India to take part in SAFF Championship in May

The Indian football team will play against Nepal in an international friendly on June 6 in in Mumbai after the South Asian neighbours agreed to replace Lebanon for the game. Lebanon had pulled out of the friendly citing visa issues despite confirming their ...

For the first time in 21 years, the Indian football team have climbed a spot to be placed 100th in the latest Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings. As per the updated rankings, India are now placed 100th alongside Lithuania, ...

Just days after footballer Subrata Paul tested positive for a banned substance, weightlifter Sushila Panwar has failed a dope test and she has been placed under provisional suspension. After Panwar's 'A' sample was found positive, the Indian Weightlifting ...

Vietnam will host Group I of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship qualification in July, the Vietnam Football Federation said.Hosts Vietnam will clash with Timor-Leste, Macao of China and South Korea from July 19-23. Group I ...

Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal was on Thursday elected as head of FIFA's governance committee at the world football governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city of Manama.Justice Mudgal's name was proposed by the FIFA Council on Wednesday for the vacant position of the governance chief after Miguel Maduro was reportedly 'fired' for his role in blocking Russian World Cup official Vitaly Mutko from retaining his seat on ruling council.The FIFA Council proposed to the 67th FIFA Congress ...

IMAGE: Oinam Bembem Devi. Photograph: AIFF Media The legendary Oinam Bembem Devi, Jeje Lalpekhlua and Gurpreet Sandhu have been nominated for the Arjuna Awards this year by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). 20 years playing for India and yet no Arjuna Award! One of the biggest names in the women's game, the 36-year-old Bembem called time on her illustrious international career at the end of the South Asian Games last year in Shillong. An Arjuna will be a fitting reward for her ...