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East Bengal defeated Northeast United FC on their third match of Hero Indian Super League and found their first win this season after two matches beaten setback. The scoreline was 3-1, when Stefan Constantine's Red and Gold brigade outplayed the boys of Northeast at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati on Thursday. Charalambos Kyriakou selected for the Man of the match for his standout performance throughout the game. Pic - Indian Super League social media East Bengal takes an early lead in 11th minutes while Cleiton Silva past the goalkeeper through a hard angle from Mahesh's pass. Though Northeast spends more time in ball possessions, another chance came for East Bengal in first quarter of the match when Cleiton Silva's shot goes side netting. The most critical chance for the Highlanders comes in the end of first half, when Emil Benny's shot saved by East Bengal keeper, and Matt Derbyshire's rebound shot hits crossbar.   In early second...

I-League Champions Gokulam Kerala recently signed an foreign midfielder for the upcoming season. Farshad Noor, the player from Afghanistan will join the Malabarians to bolster the squad in their second consecutive I-League campaign. Pic - Farshad Noor ( Google) He started his football career at PSV youth academy and played for various European clubs including Jong PSV, Roda JC Kerkrade, AFC Eskilstuna etc, and for Indonesian club Persib Bandung in Liga 1. Last season he played for a Baharini club  Al-Hala SC.  His most successful stint was for Nea Salamis where he scored 6 goals in 59 matches. In his early days he was in Netherlands u17 team and recently played against India in Asian Cup Qualifiers for the Afghanistan national team. He displayed a brilliant performance against India on that match. 

Ex player of Kolkata Giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, 32 year old Raju Gaikwad joins I-League side Churchill Brothers FC on a two year deal as per reports.  Pic - Raju Gaikwad ( Google ) The player started his football career Indian Arrows in 2010, primarily plays as a centre back but also able to play as a full back, is a well known name in Kolkata football. In 2011, he moved to East Bengal where he won Federation Cup, IFA Shield and Calcutta Football League 4 times in his 4 years stint with the club.  Also played for various Indian Super League side including FC Goa, Mumbai City, Jamshedpur FC, Kerala Blasters FC and for Mohun Bagan 2016-17 on loan, and won the Federation Cup 2015-16 with the Mariners. Last season he played for Red and Gold brigade East Bengal, where he is on the field for 19 matches throughout the season. Previously he also played for Indian u23 and senior football team. This year, having no interests from ISL clubs he fin...

Indian U20 men's national football team head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh named 23 man squad ahead of u20 Asian Cup Qualifiers to be held in Kuwait. India placed in Group H along with Iran, Australia and Kuwait, whom will India play in 14, 16, 18th October respectively.  Pic - All India Football Federation website Coach said that the boys are motivated and confident about qualifying for next u20 Asian Cup 2023 to be held in Uzbekistan. The players are training in Bhuvneshwar for some days before travelling to Kuwait.  The squad is as follow :-  Goalkeepers  : Zahid Hussain Bukhari, Som Kumar, Dipesh Chauhan . Defenders : Leewan Castanha, Amandeep, Abhishek Singh Tekcham, Sajad Hussain Parray, Halen Nongtdu, Brijesh Giri, Bikash Yumnam, Raj Basfore. Midfielders : Vibin Mohanan, Taison Singh Loitongbam, Harsh Shailesh Patre, Sibajit Leimapokpam, Vinay Harji, Shreyas Ketkar, Maheson Singh Tongbram, Aphaoba Singh. Forwards : Macarton Louis...

Indian U17 Women's team suffers a huge defeat against USA in their first match of FIFA U17 Women's World Cup, here at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar by a huge margin of 8-0. Indian team starts their world cup campaign with a defeat. Pic - Indian Football Team social media USA takes an early leads in 9th minute of the match through, Rebimbas scored the first goal for them from a cross made from right-flank. And in 14th minute, USA finds their second goal from a corner kick, the goal scored by Taylor Suarez. The right flank of Indian defence looked some weak and India come up with a deep defending plan with 3-5-2 lineup against United States of America's women's u17 team which looks that the opponents come up with a better match planning than us. Again in 23th minute, Indian team made another mistake, it cost another goal. This time goalscorer Gamero snatched the ball from India defender and scored a simple shot. Head Coach of Indian team Thomas Denn...

