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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. 

Jan 04, 2018 11:01
MUMBAI: BCCI's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) chief Neeraj Kumar will be given an extension, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai said on Wednesday. "...it will happen, an order will be issued in due course," PTI quotes Rai as having said.
Jan 03, 2018 11:01
NEW DELHI: After taking a head in the sand approach to the latest controversy to hit India's most celebrated grappler Sushil Kumar, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has finally woken up from its slumber.
Dec 30, 2017 13:12
NEW DELHI: Even as the the curtains are set to be drawn on 2017, the Delhi police have registered an FIR against wrestler Sushil Kumar and his supporters on charges of violence and death threats against his opponent in the ring Praveen Rana and his brother Naveen at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday. 
Dec 29, 2017 11:12
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry has revised the guidelines for issuance of funds to athletes under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.
Dec 28, 2017 12:12
NEW DELHI: Veteran sports administrator Ashok Kumar Mattoo, who headed the national boxing and hockey federations at different times, passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.
Dec 28, 2017 12:12
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government plans to start free coaching to students of government schools through academies and clubs which, in turn, will use the institute playgrounds for private coaching after school hours and during holidays.
Dec 23, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI: India will host the Australian women's cricket team for a three-match ODI series in March 2018 as a part of the ICC Women's Championship.
Dec 22, 2017 10:12
MUMBAI: The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) today announced that it has selected Birmingham, England as the host city partner of the XXII Commonwealth Games in 2022. Birmingham 2022, which is expected to take place from 27 July – 7 August 2022, marks 20 years since Manchester 2002, the last time the Games were held in England.
Dec 21, 2017 14:12
NEW DELHI: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is scheduled to speak in the Upper House of Parliament - the Rajya Sabha - on Thursday, to initiate a discussion on the right to play and the future of sports in India.
Dec 21, 2017 10:12
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has objected to the Asian Cricket Council's decision to allow Pakistan to host the next Asian Emerging Nations Cup cricket in April next year.