It is said that certain endings may give rise to new beginnings, and this is what we take into account as the top national teams battled for the coveted AFC U-16 Asian Championships in India. The intention was not only to perform at the Asian stage but also…
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…
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.…
Football cringes at the news of a team disbanding, particularly if it owns a significant historical factor. The news on one of Kolkata’s most legendary club Mohammedan Sporting dissolving saw people from across the football spectrum pay tribute to the Black Panthers who, at one point, carried Indian…
I tend to fast-forward anything which has a branded significance to it. I am not really into all that, but lately I have to admit that there are a few brands who are working hard towards humanizing content. Now humanizing content is something I will always be a…