Football

Anil Ambani after Everton now

After withdrawing his interest in buying English football Premier Club Newcastle United, Indian billionaire Anil Ambani has now set his sights on Everton.
According to reports, agents representing Ambani have been in contact with Everton owner Bill Kenwright and are trying to arrange a meeting between the two parties.
Ambani, said to be the sixth richest man […]

India U16 draw Man Utd U16 3-3

The India under-16 side bounced back from their 1-2 defeat to Everton to hold Manchester United 3-3 on Tuesday night.
The Indian juniors were not overawed by the situation despite facing one of the best youth sides in the world. The India under-16 team, which has qualified for the AFC under-16 Championship in Uzbekistan, was on […]

Mahindra United win Durand Cup

An extra-time goal by substitute Thoi Singh helped Mahindra United beat defending champions Churchill Brothers 3-2 in an exciting title-clash and help win a third Durand Cup title on Sunday.
In a repeat of last year’s final, Churchill Brothers had the first strike with Roberth Lalthlamuana striking in the 12th minute. But a brace from Nigerian […]

India win AFC Challenge Cup

India beat Tajikistan by 4-1 to win the finals of the AFC Challenge Cup played at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi earlier today. Sunil Chhetri’s hat-trick did the trick as the Indians trashed Tajikistan resulting in direct qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Doha. It would be hard to believe but India […]

AFC Cup Final shifted to Delhi

The Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup final between India and Tajikistan will be staged in New Delhi on August 13 after incessant rains for 3 days left the grounds at Hyderabad unplayable. The final match and third-place play-off between Myanmar and DPR Korea will be played at Ambedkar Stadium, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on […]

AFC Cup final shifted

Unsuitable ground conditions following incessant rains for the past three days in the city on Saturday forced the Asian Football Confederation to postpone and shift the AFC Challenge Cup final between India and Tajikistan scheduled for Sunday and Delhi is likely to host the game in a week.
An AFC delegation will fly to New Delhi […]

India in AFC Finals

Striker Chhetri scored the all-important goal in the 82nd minute of the semi-final match with a fine header after being set up by captain Baichung Bhutia as India beat Myanmar 1-0 under unplayable ground conditions and entered the final of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here on Thursday.
Playing on a ground which […]

India to play Myanmar in AFC Cup semis

DPR Korea defeated Myanmar by a goal in their last Group B match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. This takes their tally to 9 points from 3 wins of their 3 matches played.
Myanmar settle for 6 points from 2 wins of their 3 games […]

India stun Turkmenistan for place in AFC Semis

Baichung Bhutia scored a brace as India stormed into the semifinals of AFC Challenge Cup with an impressive 2-1 victory over Turkmenistan at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday.
The Indian captain sizzled in slushy conditions and the sizeable Sunday crowd were treated to some exhilarating action after he pumped in two stunners in the […]

Anil Ambani interested in Newcastle United

Reported by the British weekly newspaper News of the World, Indian business tycoon Anil Ambani is in talks with English Premier League club Newcastle United’s owner Mike Ashley for a reported 260 million pounds (US $ 510 million) takeover. He faces stiff competition from the Singapore-based global investment company Profitable Group who has shown interest […]

India draw with Tajikistan

Thanks to an own goal induced from Tajikistan by Indian captain Baichung Bhutia, the hosts salvaged a 1-1 draw against the defending champions in their second Group A match of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament here on Friday.
Barely a minute after entering the field as second half substitute for off-colour Sushil Kumar Singh, Baichung […]

India make winning start at AFC

India won their first match in the AFC cup football tournament at Hyderabad. They won 1-0  against Afghanistan after Climax Lawrence scored the goal in the 92nd minute.

Coach Bob Houghton defended the team’s performance saying that the 1-0 win was a fair result against an under-rated team in their first match of the AFC cup. […]

Real Madrid coming to India

Raul, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy and fellow Galacticos might be descending here soon as Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon Ramos has written to Sports Minister MS Gill, seeking a passage to India.
Happy to see what started as a casual discussion between two tennis fans on the sidelines of the Wimbledon final taking a more […]

Four footballers among Arjuna nominees

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has nominated four footballers for the Arjuna Award and Dempo coach Armando Colaco for the Dronacharya.
The players are Mahesh Gawli, Dipak Mondal, Climax Lawrence and Renedy Singh, who were part of the Nehru Cup winning team last year and should also figure in the team for the AFC Challenge […]

Maldives win SAFF Championship with 87th minute goal

Unlike finals in the previous years, the final yesterday between Maldives and India was pretty much dull with the Indian strikers barely trying to score and the defenders disappointing. Not that Maldives was in charge throughout the charge, it is just that a better performance was expected from the India, who were also the defending […]

Kaka, Gerrard, Drogba and…. Bhutia!!

Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia will play along some of the present greats of the beautiful game as he has been invited to play a friendly match July 12 at the launch of Goal4Africa Project. Dutch legend Clarence Seedorf, global ambassador for the Goal4Africa Project, has invited the Indian to participate in the friendly […]

India through to SAFF Semis

A patchy India hung on to two first half goals to edge out Pakistan 2-1 for their second win on the trot in the SAFF Championship at the Maldives National Stadium here on Thursday. After Thursday’s win, India are virtually through to the semi-finals with six points from two wins in as many matches.
In […]

Stunner for Mohun Bagan

Viva Kerala  stunned Mohun Bagan 3-1 to register their first win in the I-league in Kolkata on Thursday.
This meant Mohun Bagan slumped to their second successive defeat.
The first goal was a brilliant combination between the two foreigners of Viva Kerala. Wisdom Abbey sent a neat pass to Baba Tunde inside the box whose angular shot […]

AFC-19: India lose to Iran

India went down to Iran by a solitary goal in their last group match of Asian Football Confederation qualifier in Tehran on Saturday night.
Jalalaldin Alimohammadi scored the winning goal for Iran in the 40th minute at the Paas stadium.
Following the defeat, India finished fourth in Group B with four points.
In previous matches, India lost […]

Churchil Brothers lift DURAND CUP

Churchill Brothers’ Nigerian goal-machine Odafe Onyeka Okolie was on target in the summit clash too as the Goan outfit edged past Mahindra United 1-0 in the final to win their maiden Durand Cup football title in Delhi on Wednesday.
The title clash of Asia’s oldest football tournament, in its 120th edition, never really rose to great […]