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I-League targets entire season in Kolkata again
The 2020-21 Indian I-League season will be held in Kolkata, the All Indian Football Federation has announced
India’s Asian Cup bid signals burgeoning ambition to be a sporting power
All India Football Federation president Praful Patel says hosting the 2027 Asian Cup will hasten India's big ambitions in football and sport more generally.
India, Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia set out their stalls for 2027 AFC Asian Cup
SportBusiness delves into the bid books of the contenders to host the 2027 Asian Cup to examine the thinking and the plans behind each entry. Tom King reports.
India launches bid to host 2027 Asian Cup
The All India Football Federation has joined Saudi Arabia and Qatar in formally announcing its candidature to host the AFC Asian Cup 2027
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World Athletics said Olympic qualification for marathon and race walk events will restart from September 1, three months earlier than previously announced - Reuters/CNA
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The Thai football league season may restart earlier than planned due to pressure from domestic broadcast partner TrueVisions, the Football Association of Thailand has said - Bangkok Post
Kolkata and Goa emerge as Covid-19 safe football hubs
Indian football’s I-League is set to follow the top tier Indian Super League in playing its next season in one location.
Turkmenistan football league restarts, other Asian events join cancelled list
Turkmenistan on Sunday joined the small handful of countries around the world to continue hosting sports events amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as its domestic football season restarted
Cricket, football and hockey hit by coronavirus cancellations in Indian subcontinent
Professional cricket events in India, including the Indian Premier League and BCCI domestic matches, have been postponed as measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus in the country
Indian Super Cup paused, AFC competition qualification confirmed
The All India Football Federation's Super Cup, which for the past two years has pitted I-League teams against Indian Super League teams, has been paused as part of the wider overhaul of the country's …
Indian Super League winner to qualify directly for AFC Champions League
The winner of India's top football league will qualify directly for the Asian Football Confederation Champions League group stage for the first time from 2021
DSport replaces Star as I-League broadcaster in three-year deal
Indian pay-television broadcaster DSport has agreed a three-season deal to become the new domestic rights partner of club football competition the I-League
AFC roadmap makes ISL India’s top league, recommends merger with I-League
The Asian Football Confederation has backed making the Indian Super League the country's top football league from 2019-20, and a process to merge the I-League into it by 2024-25
India the “next nut to crack” for Fifa in Asia, Le Floc’h says
Fifa considers India “the next nut to crack” in terms of football’s sporting and commercial development in Asia, the confederation’s chief commercial officer Philippe Le Floc’h has said.
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All India Football Federation to keep both I-League and India Super League for two more years
All India Football Federation president Praful Patel has promised I-League clubs he will approach the Asian Football Confederation to allow them to co-exist with the Indian Super League for the next two…
Indian Super League to officially replace I-League as India’s top football division
The All India Football Federation will officially make the Indian Super League the country's top football competition in July this year, a mantle it will take over from the I-League
Indian FA official predicts ISL and I-League merger
All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das has claimed that the country’s two rival football leagues will merge within five years.
Indian Super League teams up with English Premier League
The operators of the Indian Super League (ISL) have struck a strategic partnership with the English Premier League (EPL) that will aim to develop the new club football tournament.