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Durand Cup cash prize money tripled as historic tournament expands across five statesThe 134th edition of the Durand Cup, Asia's oldest football tournament, is set to kick off on July 23rd with a significantly increased priz...
From Kolkata derby match to RCB's IPL win: After 45 years, India witnesses another sport related tragedyTragedies struck Indian sports in Kolkata 1980 and Bengaluru 2025, mirroring each other in loss of young lives amidst passionate sporting e...
In rare sight, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan supporters join hands to protest Kolkata horrorSupporters of Kolkata's major football clubs, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, and Mohammedan SC, congregated near Salt Lake Stadium to protest th...
Durand Cup derby cancelled amid protests over doctor's rape and murder; fans to unite for a causeThe Durand Cup derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, set for Sunday at Salt Lake Stadium, was canceled due to ongoing city unrest afte...
View: An Alighierical take on today’s football fansThe Guelph-Ghibelline derby took place with depressing regularity during the 12th and 13th centuries, resulting in fouls, dives, and mass c...
'Childhood hero' Maradona inspired me to take up football: Bhaichung BhutiaPaying his tribute to Maradona, who died at the age of 60 in Buenos Aires on Wednesday night following a cardiac arrest, Bhutia said from a...
Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes awayA creative midfielder, Carlton Chapman played for India between 1995 and 2001 and the country won the 1997 SAFF Cup under his captaincy.
PK Banerjee: Indian football loses its truest devoteePlaying for Eastern Railway for the most part of his life, Banerjee was revered by Mohun Bagan and East Bengal supporters alike, the greate...
AIFF suspends all football tournaments till March 31The suspension will come into effect from Sunday. On Friday, the BCCI postponed the cash-rich IPL till April 15 considering the extraordina...
Why Mohun Bagan’s new ‘corporate’ ownership can’t be a bad thing for its fansMohun Bagan, quite like classic rock, remains a brand that evokes nostalgia among the middle-aged, more than producing a constant crop of n...
Chhetri called and the Indian football fans answeredMonday’s game was a welcome reminder of the strides made since those days when the game was flatlining. Chhetri may have hogged the headlin...
Lionel Messi is good, but he is no Diego Maradona: Carlos Valderrama, Former Colombia FootballerI am by no means trying to belittle Messi and any of the other contemporary greats like Ronaldo, but to compare with Diego is not fair, say...
From the Santosh Trophy win in 2014 to Aizawl’s I-League run, Mizoram cannot be ignoredAizawl’s N’Golo Kante is 34-year-old Syrian international Mahmoud Al-Amna, with his deft touch, distribution and sneaking runs.
Average rating for the I-League rises 6% in 2015 compared with the last edition: TAMIn the final game between Bengaluru FC and Mohun Bagan at Benguluru’s Kanteerva stadium, there were 21,000 spectators.
ISL glitz props Indian football but national team slips in 2014The likes of Del Piero, Materrazi and Trezeguet gave the fans just the kind of connect with club football that the I-League had struggled t...
How to save Mohammedan Sporting like shut-downs in IndiaInability of Indian football clubs to embrace a professional work and commercialise can result in more Mohammedan Sporting like shut-downs
Presence of foreign players will raise standards: Sourav GangulyReferring to IPL, he said earlier the teams used to have players from the respective cities which changed after three years of its beginnin...
East Bengal wins 150th derbyThis win for East Bengal will serve as a great morale-booster for their journey through the rest of the Kolkata clubs tournament as well as...
Mizoram Premier League playing an extraordinary role in developing football in Northeast IndiaA generalisation though this may be, it is how things played out in Haryana vis-à-vis boxing a decade ago—and it is the story of Mizoram to...
- After Kingfisher beer, airline Mallya bets big on sports
If Richard Branson converted hedonistic lifestyle into brand statement, Mallya isn’t far behind. UB is making its presence in various sport...