Premier League Soccer gets AIFF backing

The All India Football Federation fully backs the IPL-style Premier League Soccer, to be held in Bengal, but wants "correct procedures" regarding the participation of active international stars, a......

Cannavaro and Pires set for IPL style soccer league

Italy's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate......

Messi to play in Kolkata in September

It's good news for football-crazy fans of the city. Argentine superstar Lionel Messi and his teammates will play a FIFA official international friendly against Venezuela at Salt Lake's Yuba Bharati......

Maradona may reconsider India visit

The Mumbai terror attack has cast a shadow over Diego Maradona's two-day trip to Kolkata, even as the organisers claim the iconic Argentine football star's country visit is very much on.......