The top official mentioned that having a women's team has been made a part of the licensing criteria for clubs.
We need players with confidence in front of goal: Stimac after India's Asian Cup exit
'The Mumbai-Pune Olympics will be help shift the country's gaze to a region that denotes a new formula for sports, enterprise, and nation building,' argues Shashank Mani Tripathi.
Few of these highly sought-after socialising and networking hubs are seeing much activity as regulars are missing in action.
Premier Futsal announced actress Sunny Leone as the co-owner and brand ambassador of the Kochi-based franchise Kerala Cobras.
To compete with the best in the business, Indian football needs a good club structure, which it does not have at the moment, feels national team skipper Bhaichung Bhutia.
In a letter signed by Swapan Sadhan Bose, managing director of Mohun Bagan, the I-League clubs have urged the prime minister to "intervene and save the sport".
A Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for a Kerala-based club has been stuck for the last 54 days at Mumbai International Airport due to lockdown and unavailability of flights back home. Juan Muller, 23, has been stuck at the departure area of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. He spends his time at the airport's fancy artificial gardens and somehow buys food from stalls and passes his time with the airport staff.
The defending champions' quest towards retaining the NFL crown suffered a setback after a goalless draw.
FIFA has urged the agitating I-League clubs to work closely with the national federation
Police said there were intelligence inputs that attempts would be made to trigger violence during the match, because of which it was cancelled.
The Indian men's team qualified automatically by virtue of being the defending champions while the women made the cut after winning a historic gold medal at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Malaysia earlier this year.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sania, Mirza, Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli hailed Moon mission Chandrayaan-3's successful landing
Rooted in Tamil Nadu, Mali's love story brought him to South Africa, where he started playing again, though his journey was short-lived.
'Cummins is not surprised at how fast the landscape is changing and told Fox Sports: " ... there's going to be other opportunities that are going to be really hard for players to say no to, different franchises around the world. I think realistically we've got to manage players a bit differently to what we have in the past.'
India's Sumit Antil wins javelin throw F64 gold with Paralympics record of 70.59m, becomes first Indian man to defend title.
Football was not very close to Sunil Chhetri's heart during his days as a bubbly teenager with proclivity for pranks. He was only looking to use the sport as a vehicle to gain entry to a reputed college and continue his education.
'Marquez is trying to instil his philosophy, and that's going to take time. In every camp, we're getting closer to what he wants from us as a team. With time, training, and the level of coaching he has, I have no doubt we'll be a strong team in the qualifiers.'
Sindhu pulls out of Uber Cup
Mahindra United outsmarted Air India 2-0 in their NFL tie at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai.
Neeraj Chopra not to try anything new during competition worked wonders for Sumit Antil who heeded to the superstar javelin thrower's advice to win back-to-back gold
It's a historical tie, we will benefit from India team's visit: Pakistan tennis fraternity
In another match of the Durand Cup football tournament, Nigerian Odafe Onyeka Okolie hammered in five goals as Churchill Brothers trounced Central Railway 6-1.
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.
Ding will face a stern challenge from the 18-year-old Gukesh, who "doesn't make any mistakes at all" and has had a terrific run in 2024.
Former India football player Marto Gracias died in Mumbai on Sunday following a cardiac arrest, according to informed sources.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
India clubbed with Egypt, Switzerland, Jamaica in inaugural Men's Hockey5s World Cup
'The said premises will be used for emergency staff of 'A' Ward and quarantine the person whoever is in contact with a positive COVID-19 patient and are not symptomatic.'
India thus made it back into Group 4 from which they were relegated last year after losing to Thailand and Malaysia.
A 15-member India cricket squad, led by Virat Kohli, left here this morning for Zimbabwe to take on the hosts in a five-game One-Day International series commencing on July 24.
AIFF's Club Licensing Committee decided that based on the reports all the fourteen License Applicants failed to clear the Licensing Test.
Here's a look at some Indian-origin athletes who will be representing their adopted countries at the Paris Games
I-League-ISL merger likely after three years
Indian-origin German football Bundesliga coach Robin Dutt has been sacked by his club SV Werder Bremen owing to the team's poor start in the new national championship season.
Kuruniyan ACL tear sparks row, Mohun Bagan 'refuse' to release players for Asian Games
Better late than never! That's the thought on Manipuris minds as they gear up to host their first ever international tournament from Wednesday.
The partnership is aimed at garnering opportunities both in the football and business spheres for both clubs.
Sunil Chhetri might have bid adieu to his international career but he remains deeply attached to the fortunes of the team
Given the fiercely competitive political environment, observers naturally associated an element of appeasement with the Shinde government's move, Shyam G Menon points out.
