ISL will inspire lot of other sports to resume in India: Sourav Ganguly
Football | November 20, 2020 8:53 ISTThe seventh season of the Indian Super League will begin on Friday.
The seventh season of the Indian Super League will begin on Friday.
Kibu Vicuna may have coached Mohun Bagan to the I-League title last season but ISL is a different tournament altogether, ATK Mohun Bagan head coach Antonio Lopez Habas warned his Kerala Blasters counterpart.
Former champions ATK Mohun Bagan and Kerala Blasters will start the proceedings with what is expected to be a blockbuster clash at the GMC Stadium on Friday.
The 2020/21 ISL season will begin from Friday with all matches to be played in three bio-secure venues across Goa amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2020/21 ISL season will begin on November 20 with all matches to be played in three bio-secure venues across Goa amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Newest entrants in the Indian Super League, East Bengal, along with Odisha FC, NorthEast United FC, Kerala Blasters and Hyderabad FC were the five clubs who had failed to meet the AFC and national licensing criteria.
With COVID-19 restrictions in place, the footballers had to spend 14 days in quarantine before going on to the pitch which meant their preparation was short.
Odisha FC, NorthEast United FC, Kerala Blasters, Hyderabad FC and new entrants East Bengal are the five clubs which were not handed licenses by the AIFF.
Jhingan was named along with fellow defender Pritam Kotal and goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya as the three Indian captains in his roster.
With ISL beginning late November, East Bengal members have requested club's new investors to form a reserve team for 123rd edition of prestigious IFA Shield.
Keeping the sentiments of their millions of fans in mind, ATK Mohun Bagan on Thursday unveiled their jersey for the upcoming season with a 'Champions' embossed below the team logo.
The partnership, which will last till June 30, 2023, is the first step taken by the Bundesliga club in its measures to internationalise the club outside Europe
Staying inside a bio bubble "isn't easy" but Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri, nevertheless, is bracing up for the upcoming Indian Super League in earnest, doing all it takes for a successful campaign with his franchise Bengaluru FC.
The club said that it was decided to make Taylor, 34, the new captain in a team meeting on Saturday. The former Newcastle United centre-back replaces midfielder Marcos Tebar in the position.
ATK Mohun Bagan will face Kerala Blasters in the opening match of the 2020-21 Indian Super League (ISL) on November 20, organisers Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) announced on Friday.
The 23-year-old, a native of Ambernath in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, can play on either side in attack as well as down the middle.
Newly-appointed East Bengal head coach they would aim to create a team which dominates ball possession.
The cash-rich Indian Super League (ISL) backed by the AIFF, in all likelihood, will be the first sporting competition in the country after a phased opening of the lockdown. The event starts October 20 and will be held in Goa.
With the club's foreign contingent still awaiting their visas, as many as 29 players attends the opening session, along with first-team Indian assistant coach Naushad Moosa.
The century-old club's inclusion in ISL this season was on expected lines after its new investors Kolkata-based Shree Cement Limited, picked up the bid documents to enter the ISL.
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