Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia was felicitated by All India Football Federation (AIFF) for having played 100 matches for the country.
 
Bhutia was handed a plaque, a gold coin and Rs.5 lakh by AIFF president Praful Patel on Tuesday.
 
"It has been a long and wonderful ...

Praful Patel was elected unopposed as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president on Tuesday. The civil aviation minister was elected to the top post at the Annual General Body meeting of the AIFF at its headquarters.
 
Patel was working as acting president of the AIFF after ...

Swedish club Helsingborgs IF on Tuesday said that forward Henrik Larsson will retire after the end of the Swedish season. Jesper Jansson, HIF sports director, said ,"At HIF we had of course hoped Sweden's greatest player of all time would play another season, but we respect Henrik's ...

The Swedish Football Association president Lars-Ake Lagrell on Tuesday said that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is no longer an option as Sweden coach.
 
Lars-Ake Lagrell said that the association had contacted 61-year-old Eriksson last week since the Swedish coach was "one ...

Praful Patel will formally take over as the president of the All India Football Federation replacing Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on Tuesday at the Annual General Body Meeting of the AIFF.
 
Patel, the senior most vice-president of the national body, has been the acting head since Dasmunsi suffered ...

Ten-man Ghana became the first African country to win the under-20 World Cup after beating four-time champions Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final, held in Cairo on Friday, after the game ended in a goalless draw after extra-time.
 
Brazilian substitute Maicon, who was the match ...

FIFA, which released the world football ranking on Friday, has placed India up 11 rungs to stand at 138.
 
India, who improved seven points to figure 149th with 134 points in the September ranking, now holds this position with a total of 160 points.
 
The improvement has been ...

The Sahara Kolkata Football League Premier Division tournament starts at Kolkata today. The announcement was made by the Indian Football Association (IFA).The local league, to run simultaneously with the I-League, will have 16 teams .The the first two months will see 68 matches.
 
Mohun ...

Argentina established a 1-0 win over Uruguay to reserve a berth in 2010 World Cup. The last round of the South American qualifiers was played in Montevideo.
 
In other Wednesday's matches Ecuador lost to Chile, keeping Uruguay alive for a last chance to earn a ticket to South Africa next ...

Former India centre forward Krishna Kumar Pal popularly known as 'Keshto Pal' passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 78 years old.
 
According to sources Pal was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was admitted at the SSKM Hospital on October 10.
 
Paul, a ...

The injury incurred due to car accident leaves United States forward Charlie Davies doubtful for the 2010 World Cup. Davies is suffering fractures and a ruptured bladder.
 
Davies was hospitalised and underwent surgery on the bladder and broken bones in his leg, elbow and face. Doctors said ...

Brazilian defender Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa has signed a new four year deal with the Premier League leaders Chelsea Football Club.
 
Alex who was delighted with the new deal is yet to play under the new coach Carlo Ancelotti.He has been sidelined due to a groin injury.
 
Carlo ...

England midfielder David Beckham is most likely to return to AC Milan on loan in January. This was disclosed by Adriano Galliani, chief executive of the Serie A club on Monday.
 
Galliani at a sport and media convention in Monte Carlo said,"It's highly probable that Beckham will arrive ...

AC Milan striker Ronaldinho was awarded with Golden Foot 2009 at a ceremony held in Monte Carlo, according to Italian media reports.
 
As with his predecessors, who each year since 2003 are voted by the public out of a group selected by journalists, the Brazilian will have his footprints ...

Mohun Bagan registered their maiden victory in I-League soccer defeating Viva Kerala by 2-0 on Monday.
 
The city giants showcased a dull game, executing poor passes and exhibiting lack of consistency, with their strength dwindling by the absence of four key players including Jose ...

Wayne Rooney will not be a part of the England’s squad in their final World Cup qualifier on Wednesday against Belarus.
 
The Manchester United forward had sustained a calf strain during Saturday's 1-0 defeat away to Ukraine.
 
Midfielder Steven Gerrard is expected to play a ...

Germany, Serbia and Denmark have reserved their berths at the 2010 World Cup finals after they won on Saturday.
 
A 35th-minute Miroslav Klose goal led Germany to a 1-0 win over Russia in Moscow to give Joachim Loew's side an unbeaten lead in Group 4 and force the Russians for a play-off tie ...

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, which played its semi-final match against Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, grabbed a 4-3 win to make it to the finals of 85th All-India MCC-Murugappa hockey tournament on Saturday.
 
In Sunday's final, BPCL, for whom Jarnail Singh (15th), Amar Aiyamma (34th), ...

Chirag United finished their encounter against Mumbai F.C. in a I-League soccer with a 2-1 win. Two early strikes by Brazilian Edmilson Marques ensured full points for city outfit Chirag United on Friday.
 
Edmilson who earned the man of the match title found the target in the seventh and ...

Italy's World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro who failed a drug test in September will not play in World Cup qualifier on Saturday. He could escape sanction as reportedly an anti-allergy treatment could have caused him to test positive.
 
It was reported by Italian media on late Thursday ...

Argentina coach Diego Maradona may step down from his post of national coach. With Argentina's participation in the World Cup at risk, Maradona was openly weighing his resignation as national coach.
 
Most of the blame for the team’s poor performance has been placed on Maradona who has ...

City giants Mohun Bagan lost their I-league opener to Chirag United by 2-3.A reckless tackle by Bagan sideback Sur Kumar Singh also cost his team as he was shown the red card towards the end of the first half at the Salt Lake stadium. This resulted in reducing the former champions to ten men team ...

The world cup qualifier match between England and Ukraine on Saturday will be shown exclusively live on the internet. It will be the first time that an England match has not been available on one of the television networks.
 
The telecast rights were originally been sold to Setanta but after ...

Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia has signed for East Bengal to play for the coming season after a six months hiatus.        
 
The Indian captain was suspended for six months without any pay by Mohun Bagan in June and he will continue his career with an ...

Rene Adler of Bayer Leverkuisen will be goalkeeper for Germany while they will play for the key World Cup qualifiers next month.
 
According to the German coach Joachim Loew, Adler is a natural choice for replacing Hanover's Robert Enke. Enke will not be playing for the qualifiers match as ...

With the second Durand Cup, Odafe Onyeka Okolie has proved that he is one person on which Churchill Brothers can always rely on. The three goals, which he struck in a row, put an end to Mohun Bagan’s reign. Churchill Brothers crushed Mohun Bagan for a 3-1 to grab the Durnad Cup one more ...

Germany will have to play the World Cup qualifier match, slated to take place next month, without its goalkeeper Robert Enke as the team’s coach, Joachim Loew, has decided not to select him.
 
According to Loew, Enke, who is currently fighting a bacterial infection, will not be back ...

Mohun Bagan shattered defending champions Mahindra United for a smashing 2-1, which came with the brace from Edeh Chidi, to meet Churchill Brothers for the title clash of Durand Cup.
 
Nigerian striker Chidiwas played the key role and struck both the goals in the 19th and 76th minutes. ...

Churchill Brothers, the I-League Champions, have booked their berth in the Durand Cup Final for the third consecutive time with a marvellous win of 2-1 over the Dempo Sports Club at the all-Goan semi final played at Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.
 
Charan Rai (20th) and star ...

East Bengal on Friday decided to sack three of their foreign footballers with immediate effect.The decision was taken after the team’s poor performance in their recent games. The team’s coach Subhas Bhowmick will continue with his job.
 
Football secretary Santosh Bhattacharya at ...