Football

KOLKATA: Veterans Football Development Pvt Ltd have announced the first-ever edition of the Veterans Super League (VSL) in Kolkata, to bring top Indian football veterans back to the pitch. 

The tournament will feature the likes of Indian football legends IM Vijayan, Bhaichung Bhutia, Syed Rahim Nabi, Mehtab Hossain, and Subrata Paul on the sidelines, with more than 350 others joining them on the pitch and is actively looking for sponsors.

Jan 19, 2019 14:01
ZURICH: UEFA, the apex governing body of European football Friday released a comprehensive 118-page ‘The European Club Footballing Landscape’, the 10th edition of its annual club licensing benchmarking report.
Jan 19, 2019 13:01
BENGALURU: Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC, also known as The Blues, is hosting the second edition of the BFC Inter-School Soccer Shield with energy drink brand Boost as its presenting sponsor in the city’s Bangalore Football Stadium.
Jan 17, 2019 16:01
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation has secured clearance from the Union Sports Ministry to bid for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The other country in the running to host the event is football superpower France. 
Jan 17, 2019 14:01
MADRID: The LaLiga, Spain’s premier football league, announced Wednesday that its in-stadia audiences across both divisions, LaLiga Santander and 1|2|3 stand at 7,520,225 in the first half of the 2018-19 season. The record figure brings the competition even closer to its target of 15 million by the end of the season in May.
Jan 17, 2019 13:01
MUNICH: Germany’s top flight football competition, the Bundesliga has earmarked China as a vital strategic market, as it will be opening a dedicated office for the league’s operations for the first time ever in the country in March 2019.
Jan 16, 2019 15:01
MUMBAI: La Liga heavyweights FC Barcelona continue to smash all records not just on the football ground but off it as well in the business side of sport. A recent study by financial consultancy firm KMPG titled ‘The European Champions Report 2019’ revealed that the Spanish club has spent 562 million euros ($640 million) solely in player salaries and other staff costs.
Jan 16, 2019 13:01
DETROIT: U.S. Soccer announced Monday a landmark, integrated partnership with global automobile giant, Volkswagen as the brand has been named its presenting automotive partner till 2022. The agreement was facilitated by Soccer United Marketing (SUM), U.S. Soccer’s partner for the past 15 years.
Jan 15, 2019 15:01
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday approved funding worth Rs 20 million for Hero I-League debutants Real Kashmir Football Club until 2022, Press Trust of India reports. The J&K State Administrative Council (SAC), under the chairmanship of governor Satya Pal Malik, took this decision at a meeting in the city.
Jan 15, 2019 15:01
LONDON: The Premier League has taken its operations with Sky Ocean Rescue, one of its CSR partners to primary schools across the United Kingdom in the form of a new competition called ‘Plastic Pollution Challenge’.
Jan 15, 2019 13:01
MUMBAI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced Monday that the men’s national team head coach Stephen Constantine has resigned following India’s 0-1 loss to Bahrain in the last AFC Asian Cup 2019 group game in Sharjah, due to which the team failed to qualify for the knockouin wake of t rounds.