Bengaluru tastes win in their first match of Hero ISL 2022-23 season, by defeating Northeast United FC 1-0 in Kantiveera Stadium, Bangalore. While one decision will be in question of referee on which Northeast players are demanding goal in the end of the match.  Pic - Northeast United social media Bengaluru FC had most of the possession of ball, while Northeast played  mostly on counter attacks. Sivasakthi, Jithin, Sunil Chhetri players from both teams had the chances to score goals. But no one cannot break the deadlock. Sunil Chhetri misses one free kick, one long ranger shot while Northeast players Jithin missed only a tap-in with the ball in his debut in Indian Super League. Bruno Ramirez took one shot on target in the starting of the match. Another young player Emil Benny substituted before the half time for injury, who also gets his ISL debue today.  The story remains same in the second half. Chances created, but didn't convert to a goal. In 8...

Kerala Blasters defeated East Bengal by 3-1 in the inaugural opening match of 2022-23 Hero Indian Super League at The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi today. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, the Ukrainian star scored a brace in his ISL debut, gives Kerala Blasters the win they need in the first match of the season. The fans of them (yennam yellow, manjapadda) were present in the Stadium in full mood today.  Pic - Ivan Kalyuzhnyi In the first 10 minutes East Bengal played agressive moves on which Alex Lima takes the first shot on target in the match, but it saved by Blaster goalkeeper Gill who prevents Alex from scoring the opening goal. Once Adrian Luna finds Leskovic in the box, but the latter missed a free header. The time moves, and Kerala Blasters looks more aggressive in the attacking area, jessel carneiro took a cross for Giannou, but he couldn't make a proper touch with the ball. In 25th minute Sahal Abdul Samad cuts in East Bengal box and played a pass to Puitea, but again K...

Recently, Indian Football Federation signed a MoU contract with Saudi Arabian Football Federation where president Kalyan Chaubey and secretary general Shaji Pravakaran were present. They also meet the Indian u17 team which playing in the AFC u17 Asian Cup qualifiers there.  Pic - Indian football social media According this MoU, next the upcoming Santosh Trophy final round will be payed in Saudi Arabia and the u17, u19 teams from both countries will play each other twice in a year. Alongside this, India ranking in FIFA stepped down by 2 level. Currently Indian football team ranked in 106th position in FIFA ranking after one draw and a loss in the recent two friendlies.   Today Indian u17 team will play against Mayanmar u17 team in their 3rd match of the tournament at 8:45 pm, the live streaming of the match will be on Indian football Facebook handle. Previously Indian team showed a good performance against Kuwait and Maldives by beating them 3 and...

India, second time in it's history, ready to host FIFA U17 Women's WORLD CUP after their successful completion of FIFA U17 Men's World Cup in 2017. The tournament starts in October 11 at Fatorda Stadium, Goa. Indian team ready for another FIFA competition with some numerous numbers of young women players accross the country.  Pic - All India Football Federation Danish Head Coach Thomas Dennarby announced 21 members for this prestigious world cup tournament. The matches will be played 3 different venues in the country, (Bhuvneshwar, Goa and Mumbai). Recent Indian u17 women's team played some friendly matches in an exposure tour in Spain. The young Blue Tigresses are ready to take on the world giants in the field.  Indian team will start their journey against USA in October 11 at Kalinga Stadium, Bhuvneshwar in 8 pm IST. Coach Thomas Dennarby confident that Indian team will deliver a good performance and will go in the knockout stage. Moroc...

Chennaiyin FC announced their full squad ahead of upcoming Indian Super League season. They will form 6 new foreigners with some existing and new coming Indian players for the tournament. German Coach Thomas Brardic will lead the team to bounce back the glory of Hero ISL to Chennaiyin after some bad seasons.  The squad is :-  Pic - Chennaiyin FC social media Goalkeepers :- DEBJIT MAJUMDER, SAMIK MITRA, DEVANSH DABAS, LOVEPREET SINGH. Defenders : - NARAYAN DAS, AAKASH SANGWAN, VAFA HAKHAMANESHI, FALLOU DIAGNE, GURMUKH SINGH AJITH KUMAR, MONOTOSH CHAKLADAR, MD. SAJID DHOT. Midfielders :- NASSER EL KHAYATI, JITESHWOR SINGH, ANIRUDH THAPA, EDWIN VANSPAUL, JULIUS DUKER, SAJAL BAG, CHRIS WHITE, MOHAMMED RAFIQUE, SOURAV DAS, SUHAIL PASHA. Forwards :- NINTHOI MEETEI, VINCY BARRETTO, RAHIM ALI, ROMARIO JESURAJ, PETAR SLISKOVIC, KWAME KARIKARI, PRASANTH K, JOCKSON DHAS, SENTHAMIZH, JOBBY JUSTIN, GULAB SINGH, MOHAMED LIYAAKATH.