Governance

The All Indian Football Federation announced the Premier 1 club licensing results for the 2024-25 season on Thursday. 

Punjab FC is the only club to have received a direct license.

Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant and ISL Cup champion Mumbai City FC received the license with sanctions. Joining them in this category is Kolkata giant East Bengal, FC Goa, Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, NorthEast United FC and Mohammedan Sporting, which was promoted to the ISL after it won the I-League this season. 

Apr 22, 2019 15:04
MUMBAI: India cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were on Saturday fined Rs 2 million each by BCCI ombudsman DK Jain for their sexist comments on the celebrity chat show Koffee With Karan.
Apr 22, 2019 14:04
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has recently signed an agreement with the Asian Football Confederation focused on coaching rules and methods.
Apr 18, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: After the Union government's grand ignore to a missive sent by the International Olympic Committee nearly two months ago, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has interceded on IOC's behalf and issued a fresh letter. IOA president Narinder Batra has written to Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, urging him to address the issue at the earliest.
Apr 18, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: The sexual harassment charges against Board of Control for Cricket in India CEO Rahul Johri refuse to go away.
Apr 17, 2019 17:04
JAIPUR: Is the Committee of Administrators, which, since being appointed by the Supreme Court to run the affairs of the BCCI in January 2017, can at best be given a D Minus for performance, about to wake up from its happy slumber?
Apr 16, 2019 16:04
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The FIH executive board (EB) Tuesday confirmed that India’s mens team will join the FIH Pro League from 2020 on, as was unanimously supported by the other participating national associations.
Apr 15, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: Court intervention has come into play over yet another sports federation administrator treating the body as his personal fiefdom. The Delhi High Court, in a strongly worded judgment, has set aside "the arbitrary, illegal and unethical appointment of friends and family members" by Ashok Singh, president, Delhi Capital Badminton Association, to fill six key posts of the DCBA executive committee.
Apr 13, 2019 16:04
BHUBANESWAR: The AIFF league committee has unanimously decided to refer the matter of I-League clubs' withdrawal from the ongoing Hero Super Cup to the disciplinary committee, relying upon the relevant clauses/sections of the I-League participation agreement and the tournament's regulations.
Apr 13, 2019 15:04
JAMSHEDPUR: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has appointed K Prabhakar Rao, secretary of Jharkhand Badminton Association (JBA) as chairman of Para Badminton India. In a letter dated 4th April, BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma has made the announcement appointing K Prabhakar Rao, who is also the joint secretary of BAI, as the chairman of Para Badminton India.
Apr 12, 2019 18:04
JAIPUR: The holy cows shall only be touched "softly, softly". Indian sport's craven diffidence before its big guns was on full display Thursday after Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni escaped a ban and was let off with a 50% fine on his match fee for an unprecedented confrontation with the on-field umpire during the IPL encounter against Rajasthan Royals here.