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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

India recorded another loss in the AFC under-16 qualifiers, this time it was to hosts UAE. The Indians started off well, attacking from the beginning and almost scored in the third minute. Followed by another miss two  minutes later when Shashank’s powerful shot went sailing over the bar. However, they finally took the lead in the 10th minute. UAE equalized in the eighteenth minute through Johar Ahmed and a few [...]

The I League commenced in 2007/08 replacing the National Football League in India. It has 14 teams participating this season and will be expanded to 16 from the next, the four new team featuring this season include Salgaocar SC, Viva Kerala, Pune FC and Shillong Lajong. The 2009/10 season begun on October 1st 2009, the match between  Mahindra United and Churchill Brothers ended in 1 – 1 draw. Salgaoncar Vs [...]

2007 defending champions India beat Syria 5-4 on penalties to record their second consecutive Nehru Cup title at the Ambedkar Stadium on 31st August 2009. This cup title pushed India to the 149th spot in the FIFA Rankings, although the win in the final was not counted in the rankings since it ended in a tie-break. Man of the Match, keeper Subroto Paul was the hero for the day saving [...]