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Indian Super League side Odisha FC announced their new goalkeeper signing from I-League side Rajasthan United. They signed Niraj Kumar by paying transfer fees to replace Kamaljit Singh - who already left the club and joined another ISL side East Bengal.  pic - Niraj Kumar ( Rajasthan United social media )  The 19 year old Indian goalkeeper, Niraj Kumar started his football career at Ozone FC. Later he played for Real Kashmir FC and Jamshedpur FC on loan. However, he didn't get any game time on those clubs. Last season he played for newly I-League team Rajasthan United. Where he played as their first choice goalkeeper and kept one clean sheet in the tournament. The player played a critical role beneath the bar to keep Rajasthan United fight on the I-League title. This year, he played 4 group stage matches in Durand Cup for them and standout his performance against ATK Mohun Bagan, where Rajasthan United won by 3-2 scoreline. He also played for Indian u19 team in the...

The first Derby match of the season comes to an end in favour of ATK Mohun Bagan as they won the match by 1-0 scoreline at Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata. East Bengal lacked in the final third passes in the attacking area through the whole match. However, their performance in defence was quite good to hold ATK Mohun Bagan on that scoreline. pic - Durand Cup social media  In the first half, ATK Mohun Bagan had the maximum possession on ball, created some goal scoring chances, but failed to capitalise the goal until 46th minute. The first goal of the Derby came from an own goal by Sumeet Passi. ATK Mohun Bagan's Liston Colaco takes a corner kick in a dangerous possession of East Bengal's defence, and the ball goes on to goal from Sumeet Passi's body touches. Also, Hugo Boumous and Carl Machugh was shown yellow card by the referee in the first half. East Bengal first chance came in around 40th minute when Eliandro had the chance to score goal in box area of ATK ...

ATK Mohun Bagan and Emami East Bengal all set to play the prestigious Derby tomorrow at historic Salt Lake Stadium, tomorrow at 6pm. The first Derby match of the season is going to be a crucial match in group B in the tournament.  pic - Google ATK Mohun Bagan played 2 matches, one lost and drew one , currently has 1 point on their name, stands in 4 position of group B. In the first two matches, the performance of ATK Mohun Bagan is nearly average. They conceded 3 goals against I-League side Rajasthan United and one goal against Mumbai City. Florentine Pogba, the star defender is yet to perform his standout performance in these matches. Also, the forwards of ATK Mohun Bagan missed plenty of clear-cut goal scoring chances. Head Coach Juan Ferrando is not happy in his team's performance. And the crucial AFC Cup match against Kuala Lumpur city is coming in 7th September. Before that, ATK Mohun Bagan only has two matches to organise the team.  While, East Bengal also ye...

   Indian Super League, the most popular football tournament in India, has crossed an 8 years milestone with many popular world class players and exciting events. However, if we choose all time Indian Super League XI till now, there will be many players to remember. But some of them are widely known for their standout performances in the Indian Super League. Now, we will choose the top 11 players, who have the ability to be in the all time Indian Super League XI.  pic - Google The players are - Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ( GK ) , Sandesh Jhingan , Tiri , Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Akash Mishra, Hugo Boumous, Lalenmawia Ralte , Borja Fernandez, Sunil Chhetri, Ferran Corominas , Jeje Lalpekhlua. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - The star Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu joined Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC in 2017 from Norwegian top division club Stabaek. He was awarded the Golden Glove of Indian Super League two times, in 2018-19, 2019-20 season. Under th...

Kerala Blasters announced their last foreign signing who is from Greece. The former Greek International, Dimitrios Diamantakos is all set to play for Kerala Blasters in the upcoming Indian Super League season.  pic - Dimitrios Diamantakos ( Google ) The 29 year old player, Dimitrios Diamantakos mainly plays as a forward. Kerala Blasters Head Coach, Ivan Vukomanovic sees him as a potential signing in the place of Alvaro Vazquez - who went to FC Goa. The player, Dimitrios started his football career in 2009 with Greek club Olympiacos, mainly played for their youth team in first season then he moved to Panionios on loan. Then he returned to Olympiacos again in 2014. In a total 17 appearances with the club he scored 4 goals for them.  His most successful stint was to play for 2 Bundesliga side St. Pauli in 2018-20. He scored total 20 goals in 51 matches for them. Also he played for Croatian club Hajduk Split from 2020-22. Lastly he played for Israeli top division club ...

