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Canadian international Iain Hume after winning the 2016 Indian Super League title with Atletico de Kolkata has now joined Segunda División B – Grupo IV side Extremadura UD for the remainder of the 2016/17 season. Iain Hume, the all time Indian Super League top scorer with 23 goals, returns to …
Read More »FC Goa & Brazilian head coach Zico decide to part ways!
Indian Super League franchise FC Goa after three seasons of the ISL have decided jointly with Brazilian legend Zico to end their three season long association after a dismal ISL-3 in which FC Goa finished bottom of the table. Under Zico, FC Goa reached the semifinals of ISL-1 and lost …
Read More »16 Chennaiyin FC players to play on loan at other clubs in 2016-17 I-League!
2015 Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC have loaned out 16 of their Indian players to clubs playing the 2016-17 I-League, which starts this weekend. ISL 2016 Emerging Player of the Season Jerry Lalrinzuala has been loaned to Pune-based DSK Shivajians FC while Chennaiyin FC’s most capped Indian Harmanjot Singh …
Read More »Indian Super League 2016 watched by 216 million viewers in India!
The season finale of Indian Super League 2016 on December 18 turned out to be a grand sporting event with over 54,000 people thronging the stadium in Kochi and 41 million fans tuning in on television to follow the nail biting clash between Atletico de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters FC …
Read More »Indian Football & 2017 – A Year of hope & promise!
First of all I wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year 2017!!! The year 2017 could be a decisive year for Indian football with a number of key events to happen and decisions to be made for the future of Indian football. The biggest of them all …
Read More »VIDEO: Mumbai City FC wishes a Happy New Year!
Indian Super League franchise Mumbai City FC through some of their players wishes everyone a very Happy New Year 2017!
Read More »My #arunfoot Videoblog #22 – 2016 in Indian Football!
Besides writing on my blog arunfoot.com, I now regularly do my arunfoot Videoblog on Facebook LIVE on the latest in the world of football with a special focus on Indian and German football. In the latest installment I speak about the following: 1. A look back at 2016 in Indian …
Read More »VIDEO – NNIS: Sunil Chhetri knows how to balance between ISL & I-League!
“Constant comparison has been made between the Indian Super League and I-League. While the AIFF in the past has hinted about a possible merger, AIFF President Praful Patel in an exclusive chat to NNIS had cleared that I-League will always be India’s premier league. NNIS at the 2016/17 I-League launch …
Read More »VIDEO – NDTV: Indian Football not improving as fast as other Asian Teams!
India football captain Sunil Chhetri, in an exclusive interview with NDTV, said that footballers in the country needed to improve more and were far behind than other top Asian players. In a discussion, that included Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Subrata Pal and I-League CEO Sunando Dhar all agreed that Indian football …
Read More »Mumbai City FC fined by AIFF Disciplinary Committee for ISL-3 semifinal bust up!
The All India Football Federation Disciplinary Committee has fined Mumbai City FC Rs 500,000 (5 Lakhs INR) for ‘Team Misconduct’ under its Disciplinary Code Article 53B for failing to control its players and officials which lead to scuffle after the final whistle during Hero ISL 2016 Match no 59 (Semi-final …
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