Indian Football

VIDEO: The craze around Celebrity Clásico – Bollywood vs Cricketers playing football!

On Saturday, June 4, Mumbai witnessed the Celebrity Clásico 2016, a game of football between Bollywood’s All Stars FC and the Cricketers All Heart FC in a charity match for the Maharashtra Drought victims. After the match, Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor besides politician and Mumbai District Football …

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Should India’s top tier league follow the European or North American model?

The All India Football Federation has recently announced that the I-League and Indian Super League would merge to become one league with the merger likely to happen the latest by the 2018/19 Indian football season. The proposal presented by the AIFF and their marketing partners IMG-Reliance showed the Indian Super League …

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India’s Holicharan Narzary: Passion for Football in Assam is unparalleled!

Indian National Team midfielder-cum-striker Holicharan Narzary has urged the sports loving fans of Guwahati to come over and cheer for the National Team on June 7 when India take on Laos in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Playoff qualifiers at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, Assam. “Guwahati is …

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TheFootballMind’s World Football Podcast #5 feat. Arunava Chaudhuri!

The World Football Podcast – Episode 5 of TheFootballMind had me as their guest for their 2016 UEFA European Championship preview in which host Pranesh and I speak about the upcoming Euro 2016 and in the look at the scenario in Indian football, especially with the proposal to restructure Indian …

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2019 AFC Asian Cup: India vs Laos playoff qualifier to be telecast & streamed live!

The second leg of India’s playoff qualifier match against Laos for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be played in the United Arab Emirates which is slated to be played in the Assamese capital Guwahati on Tuesday, June 7 will be telecast live on DD Sports! The match will kick-off …

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VIDEO: Abhishek Bachchan & Ranbir Kapoor speak after Celebrity Clásico in Mumbai!

Yesterday, June 4, Mumbai witnessed the Celebrity Clásico 2016, a game of football between Bollywood’s All Stars FC and the Cricketers All Heart FC in a charity match for the Maharashtra Drought victims. After the match, Bollywood actors Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor besides politician and Mumbai District Football Association …

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Celebrity Clásico: Bollywoods All Stars FC draw Cricketers All Hearts FC 2-2 in football!

Tonight on Saturday, June 4, Mumbai witnessed a high voltage Celebrity Clásico 2016, a game of football between Bollywood’s All Stars FC and the Cricketers All Heart FC in a charity match for the Maharashtra Drought victims at the Mumbai Football Arena in the Andheri Sports Complex. The match ended …

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India arrive in Guwahati ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Laos!

The Indian Senior National Team reached the Assam capital Guwahati for the return leg of their 2019 AFC Asian Cup 2019 Playoff Qualifiers tie against Laos earlier today, June 4, after defeating Laos by a solitary goal in the first-leg of the tie away from home. The ‘Men in Blue’ …

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Delhi Dynamos eyeing Chinese Super League market!

Delhi Dynamos FC made a presentation at the World Soccer Congress in Shanghai showcasing the growth of Indian football over the years. DDFC president Prashant Agarwal was the sole Indian at this highly prestigious congress, and he spoke at length about the Indian football story on the third day of …

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