The Kolkata Giants Emami East Bengal all set to play their third Indian Super League season. They announced a lot of signings including six foreigners for the upcoming football season. In the last two editions of Indian Super League, East Bengal's performance was none other than a disaster. In the last season they ends their Indian Super League journey in the bottom of the table.  pic - East Bengal team practice (Google) This year, East Bengal appointed ex Indian International Stephen Constantine as their new head coach. And the Santosh Trophy winner coach Bino Geroge will assist Constantine in the upcoming Indian Super League. Now we will tell you the five things East Bengal needs to do to have a successful ISL season. 1.  Goalkeeping - Last year East Bengal lacked goalkeepers performance throughout the season. From Arindam Bhattacharjee to Sankar Roy everyone made many mistakes beneath the bar. So, the first point is that East Bengal need a good goalkeeper for t...

Indian Super League side Emami East Bengal set to announce the signing of 24 year old Australian midfielder Jordan O'Doherty. Head Coach Stephen Constantine wants him in his team for the upcoming ISL season.  pic - Jordan O'Doherty ( Wikipedia ) The player Jordan, started his career at Adelaide Riders. Later he played for Adelaide United, Western Sidney Wanderers. Last year he played for Newcastle Jets in A-League.  The player primarily plays as an defensive midfielder or even as a central midfielder. He can be a good signing for East Bengal this year. He will be the Asian quota signing of the team. He also played for Australian u-23 team, where he played 2 matches. 

Northeast United FC announced the signing of ex Gokulam Kerala FC midfielder Emil Benny for the upcoming ISL season. The 21 year old Indian midfielder played a vital role in Gokulam Kerala's I-League winning campaign.  pic - Emil Benny ( Google ) The young midfielder can play the role of attacking midfielder and has very skill in box-to-box situation. He already won I-League two times with Gokulam Kerala FC. And in 2020-21, he awarded as the emerging player of the season for his standout performance. He also included in 2020-21 I-League team of the season. He played total 32 matches for Gokulam Kerala and scored 4 goals for them. The malabarian also played in 2022 AFC Cup group stage matches for his previous club.  Marco Bulbul, the man from Israel will lead the highlanders in the upcoming Indian Super League. 

I-League side Rajasthan United past ATK Mohun Bagan by 3-2 scoreline at Saltlake stadium, Kolkata. ATK Mohun Bagan, the biggest name in Indian football, suffers defeat in their opening match in Durand Cup.  pic - Durand Cup Twitter handle Rajasthan United made Durand Cup debut in style and defend well in the whole match against ATK Mohun Bagan. Other side, ATK Mohun Bagan lacks of final passes on the field, failed to score many goals. Manvir, Kiyan , Ashish all misses plenty of simple chances.  The first goal came in 43 minute, scored by youngster Kiyan, but only after a few minutes, Amangeldiev scored the equaliser for Rajasthan. In the start of the second half, again ATK Mohun Bagan strike again in 46 minute, this time it was Ashique Kuruniyan. Joni Kauko gives him a small pass and he hit the ball in the net. But again in the 61 minute, Rajasthan scored the equaliser, goal scored by Remsanga from corner-kick. But the drama not ends here , Rajasthan managed to sco...

I-League side RoundGlass Punjab FC appoints Greek manager Staikos Vergetis as their new head coach ahead of new season.  pic - Staikos Vergetis ( credit - Google ) The man, Staikos Vergetis started his managerial career with Greek top division club Asteras Tripolis in 2013. Later in 2016, he managed a Cyprus club named Nea Salamina. After that he also managed several Greek Clubs in the second division of Greek football league system. The 46 year old is new to India and will lead RoundGlass Punjab FC in the upcoming 2022-23 I-League season. This year, which team will win I-League, they will get the direct chance to play Indian Super League next season.

Mumbai City played their first match in the prestigious football tournament Durand Cup today and beat the opposition Indian Navy by 4-1 scoreline.  pic - Durand Cup social media Adresh scored the first goal of the match in 43 minute for Indian Navy. After that young Indian forward Vikram Pratap Singh took back Mumbai City in the game in the added minutes of the first half. Then Greg Stewart scored a penalty and coach Des Buckingham took back Vikram from the field and out Chhangte in the position. And that's the match turning point. Chhangte scored 2 goals for Mubai City, one in 89th minute and one in added times. And gives Mumbai City the win they need in the season opener. 

