A LIST OF 28 PLAYERS picked by coach Stephen Constantine as probables for the national team has been announced. It's out of these chosen ones that the Blue Tigers coach will construct the squad that takes on Iran and Turkmenistan in the remaining two World Cup 2018 Qualifiers in late March.
In this edition of the TFG Football Podcast we talk about a week of upsets and disruptions in the I-League. The big story focuses on the controversy surrounding AIFF banning Mohun Bagan coach Sanjay Sen for 8 matches. Punishment for FC Goa related to the ISL final fiasco, and reactions from the clubs and fans forms part of this story. Plus what will happen over the coming week in the AFC Cup and I-League.
FC GOA has been fined Rs. 50 lakhs (which is to be paid within 10 days), verdict by the AIFF Disciplinary Committee, for not attending the post match Presentation Ceremony of the Hero ISL Final 2015.
ARATA IZUMI shares his thoughts about playing for India, ISL club Atletico de Kolkata and his current club, Mumbai FC in I-League.
FOREIGN PLAYERS EARN 64 percent of the 1100 crores that is floating around the Indian Sports Leagues market, while the Indian players get only 36 percent of the pie. More facts like these were uncovered in the launch of India’s first ever sports salaries report conducted by Super Insight.
BRATISH PODDAR compares the state of football in India with examples around the world and contemplates on the best possible course of action to be taken to improve it.
THE PROPOSED PLAN to merge ISL and I-League is just the first step towards creating a new Indian football ecosystem that rewards merit with a stable revenue source, rather than being headed by a franchised league with a fat entry fee.
THE MERGER PLAN weaved around Indian football was presented to the fans with a little more clarity last night when AIFF Vice President Subrata Dutta spoke to a Bengali news channel 24 Ghanta about how ISL and I-League will be unified.
BIKASH JAIRU, who has been in rich form over the past few months, says the Indian Super League (ISL) experience is now helping him succeed at various levels of the game.
Renedy Singh, the former international player for India has echoed the opinion of merging the Indian Super League (ISL) with the I-League and stated that is the way forward for Indian football.