Defending champions Mahindra United and Mohun Bagan will face each other in Sunday's semi-final of Durand Cup. Mahindra United ended East Bengal's woeful run in the 122nd Durand Cup with a 2-0 win. Mohun Bagan defeated JCT by a similar margin in the quarterfinal league stage on ...

Churchill Brothers managed a 1-1 draw against Assam Rifles to sail into the semi-finals of the Durand Cup football tournament.
 
The stress of playing back-to-back tournaments was evident on the faces of the I-League champions. Assam Rifles took the lead in the Group I quarterfinal league ...

Mohun Bagan established a 5-1 victory over ONGC in their opening quarter final league match of the 122nd Durand Cup football tournament, played on Wednesday.
 
After their IFA Shield final loss to Churchill Brothers, Mohun Bagan has showcased a solid performance at the 17th Durand Cup title ...

Sydney FC Football Manager Dave Mason said that a player of Figo’s stature would be great for the A-League club.
 
Though, the inaugural champions made contact with Figo’s agent Rob Jansen two months ago but couldn’t materialize as Figo hinted at playing at the end of ...

Churchill Brothers established a 1-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in the quarterfinal league match played on Tuesday.The I-League champions remained in contention for qualifying for the semi-finals of Durand Cup with the win.
 
Odafe Okolie scored the winning goal for Churchill just eight ...

The Costa Rican Football Federation ‘Fedefutbol’ has announced the dismissal of its national football coach Rodrigo Kenton.
 
Fedefutbol President Eduardo Li, while speaking in at a press conference in San Jose on Monday, told that Kenton was asked to step down from the post ...

Liverpool has signed its largest sponsorship deal with British bank Standard Chartered. The club announced about the four year contract on Sunday. The commercial deal is reportedly worth 80 million pounds.
 
A statement on the club website read, “The deal starting in July 2010 was the ...

JCT managed a 1-0 win over ONGC in a quarterfinal group two league match of the 122nd Durand Cup football tournament played on Sunday.
 
Baljit Sahni scored the winning goal from a header in the 62nd minute after missing three sitters in the first half.
 
JCT should have won by a ...

The I-league football will kick off from Oct 1. The champions Churchill Brothers will play against Mahindra United in the opening match in Mumbai.
 
This year’s edition also includes teams from Kerala and Shillong.
 
The I-League will have 182 matches played in 26 rounds. Sep 20 ...

Air India started their Durand Cup campaign with a 3-0 win over 2005 champions Army XI.The group three quarterfinal league match was played at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday.
 
Ravinder Singh scored two goals in the 22nd and 34th minute from penalties while Nigerian N.D. Opara added one more ...

Thailand’s soccer chief said on Thursday that they are in talks with former England captain Bryan Robson to hire him as the new national coach.
 
Thai Football Association president Worawi Makudi said, “We’re still in negotiation, but he is interested and we are ...

Bangladesh will host the 6th South Asian Football Federation championship.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said that the championship will be held from December 1-15 in Dhaka.
 
India who was supposed to host the event withdrew their offer to stage the tournament. Indian officials did ...

Spain defeated Estonia in Merida on Wednesday to secure a place in the World Cup 2010.The European champions Spain qualified with a 3-0 win over their opponent.
 
Spain’s hopes to make it to South Africa had become stronger with Bosnia Herzegovina's 1-1 draw with Turkey earlier on ...

Paraguay sealed its World Cup berth defeating Argentina by 1-0 in the qualifiers. This complicates Argentina’s chances of qualifying in 2010 World Cup to be played in South Africa.
 
The lone and winning goal for Paraguay was scored by Nelson Haedo Valdez in the 29th minute after a ...

Indian skipper Bhaichung Bhutia has claimed Rs one crore as defamation charges from Mohan Bagan with the dispute between the player and the club yet to be resolved.
 
Bhutia, through his legal counsel Usha Nath Banerjee, has demanded the amount from the club for 'damaging' his ...