Kerala Blasters announces their squad for Durand Cup 2022. They will send their reserve squad for the tournament.  pic - Kerala Blasters FC social media The squad is as follow -  GOALKEEPERS :   SACHIN SURESH,  MUHAMMED MURSHID, MUHAMMED JASEEN. DEFENDERS :   MUHAMMED BASITH ,  TEJAS KRISHNA S ,  ADHIL ASHRAF ,  SHERIN SALARI, MARUAAN HUSSAIN ,  MUHAMMAD SAHEEF ,  ABHIRAM K ,  ARITRA DAS. MIDFIELDERS  :  MUHAMMED AZHAR, MUHAMMED JASIM ,  VIBIN MOHANAN, AIKESH A S ,  GAURAU KANKONKAR ,  ROSHAN GIGI ,  EBINDAS YESUDASAN. FORWARDS  :  MUHAMMED AJSAL, MUHAMMED AIMEN, SUBHA GHOSH.

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes. The suspension will be lifted once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee has been repealed and the AIFF administration regains full control of the AIFF's daily affairs. This means that India won't be able to play any international match both of men , women's and youth categories. And India won't be able to host the u17 women's World Cup this year. The Indian Super League and other domestic tournaments will continue as scheduled. But on the other hand, Indian clubs won't be able to participate in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup until the ban is removed!

Kolkata based I-League side Mohammedan SC announced their squad for the upcoming football season. Head Coach Andrey Chernyshov named 27 men squad ahead of the new season.  pic - Mohammedan SC social media The squad is as follow -  GOALKEEPERS :  MITHUN SAMANTA ,  SANKAR ROY, MO RAFIQUE ALI SARDAR ,  ZOTHANMAWIA DEFENDERS :  SAFIUL RAHAMAN, VANLALZUIDIKA ,  ABHASH THAPA,  ABHISHEK AMBEKAR ,  DIPU HALDER SAIRUATKIMA, WAYNE VAZ ,  GUSMANE N'DIAYE ,  SHAHER SHAHEEN  MIDFIELDERS :  MILAN SINGH ,  ABHISEK HALDER, FASLURAHAMAN ,  CHRISTY DAVIS, NURIDDIN DAVRONOV WINGERS:  KEAN LEWIS ,  SK FAIAZ 21. PRITAM SINGH ,  RIDGE DEMELLO, YUMNAM GOPI SINGH STRIKERS :   ABIOLA DAUDA,  MARCUS JOSEPH ,  RAHUL PASWAN, AZAHARUDDIN

Bengaluru FC announced their full squad for the upcoming prestigious football tournament Durand Cup. They will field their main team in the tournament. Head Coach Simon Grayson will lead the blues in the tournament.  pic - Bengaluru FC social media SQUAD is as follow -  Goalkeepers : Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Lara Sharma, Amrit Gope Defenders : Alan Costa, Namgyal Bhutia, Parag Shrivas, Wungngayam Muirang, Prabir Das, Hira Mondal, Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksandar Jovanovic Midfielders : Bruno Ramires, Jayesh Rane, Suresh Wangjam, Danish Farooq, Rohit Kumar, Biswa Darjee, Javi Hernandez Strikers : Sunil Chhetri (C), Prince Ibara, Udanta Singh, Sivasakthi Narayanan, Leon Augustine, Roy Krishna, Faisal Ali.

Mumbai City announces their squad for the upcoming season opener tournament Durand Cup. Mumbai City head coach Des Buckingham will lead the squad for the latest 131th edition of Durand Cup. Mumbai City will field their main team in the tournament.  GOALKEEPERS :   PHURBA LACHENPA ,  MOHAMMAD  NAWAZ ,  BHASKAR  ROY. DEFENDERS :  RAHUL BHEKE ,  AMEY RANAWADE ,  MEHTAB SINGH ,  SANJEEV STALIN ,  MANDAR RAO DESSAI ,  ROSTYN GRIFFITHS ,  VIGNESH D ,  MOURTADA FALL. MIDFIELDERS   :   ALBERTO NOGUERA ,  AHMED JAHOUH ,  ROWLLIN BORGES ,  VINIT RAI ,  GREG STEWART ,  ASIF KHAN ,  PC ROHLUPUIA ,  LALENGMAWIA HUIDROM , NAOCHA SINGH. FORWARDS  :  VIKRAM PARTAP SINGH ,  LALLIANZUALA CHHANGTE ,  GURKIRAT SINGH ,  AYUSH CHHIKARA ,  BIPIN SINGH THOUNAOJAM ,  JORGE PEREYRA DIAZ.

