International Football

Mumbai City FC travel to face Navbahor in the AFC Champions League!

Mumbai City FC have made the 18-hour long and 3000+ miles trip to the town of Namangan in eastern Uzbekistan for their first game on the road in the 2023-24 AFC Champions League against Uzbek side PFC Navbahor at the Markaziy Stadium with action kicking off at 7pm UZT (7:30pm …

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XtraTime VIDEO: Mohun Bagan SG press conference after Maziya win!

XtraTime report from the Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan SG post-match press conference after their 2-1 AFC Cup win against Maziya featuring head coach Juan Ferrando. Hear what Jason Cummings, Dimitri Petratos, Subhasish Bose and Brendan Hamill had to say below!

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arunfoot/SportsKhabri: Candid Football Conversations #44 FC Goa 1-0 Punjab FC, AFC Cup review!

Candid Football Conversations returns with another live show talking about the ISL encounter featuring FC Goa and Punjab FC (1-0), while also looking back at the AFC Cup encounters, Mohun Bagan SG vs Maziya (2-1), Basundhara Kings vs Odisha FC (3-2). Akshata Shukla of SportsKhabri and myself are joined by …

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Navbahor host Mumbai City FC in AFC Champions League!

Denied a famous victory deep into stoppage time in their AFC Champions League 2023/24 opener, Uzbekistan’s Navabahor will be determined to take three points when they host India’s Mumbai City in a Group D tie on Tuesday, October 3. Mumbai City will be equally driven having kicked off their campaign …

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Mohun Bagan SG overcome Maziya challenge in AFC Cup!

A Jason Cummings brace, with the second scored in added time, secured India’s Mohun Bagan SG a 2-1 win over Maziya Sports & Recreation of Maldives in Group D of the AFC Cup 2023/24 at the Saltlake Stadium on Monday, October 2. The result means Indian Super League side Mohun …

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Bashundhara Kings beat Odisha FC 3-2 in thrilling AFC Cup encounter!

Bashundhara Kings of Bangladesh posted their first win of their AFC Cup 2023/24 campaign by defeating India’s Odisha FC 3-2 in their second Group D outing at Bashundhara Kings Arena on Monday, October 2. Diego Mauricio stunned the home supporters to give Odisha FC an early lead, but goals from …

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Of football and passive resistance: Mahatma Gandhi’s connection to the beautiful game!

By now, many Indian football fans will be aware of Mahatma Gandhiji’s links with football and his pioneering role in setting up three teams of the Passive Resisters Football Club during his sojourn in South Africa from 1893 to 1915. As the story that has been well publicised in recent …

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FIFA Football for Schools returns to Qatar with seminar designed for women!

“2023 will be a year of consolidating achievements and strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system.” This announcement by Fatimata Sidibe, Director of Football for Schools (F4S) last December at the end of an eventful 2022 year followed the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, during which F4S had a dedicated space …

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