Mohun Bagan prevailed over United S.C. to reach IFA Shield final. Bagan made it into 114th IFA Shield football tournament finals with a 5-4 win over United.
 
The semi-final outing at the Salt Lake stadium started on a wrong note with Bagan's main striker Edeh Chidi head-on-collision with ...

Younis Khan will be his country's football ambassador in the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa. The announcement was made by officials on Wednesday.
 
The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), Faisal Saleh Hayat said on Wednesday that Younis had expressed his desire to attend the 2010 ...

Churchill Brothers reached the 114th IFA Shield football tournament final with a 4-2 win over Air India. The victory for Churchill came with the tie-breaker.
 
The match was played at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata .Both the teams finished 1-1 at regulation time.
 
The semi-final ...

Mohun Bagan squeezed into the semi-final at the 114th IFA Shield football championship.The City giants reserved their place in the semis with a 1-1 draw against Mumbai's Mahindra United. The well-fought group C encounter took place on Sunday.
 
Snehashish Chakraborty of Bagan netted a goal ...

Churchill Brothers sailed into the IFA Shield semis at the 114th IFA Shield football tournament. Churchill defeated Lajong F. C by 2-0.In the other match, city giants Mohun Bagan had a 4-0 win over George Telegraph. The group league matches were held on Friday.
 
The Mohan Bagan playing in ...

It has been reported by Italian media on Thursday that French striker David Trezeguet will leave Juventus football club at the end of the season.
 
Trezeguet, who will become 32 years old on Oct 15, had joined Juventus in the summer of 2000.He made this move a few weeks after he scored a ...

FIFA on Thursday banned Chelsea from signing players until 2011.The decision was taken after finding the club guilty of inducing a French teenager to breach his contract with another club.
 
The 18-year-old Gael Kakuta had joined Chelsea from Lens two years ago. This prompted the French club ...

The speculations about return of former coach Juergen Klinsmann to the national team was quashed by the German Football Federation. Klinsmann return was denied by German Football Federation president Theo Zwanziger on Wednesday.
 
German media had earlier reported that it was possible that ...

The ONGC Nehru Cup football triumph has given India the opportunity to jump seven spots to clinch the 149th spot in FIFA rankings.
 
The two wins in the group stage against Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka pulled India out of the dismal 156th spot. India's win against Syria in Monday's final was not ...

Coca-Cola has announced that it would sponsor the under-16 Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy.
 
The announcement came in the backdrop of Indian national team’s victory in the final of the ONGC Nehru Cup. India won the title for the second consecutive time. Coca-Cola called its association with ...

Mahindra United had a 2-0 win over George Telegraph in their opening match at 114th IFA Shield group matches on Tuesday. In the other game, Tata Football Academy (TFA) finished 1-1 with United Sporting Club.
 
Both the goals for Mahindra United were scored by Mohammed Rafi in the group C tie ...

The All India Football Federation has roped in Bollywood actor Salman khan as the brand ambassador of Indian football to promote football in the country.
 
Salman khan was present at the finals of Nehru cup played at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday. India lifted the title defeating Syria.AIFF ...

India has retained the Nehru Cup which it had won in 2007 by defeating Syria for 6-5 through a shootout. Both the teams played a goalless match during the regulation time and a 1-1 in the extra tine.
 
Goalkeeper Subrata Paul exhibited a fabulous performance because of which India was able ...

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Sunday said that it will seek legal advice to solve the stand-off between Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan. The Kolkata club has suspended Bhutia for six months for missing an exhibition match and some of the team's practice sessions.
 
AIFF ...

Mohammedan Sporting of Kolkata and Mumbai's Air India emerged winners of their group league encounters on the inaugural day of the 114th IFA Shield football tournament, which was played on Sunday.
 
In group B, Sporting defeated Shillong's Lajong FC by 1-0. An early strike from Dipendu ...