mumbai teams undoubtedly took the honours in the third round of matches.
Three-time champions Mohun Bagan were handed a 3-1 defeat at home.
Eight players of Iran's women's national football team are apparently men
P K Banerjee will be the technical director till the start of the NFL, when former Uzbek international Igor Shkvyrin will take over.
The agreement follows the racist insults 22-year-old Vinicius suffered in a LaLiga match at Valencia
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
The defending champions' quest towards retaining the NFL crown suffered a setback after a goalless draw.
A 2-1 victory over cellar team Hindustan Aeronautics put the Goa team clear in the NFL race.
Mahindra United staged a late recovery to salvage a 2-2 draw on Monday.
The Nigerian striker scored twice as Dempo moved to the top of the league.
Sporting Clube de Goa played a good second half to beat Mohammedan Sporting.
Odafe Okolie's late goal gave the Goa team a 3-2 victory and took them to fourth place on the league table.
Lal Kamal Bhowmick netted the only goal of the match as Mohun Bagan beat Hindustan Aeronautics Sports Club.
A last-minute goal by Nigerian striker Felix Chimaokwu gave the former National Football League champions a 1-1 draw in a final round second Division National Football League match.
Lalam Puiya's goal gave the Kolkata giants a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
The Kolkata side fought back from 0-2 down to take a point.
A double strike by Yusif Yakubu guided Mahindra United to their fourth victory.
Edmilson Marques scored twice as former champions East Bengal beat JCT 2-1.
'Either you're injured, and you don't play with your club and you're not called up in the national team.'
Former India and Mohun Bagan footballer Manitombi Singh died aged only 39 at his native village near Imphal in Manipur on Sunday. Manitombi was suffering from a prolonged illness and breathed his last in the early hours of Sunday.
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