Bengal began their Santosh Trophy title defence in style as the hosts eased past a hapless Manipur side 3-0 in the Group A opener of the 72nd Santosh Trophy at Howrah Municipal Sports Complex on Monday, March 19. Winger Sumit Das’ brace in 7th and 15th minute and striker Bidyasagar …

Two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have announced that their head coach John Gregory has signed a one-year contract extension with the club. Under his leadership, the club finished second in the league stage of the competition and overcame FC Goa by a 4-1 aggregate victory in the semifinals. …

Five times champions Kerala rout Chandigarh 5-1 in their opening Group A game of the 2018 Santosh Trophy at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium in Kolkata on Monday (March 19, 2018). Jithin M.S scored two goals in the 11th and 51st minute and provided two assists to guide his team to …

National Coach Stephen Constantine said that he “looking forward” to the preparatory Camp prior to India’s final qualifying match of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup UAE Qualifiers against the Kyrgyzstan. The match is slated to be held at the Dolon Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek on March 27, 2018. The kick-off …

The Coach Education representatives from Asia’s 47 MAs gathered in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for the 2nd AFC Coach Education Conference 2018 which came to a close last Thursday. The three-day conference discussed the rules and guidelines of AFC Coaching Convention and the process of developing tomorrow’s coaches. Asian …

India international centre forward, Sumeet Passi, has penned a deal to extend his stay with Jamshedpur FC for two more seasons until summer 2020. Sumeet Passi stressed that he had a good season at Jamshedpur FC and explained the factors that made him sign for the Tata Group franchise. “We …

Salgaocar FC (Jrs) beat Curtorim Gymkhana 4-2 in the ‘Geno’ Goa First Division League in association with Jhoncy Restaurant Benaulim organized by Goa Football Association (GFA) played at Artificial Turf in Fatorda on Saturday. The game got off to a bright start and it was the Curtorim side who had …

The AFC Project Future Referees Batch 2016 started their second development course in Japan on Wednesday and runs until later today. The main objective at this stage is to assess the 13 referees’ performance in real matches as part of the annual Sanix Cup International Youth Soccer Tournament. The event …

The Hong Kong Football Association will be lending its institutional support to the inaugural Soccerex China, April 17/18, Zhuhai using the event as a platform to promote the new national football training centre and the role of football in the overall development of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and MacaoGreater Bay …

The Football Association of Odisha (FAO) has named their Odisha state senior men’s squad for the final round of the 72nd National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy to be held at Kolkata in West Bengal from March 19 to April 1, 2018. Odisha had qualified from the East Zone …