India's oldest and most successful football club merged Thursday with a rival Kolkata side after years of financial trouble, giving a shot in the arm to one of two leagues fighting for dominance in the sport.... more »
The owners of English Premier League champions Manchester City on Thursday made Mumbai City FC of India the eighth club in their global football empire.... more »
World body FIFA has told Indian football to sort out its differences after a move to hand the I-League's top-tier status to the franchise-based Indian Super League drew a threat of legal action.... more »
Bullets are heard every day in the world's most militarised zone, but shots fired on goal by Danish Farooq have become a revelation in Kashmir.... more »
Captain Sunil Chhetri expressed joy and relief after India sealed their place at the 2019 Asian Cup, underlining football's rising fortunes in the country.... more »
India's glitzy super league returns this weekend, but a struggling national team and insufficient facilities in the cricket-mad country means the "sleeping giant" of world football is unlikely to stir anytime soon.... more »
Italian World Cup winner Alessandro Del Piero was set to be unveiled as the Indian Super League's latest marquee signing Thursday as organisers spoke of sparking a football "revolution" in the cricket-mad country.... more »
Former French defender Bernard Mendy emerged the top attraction at Thursday's draft for the troubled new franchised-based Indian Super League set to kick off in October.... more »
The owner of Spanish giants Atletico Madrid predicted exciting times for football in cricket-mad India Wednesday as he revealed one of the teams lining up in a controversial new league would be called Atletico Kolkata.... more »
Its backers include some of the biggest names in Indian sport, business and Bollywood who hope it will help the country shed its image as the sleeping giant of world football.... more »
Cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly and leading Spanish club Atletico Madrid are among the owners of teams in a new India football league set to start this year, organisers said Sunday.... more »
India's football chiefs will set up an anti-corruption unit after reports emerged that an I-League club may have been targeted by illegal betting syndicates, a top league official said Wednesday.... more »
A new football tournament in India that was to feature former international stars of the game has been postponed after opposition from domestic clubs, organisers said Monday.... more »
Former football superstars Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Hernan Crespo are being lined up to play in a new Indian tournament aimed at cashing in on growing domestic interest in the sport, organisers said Monday.... more »
