Mehtab to lead EB in 2013-14 season

In the past several years multi-level marketing schemes have invested in popular football clubs — Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohun Bagan A C — and now with the crisis it's uncertain whether the players' contract will see any upwards revision ...

Nigerian striker Chidi Edeh struck a hat-trick and set up a couple more as East Bengal thrashed Yangon United of Myanmar 5-1 to enter the AFC Cup quarter-final here on Wednesday. It was Edeh (25th, 71st and 76th minute) who made his presence felt ...

A fine hat-trick by striker Chidi Edeh fashioned Kingfisher East Bengal's second entry into the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup here on Wednesday. The home team beat Yangon United 5-1 in a one-sided contest. East Bengal last made it to this stage in ...

Penn Orji is far removed from the big, bustling muscle mass that makes African footballers such sought after properties in Indian football since Chima Okorie exploded in the mid-80s. Orji, a playmaker, is small even by Indian standards. On Wednesday ...

Sports News: The draw took Churchill Brothers Sports Club's points tally to an insurmountable 52 points with a match in hand. Churchill managed a 1-1 draw against Mohun Bagan to emerge I-League champions for the second time at the Tilak Maidan, ...

Their I-League dreams may be as good as over, but East Bengal stand on the threshold of history in their AFC Cup campaign. Trevor Morgan spelt out the agenda for his team on Monday, the eve of against Vietnam's Sai Gon Xuan Thanh FC in the ...

statesman news serviceKolkata, 9 April: One look at the empty concrete stands beyond the artificial lush of the Salt Lake stadium and one would get the gist of why India are 143rd in the Fifa rankings and Indian clubs are stuck in a second-tier ...

FROM JALAN BESAR STADIUMBy Teng Kiatteng.kiat@goal.com@TengKiat Tampines Rovers AFC Cup ambitions took a big blow on Wednesday evening as they succumbed 4-2 in a goal-fest to East Bengal, leaving them with only one point from three games.Both teams ...

Skipper Sunil Chhetri found the target twice to power India to a crushing 4-0 win over Guam for their second win in as many matches in the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers here on Monday. With this victory, India, who have six points, stayed very much in ...