Indian Super League side Odisha FC has announced their squad for Durand Cup 2022. Head coach Josep Gombau will lead the squad in the prestigious Durand Cup. This year Odisha FC will field the first team in Durand Cup with foreigners like Diego Mauricio, Saul Crespo.  pic - Josep Gombau GOALKEEPERS : Lalthuammawia Ralte, Dylan Da Silva. DEFENDERS : Narender Gahlot, Nikhil Prabhu, Carlos Delgado, Osama Malik, Shubham Sarangi, Sebastian Zo, Denechandra, Sahil Panwar, Ruatthara. MIDFIELDERS : Paul Ramfangzauva, Raynier Fernandes, Saul Crespo, Thoiba Moirangthem, Victor Rodriguez, Isaac Vanmalsawma. FORWARDS : Pedro Martin, Diego Mauricio, Nandhakumar Sekar, Akshunna Tyagi, Jerry Mawia, Isak Ralte, Michael Soosairaj.

The 29 year old Indian defender Sandesh Jhingan joins Bengaluru FC on a free transfer after he terminates his contract with his previous club ATK Mohun Bagan FC.  pic - Sandesh Jhingan He is one of the best Indian defender as of now, and continuously played for Indian National Football Team. Ahead of the new season, there was rumours that he might join at a European club. Previously in 2021 he joined a Croatian club HNK Sibenik, but there he didn't get any game time and come back to ATK Mohun Bagan in the mid-season. But ahead of the new season he was not in the list of ATK Mohun Bagan head coach Juan Ferrando. So he leaves ATK Mohun Bagan and joins Bengaluru FC with his fellow teammates Roy Krishna and Prabir Das. He has also high paying offers from East Bengal, but the player choose Bengaluru. 

Jamshedpur FC announced the signing of English forward Jay Emmanuel Thomas on a two years deal that will keep him in the club until 2024 season.  pic - Jay Emmanuel Thomas The player is a product of Arsenal Academy and a versatile player, can play as a winger or even as a striker. Jay Emmanuel Thomas played in various English club like Arsenal, Blackpool, Cardiff City etc. He also played for some Scottish Championship club like Aberdeen , Livingston. His most successful stint was to play for Bristol City in 2013-15, where he played 82 matches and scored 24 goals. Most recently he played for Scottish Championship club Aberdeen , where he played 15 matches.  pic - Jamshedpur FC social media Joining the Red Miners, he says," The growth of Indian football has been facinating to follow and it's a great feeling to be part of the ISL League Shield winners ". 

Kolkata -: The Kolkata Giants Emami East Bengal all set to announce 5 foreign signing for the upcoming season. Head coach Stephen Constantine chooses the players. The Asian foreign signing quota is not done yet, but it will be also done as soon as possible. Coach Stephen Constantine wants all the foreign players to be arrive Kolkata before the Durand Cup starts. Wheather it is not clear if the players will be able to play in Durand Cup or not. It depends on travel time, visas and match fitness.  Let's see the 5 foreign signing made by East Bengal - Ivan Gonzalez, Alex Lima, Cleiton Silva, Eliandro and Charalambos Kyriakou.  pic - Ivan Gonzalez As per previous reports, the ex-Goan Spanish defender Ivan Gonzalez is a done deal for East Bengal.  pic - Alex Lima Besides that, the 33 year old Brazilian midfielder Alex Lima is set to join East Bengal from Jamshedpur FC. He played 41 matches for Jamshedpur and scored one goal in the last two Indian Super ...

The 26 year old Indian goalkeeper Kamaljit Singh signs for Emami East Bengal from Odisha FC. East Bengal pays the transfer fees for him. He will be the first choice goalkeeper of East Bengal for the upcoming Indian Super League season.  pic - Kamaljit Singh East Bengal set to sign 27 year old Indian forward Sumeet Passi from Roundglass Punjab FC. The player played for Northeast United and Jamshedpur FC in Indian Super League previously. He scored 3 goals for Jamshedpur in Indian Super League. He also played for Indian National Football Team. He is the favorite player of current East Bengal head coach Stephen Constantine, while Stephen was coaching India in past times.  pic - Sumeet Passi Indian young defender Lalchungnunga signs for East Bengal for the upcoming season. He played in I-League 2021 with Sreenidi Deccan last season. For his good performance last season, East Bengal signs him this year. 

