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The renovation work at the Saltlake Stadium is nearing completion ahead of the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup. The ground will be ready to host the football extravaganza in about a fortnight. XtraTime looks at the ground and work from the outside!

Just ahead of facing Pathachakra in their third Calcutta Football League game on Monday, Mohun Bagan coach Shankarlal Chakraborty yesterday made a philosophical comparison between himself and the players with a salesman. Just like a corporate company sacks its employees if they fail to achieve their targets, the job of …

Calcutta Football League champions East Bengal Club continued their CFL campaign with a hard earned 2-0 win over Calcutta Customs at the East Bengal ground on Wednesday afternoon. The unlikely hero was Trinidad & Tobago defender Carlyle Mitchell with two second half headers to seal the game for the red …

Mohun Bagan striker Ansumana Kromah made his mark in his first game of the CFL when he was adjudged the Man of the Match after scoring a brilliant goal. Staying in the field for 80 minutes he was lethal at the strike zone. A happy Kromah said to XtraTime, “For …

Someone who has never played for East Bengal before and for the Mohun Baganis adorably called as the “Sobuj Tota” (Green Parrot), Jose Ramirez Barreto was present at the Red and Gold club tent yesterday. Arriving in the city for two days on account of personal reasons, the Brazilian forward …

All eyes will be on Bayi Kamo and Ansumana Kromah, as Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan begin their Calcutta Football League campaign on Monday against Southern Samity at their own club ground. Facing the Green and Maroon brigade will be a Southern Samity side who were struggling to build a team …

As XtraTime reports, defending champions East Bengal began their CFL campaign with a thumping performance as the Red and Gold brigade destroyed Rainbow AC with a resounding 4-1 victory. The Red & Gold brigade got a new superhero for the new season as V.P. Suhair becomes the match winner with …

As XtraTime reports, defending champions East Bengal Club begin their 2017 Calcutta Football League campaign on Saturday afternoon against Rainbow AC. The East Bengal side was held to a 1-1 draw against the same opposition a few days back. But the newly promoted side will be having just a single …

Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan yesterday presented former Australian youth international Diogo Ferreira as another signing for the upcoming I-League. Diogo Alexandre Alves Ferreira after passing his medical signed for the Mariners and was given the jersey by the Mohun Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra.

Khalid Jamil’s East Bengal only played out a 1-1 draw against Rainbow AC in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday. It’s surely a wake-up call to get the team ready for their CFL assignments. It was Brandon who gave East Bengal the lead, but Mithun Sardar equalised for Rainbow AC after …