Page 13 - Indian Football

Football legend and TNC MP PK Banerjee dies after prolonged illness

The 1962 Asian Games gold-medallist, whose best days as a striker coincided with Indian football's golden era, was suffering from respiratory problems due to pneumonia

Kohli leads endorsement pack, while cricket dominates sponsorship track

The big thrust for the sport in 2019 came from franchise cricket, specifically the IPL that saw a 15 per cent increase in its valuation

Mohun Bagan clinch second I-League title with four rounds to go

They are 16 points ahead of second-placed East Bengal (23 points from 16 matches) who cannot catch up their arch city rivals even if they win all their four remaining matches

Tapping talent

There really is no point in cribbing about the standard of Indian football despite its 1.3 billion-plus population

RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group buys majority stake in Mohun Bagan Football Club

Kolkata Games and Sports (KGS), an RPSG venture, which owns the ATK brand, will be merged with Mohun Bagan Football Club Pvt Ltd to form a new company

Why football fans in Goa are becoming an animated, even belligerent lot

Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, writes Aniruddha Sen Gupta

Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri signs three-year deal with Puma

The Bengaluru FC skipper is currently the second-highest goal-scorer in international football after Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo

How the Indian Super League has effectively taken over Indian football

Five years after the Indian Super League was established, so has its effective preeminence in Indian football

Slum Soccer transforms the lives of slum children with the help of football

Slum Soccer has won the FIFA Diversity Award 2016 and FICCI Gender Diversity Award 2018. It now plans to mentor talented footballers under 14 years of age

An imported obsession

Book review of Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team

Igor Stimac begins on losing note as India fall to Curacao in King's Cup

India participated in the tournament after a gap of 38 years. The team lost to the Caribbean island nation 3-1

Derrick Pereira named coach of India U-23 football team for AFC qualifiers

Besides India, the other teams in the group are Tajikistan and Pakistan

Despite push, Indian football is fighting a losing battle to keep its fans

The media campaign '#FannBannaPadega', meaning "now you have to be a fan", is an attempt to make football fandom more glamorous

India U-20's win over Argentina: What it means for Indian football

India earned a 2-1 win against heavyweights Argentina in a COTIF Cup match played in Valencia

The kick of money

'Unified' first division football league plan is flawed

India ranks 135 in FIFA rankings, best in 6 years

National coach Stephen Constantine attributed the upsurge to all his players and the staff