Defending champions FC GOA announces their squad for the upcoming 131th edition of prestigious football tournament Durand Cup 2022. The players are mostly from the reserve team and on four first team players will take part in the tournament. Coach Deggie Cardozo will lead the team to defend the trophy this year.  The squad is as follow -  GOALKEEPERS HRITHIK TIWARI, HANSEL COELHO, BOB JACKSON DEFENDERS DELZAN PASSANHA, RAYAN ROGER MENEZES, LESLY REBELLO (CAPTAIN), ADITYA SALGAONKAR, MALLIKJAN KALEGAR. DEESHANK KUNKALIKAR, SALMAN FARIS MIDFIELDERS LALREMRUATA HP, VELROY FERNANDES, DELTON COLACO, MALSAWMTLUANGA, DAVIS FERNANDES, RAYAN MENEZES, ANTHONY FERNANDES, AYUSH CHHETRI, MUHAMMED NEMIL, SHANNON VIEGAS FORWARDS VASIM INAMDAR, PHRANGKI BUAM, MEVAN DIAS, JOVIAL DIAS, SALGEO DIAS, JORDAN BORGES

Newly appointed East Bengal head coach, Stephen Constantine is on his way to decide the foreign signing for the upcoming ISL season. As per some sources, Constantine is considering 3 players from Cyprus, Spain and Australia.  Ivan Gonzalez, the Spanish defender is confirmed for East Bengal. From some rumours , East Bengal is interested in a 28 year old Cypriot defender Alex Gogic. The player is currently playing in St Mirren, in the top tier of Scotland. He is a versatile player who can play as a defender or as a defensive midfielder. pic - Alex Gogic The player represented Cyprus in u19 and u21 level. And also played 12 matches for the Cyprus National Football Team. Currently East Bengal is in hurry to select foreign players before the Durand Cup starts. 

Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC announced the signing of Australian forward Harry Sawyer from South Melbourne ahead of new season . pic - Jamshedpur FC social media The 25 year old forward can play in multiple positions like striker, second striker. He started his career at North Star in 2013 and later played for various Australian club like Western Pride, Newcastle Jets, South Melbourne etc. He also played for a Hong Kong based side Tai Po. He will be the crucial signing for Jamshedpur FC for the upcoming Indian Super League season. 

The young Indian forward Rahim Ali all set to extend his contract with Chennaiyin FC, which runs until 2024. pic - Rahim Ali The 22 year old forward, played in the FIFA U17 World Cup 2017, which was held in India. He made total three appearances for India in that tournament. He also played for India u20, u23 and for the senior national team also. He was in that team, which India won SAFF Championship 2021 in Maldives. He was the part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch 2017 and played for Indian Arrows for 2 years. Then he signed for Chennaiyin FC in 2019 and played 40 matches for them, scored 4 goals in total. There was rumours in the transfer market that the player could join East Bengal for the upcoming ISL season. But despite the interest from East Bengal, he signs a contract extension with Chennaiyin FC for two more years. 

 Pic - Germanpreet Singh Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC roped in Indian midfielder Germanpreet Singh for the upcoming ISL season. The midfielder is a graduate of AIFF Academy and joins the red miners from Chennaiyin FC ahead of new season. The midfielder started his career at Dempo and then move to Minerva Punjab in 2017. Later that year he joined Chennaiyin FC. During his time at Chennaiyin FC, he played 55 matches for the club and scored one goal also. He also played for India u19 and u23 side and made his debut for senior national team in 2016, in a game against Thailand. Pic - Jamshedpur FC social media Joining the new team the player says," I am excited to be playing at the furnace representing the vibrant Red Miners. It is added responsibility to defend and add more to the club's achivements."   

Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC signed former Gokulam Kerala goalkeeper Rakshit Dagar for the upcoming ISL season. The contract with Rakshit Dagar will continue till 2025. pic - Rakshit Dagar The goalkeeper, Rakshit Dagar had won two I-League trophies with Gokulam Kerala FC and also played for East Bengal, Sudeva Delhi FC, Roundglass Punjab FC previously.  pic - Sk Sahil  Jamshedpur FC also roped in Sk Sahil from ATK Mohun Bagan. The 22 year old midfielder won I-League one time with Mohun Bagan in 2019-20 season and was the part of Mohun Bagan youth team. 

Pic - Indian Football Team social media In the final match of SAFF U20 CHAMPIONSHIP, India thrash Bangladesh by 5-2 scoreline. The match was held in Kalinga stadium, Bhuvneshwar. In the first minute of the match, India took an early lead through a penalty shootout - scored by Gurkirat Singh. The golden boy Gurkirat Singh scored total 4 goals in the match, helping India clinch the SAFF U20 title. Also, Himangshu Jhangra scored a goal for India.  MD. Rajan Howlada and Shahin Mia scored the two goals for Bangladesh. After the early lead of India, Bangladesh scored two goals and take the match result to their favour. But in the 60th minute of the game, Gurkirat scored his 2nd goal of the day and take back India in the match. And in the extra time India scored 3 goals, two by Gurkirat and one by Himangshu, to beat Bangladesh by 5-2 scoreline. The player, Gurkirat Singh won the prize - the player of the tournament by scoring 8 goals in only 5 matches.