From Denis Law’s goal which relegated his former Manchester United side and George Best’s shocking tackle on Manchester City defender Glyn Pardoe to Roy Keane’s challenge on Alf-Inge Haaland and Wayne Rooney’s sensational overhead kick, the Manchester Derby is a spectacle that has seen it all. And the…
Legend has it that India blew the chance to place itself on the global football map by withdrawing from the 1950 World Cup (then called the Jules Rimmet Cup) for its unsuccessful attempt at challenging FIFA’s ruling against barefoot players. While some suggest this to be the central…
Continued from part 1…. Bengaluru FC (P9 W4 D2 L3) Riding on heroics from their debut season, a pre-season in the pink away from ISL and their Federation Cup triumph in January, BFC were expected to pick up from where they had left off last year. On the…
Several Indian households might be hooked to their television screens with the ongoing cricket World Cup providing ample entertainment, but the twists and turns that the I-league had to offer during the past month or so has offered the country’s football faithful their own share of fun. As…
The past week was devoid of too many goals for the I-league outfits. But this, by no standards, means that there was any lack of action. Bengaluru FC put up a heroic show in their first ever Asian outing while Pune FC slumped to their first defeat of…
Pre-season rescheduling and cramped fixtures led to a busy past week or so for certain I-league outfits. After the opening match day of the season, games have been flying in thick and fast throughout the length and breadth of the country. And with so much action on the…
An American writer once said, “There’s a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are; a price for everything.” It is a fitting phrase for the I-league, India’s premier club football competition, as an entity.…