Mohammedan Sporting taking on former champions Mohun Bagan in the inaugural match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
Oliver Kahn played his last competitive match against Mohun Bagan, and was greeted with a standing ovation by the capacity 1.2 lakh crowd.
Oliver Kahn is looking forward to play in front of capacity crowd at the Salt Lake stadium when Bayern Munich take on Mohun Bagan in a friendly.
East Bengal tasted their maiden defeat in a super six round match of the Kolkata Super Division football league.
The front-runners scored a crucial 3-1 victory in the National Football League on Saturday.
East Bengal went atop the table with the win in the 10th ONGC National Football League.
S Venkatesh netted the all-important goal in the 78th minute to ensure the title for Mahindra, in their third final.
The Goa team beat Tollygunge Agragami in sudden-death in the Federation Cup football Tournament.
The former beat Haywards Sporting while Air India accounted for Dempo in the Federation Cup football tournament.
East Bengal paid a heavy price for inept defending and went down 2-4 to Jordan's Al Wihdat in an action-packed AFC Cup Group B outing in Kolkata on Wednesday. Riding high after two successive wins, the red and gold brigade's quarter-final hopes hit a speed breaker as the Jordanians avenged their April 2 loss in Amman.
Baichung Bhutia scored twice in a 3-0 victory in the Kolkata Super Division football league.
They were beaten by Kolkata Port Trust in the Kolkata Super Division.
East Bengal are likely play an exhibiton match against top English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur nine days before their arch rivals Mohun Bagan take on the German club Bayern Munich at Salt Lake stadium on May 27.
Nitin Pradhan's late goal gave the Kolkata side their second victory in three match in the National Football League.
The West Bengal government's inability to make police arrangements for the matches at the Salt Lake stadium, scheduled between January 18 and 20, forced the postponement.
East Bengal beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in their opening match of the National Football League.
They beat Tollygunge Agragami 3-2 in their concluding match of the NFL.\n\n
Mohun Bagan moved up to the third spot with a solitary goal victory over wooden spooners Salgaocar Sports Club, who put up a good fight, in an I-League engagement in Kolkata on Monday.
They move into the final of the IFA Shield football tournament in Kolkata.
The ace striker scored a brace of goals as Mohun Bagan won the I-League football match 2-0.
A 3-0 victory took the defending champions to third place in the National Football League.
Victory over Tollygunge swelled the Kolkata giants' lead atop the National Football League.
Kenneth Onu scored a brace to earn HAL a 3-3 draw in the National Football League.
Unbeaten East Bengal hold the edge in the National League match.
The Tollygunge goalkeeper saved a late penalty in a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
The Nigerian striker scored a brace in a 3-2 victory over ITI in the National Football League.
The defending champions won their National Football League match 5-1.
The Kolkata giants beat Churchill Brothers 5-4 via sudden-death in the final.
Bhaichung Bhutia struck a brace to help Mohun Bagan beat Air India 2-0 and earn their maiden win in the I-League.
Tollygunge wasted a penalty late in the match and had to rest content with a 1-1 draw in the National Football League match.
A 2-0 victory virtually ensured Bagan the Kolkata Premier League football tournament.
Yusuf Yakubu and Marcos Pereira each scored a brace as Churchill Brothers beat Tollygunge Agragami 4-2.
Asim Biswas' late strike propelled three-time champions Mohun Bagan to a 2-1 win over Tollygunge.
Alex Ambrose's goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
The Mumbai champions rallied to hold the defending champions to a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
Mohun Bagan conceded a late goal to see Kerala's State Bank of Travancore equalise 1-1 in their NFL game in Kolkata.
Goan club Fransa Pax showed fine opportunism to prevail over three-time champions Mohun Bagan 2-1.
The Kolkata girl won the heptathlon at the 13th Federation Cup National Athletics Championships.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National Football League with a call to make India a major soccer power in the world.
The defending champions take on arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in inaugural match of the ninth National Football League.
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