The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of Football in India has announced a 15 year agreement with private partners IMG-RIL.

India U-23 have managed to book a place in the SAFF finals which is to be held on Sunday, versus Maldives. The young Indian squad beat Bangladesh 1-0 on Friday, thanks to skipper Sushil Kumar Singh’s goal, scored in the 63rd minute. India started the game well and created a lot of chances, the earliest being in the second minute. The Bangladeshi’s got their act together in the second half [...]

The Indian U-23 team have qualify into the semi-finals of the SAFF Champions Cup,being played in Bangladesh. India managed to win over an in-form Nepali team. The Indian team just needed to win another match to qualify to the last four.  Whereas Nepal needed to win to stay alive in the tournament. The Indian team performance was similar to the one against Afghanistan, where they couldn’t put together decent passes, [...]

India 1-0 Afghanistan India U-23 took on Afghanistan in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship at the BangaBandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. India have won the tournament 4 times already and are favourites this time round as well, but are fielding their U-23 squad this year. India hadn’t created as many chances as Afghanistan in their opening game of this year’s tournament. Both teams ended on 0-0 at half [...]

Indianfootball.com: McDowell’s Unveils the First Ever Nationwide Hunt for India’s Best Freestyle Footballer. It is a competition with a difference. A competition to find India’s best freestyle footballer. McDowell’s Celebration which has been known for its patronage of Indian football has upped-the-ante this time by bringing to India, one of the most exciting and popular forms of extreme football in the world today. Under the McDowell’s Freestyle Friendzy platform, a [...]

Transfer Rumours World Cup 2010 Brazilian Squad for friendlies against England in November Misc Swine Flu threat grips football Carling Cup October 27th Results Barnsley 0-2 Manchester United Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Peterborough United Portsmouth 4-0 Stoke City Sunderland 0-0 Aston Villa (Villa win 3-1 on penalties) Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Everton Copa Del Rey Real Madrid lose 4-0 Real Madrid was upset 4-0 by third-division side Alcorcon in a Copa del [...]

Dempo 2-2 Mahindra United Climax Lawrence saved Dempo from a defeat by scoring in stoppage time. A 10-men Mahindra United looked set to get all three points, until the final “Climax”. Mahindra were brought down to 10 when defender D Ravanan for elbowing a Dempo player, just 33 minutes into the match. Although Dempo took the lead in the 11th minute and had many chances of extending the lead, Mahindra [...]

Subroto Paul is named the ‘Player of the Year’ by the AIFF. The Indian goal keeper has had a spectacular season, he also helped India retain the Nehru Cup by saving 3 penalties. Derrick Pereira, his Pune FC coach was delighted by the news and has tipped him to be the next captain of the Indian Football team. According to Goal.com Pereira said- “Absolutely. He can definitely captain the Indian [...]

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty  along with her boyfriend Raj Kundra entered the All India Football Federation (AIFF), showing an interest in Indian football. The duo who own the IPL team, Rajasthan Royals, spent some time at the AIFF headquarters with general secretary Alberto Colaco. He was kept busy answering questions. Colaco said- “It was a casual meeting. Shilpa and Raj were quite enthusiastic about Indian football and wanted to know [...]

Champions League October 20th, 2009 matches roundup English Premier League Mike Jones refereeing deflated! Referee from the controversial Sunderland v Liverpool encounter might face the axe from the remainder of the Premier League. He had earlier adjudged the “beach-ball goal” legitimate, which helped Sunderland secure a win over The Reds. Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Drogba put Chelsea ahead with a nice touch to get some space and then a shot [...]