Indian Football

Sreenidi Deccan FC will open their I-League 2023-24 football season with a home fixture against NEROCA FC at the Deccan Arena stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday, October 29. The Deccan Warriors finished as runners-up the previous year and are aiming to go one better this time as they gear up …

Thomas Dennerby had time and again stressed on the importance of the matches against Vietnam and Uzbekistan in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 2. “These are the teams that are on more equal footing with us, and we have to try and win both matches,” he had said after …

Domestic action resumes for the Islanders as Mumbai City return to the Mumbai Football Arena after three weeks to host Hyderabad FC in a bid to make it consecutive home wins in the Indian Super League. Des Buckingham’s side recorded a thrilling 2-1 win over Kerala Blasters in the season’s …

If there is one team that perhaps feels burnt out more than any else over the results of last season, it has to be Gokulam Kerala FC. Champions who defended their title, the club faltered when the rewards were highest. To cap off their average, they also lost out on …

While Real Kashmir FC’s game against Rajasthan United FC may look like a rematch of a fixture that was among the last round of fixtures for the previous season, a lot has changed in the seven months since. For starters, the home team will be marshalled by a local ex-great …

It’s a new season, and the I-League comes with three clubs that will play the league for the first time ever, together with one club that return to the league after a gap of four seasons. Shillong Lajong FC, who have entertained Indian Football fans in the past, are now …

Japan seven, India nil. Calling it a difficult day for the Indian women’s team would be an understatement. But there’s no embarrassment at all in losing to a world-class opponent like Japan. A team who put four past eventual champions Spain in the World Cup was always going to be …