Indian football: How AIFF have avoided fresh elections since 2020 based on mere assumptions

The Praful Patel-led committee continuing to hold its post is a classic example of how a federation can turn a lawsuit filed against it to its advantage.

Jaydeep Basu

· Oct 06, 2021 · 12:36 pm

Indian football: Igor Stimac’s complaints about league structure – a valid concern or mere excuse?

The Croatian coach refused to take responsibility for India’s poor showing in the World Cup qualifiers and instead put the blame on state of domestic football.

Jaydeep Basu

· Jun 23, 2021 · 07:45 am

Indian Football: Does AIFF’s decision to freeze relegation in I-League set a dangerous precedent?

The Indian federation in an informal decision decided to scrap relegation from the second-tier competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jaydeep Basu

· May 12, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Indian Football: The North East is the top breeding ground for talent but will it stay that way?

Mizoram and Manipur alone constitute more than 25 percent of the total Indian players in ISL.

Jaydeep Basu

· Mar 02, 2021 · 10:07 am

Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India

The responsibility of scoring goals in Indian domestic football had virtually been taken over by foreign strikers long before the ISL kicked off.

Jaydeep Basu

· Jan 25, 2021 · 06:00 pm

Rare successes, cosmetic changes: Indian Football in the last decade has remained largely mediocre

Even at the end of 2020, Indian football is largely dependent on Sunil Chhetri at the international level.

Jaydeep Basu

· Dec 22, 2020 · 10:54 am

ISL’s Kolkata Derby: Here’s a look back at the first Mohun Bagan-East Bengal games in events past

The two Kolkata major renew their rivalry for the first time in Indian Super League, with the club names changed to ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal.

Jaydeep Basu

· Nov 27, 2020 · 10:02 am

From Manjit Singh to Carlton Chapman: Untimely deaths of former players that shook Indian football

Indian football has been cursed to find some of its best names leaving this world at an age when they were ready to pass on their rich experience to youngsters.

Jaydeep Basu

· Oct 21, 2020 · 02:30 pm

In unbearable pain but with football on his mind: The last nine months of Syed Abdul Rahim’s life

The architect, mentor and philosopher of modern Indian football breathed his last at his house in Darulshifa in Hyderabad in June 1963.

Jaydeep Basu

· Sep 16, 2020 · 01:00 pm

Indian football's forgotten triumph, right after an embarrassing defeat on Independence Day 1971

A remarkable comeback by Indian football team that has been forgotten over the years.

Jaydeep Basu

· Aug 15, 2020 · 12:48 pm

A victory for India? Why Mohun Bagan’s historic 1911 IFA Shield win was purely about football

The victory for the Mariners was seen as a triumph against the British Raj but that narrative was nothing more than a coincidence.

Jaydeep Basu

· Jul 29, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Why Sunil Chhetri is the finest match-winner in Indian football history

The number of crucial goals Chhetri has scored for India helps him stand ahead of all of them in sheer consistency.

Jaydeep Basu

· Jun 12, 2020 · 09:46 am