AIFF Polls: Kalyan ahead of Bhutia as football body set to get its first 'Player President'

Photograph: Kalyan Chaubey/Twitter Winds of change were blowing over the All India Football Federation on the eve of its polls as the sports body braced up to elect a former player as its......

Derrick Pereira named FC Goa head coach

'This is a wonderful opportunity, but there is also a lot of work ahead of us and I am eager to get onto the training ground to start working with the players.'   IMAGE: The 59-year-old......

Actor Ajay Devgn mourns Olympian Hakim's demise

IMAGE: Syed Shahid Hakim was a Dronacharya Awardee and was part of the 1960 Rome Olympics. Photograph: Hyderabad FC/Twitter Actor Ajay Devgn on Sunday mourned the loss of former India footballer......

Former Asiad gold medallist Fortunato Franco dead

IMAGE: Fortunato Franco would forever be remembered for providing the assist that enabled Jarnail Singh to nod home the winner against South Korea in the 1962 Asian Games. Photograph: Praful......

Indian football: New Year new luck as SC East Bengal log first win

IMAGE: SC East Bengal's Anthony Pilkington celebrates on scoring the opening goal against Odisha FC at GMC Stadium in Bambolim, Goa, on Sunday. Photograph: ISL/Twitter SC East Bengal kick-started......