Big difference in the standard of I-League and ISL clubs: Andrey Chernyshov

Andrey Chernyshov, the Russian coach of Mohammed Sporting, was instrumental in the club winning the I-League…

Syed Abdul Rahim – the Man Indian Football Could Least Afford to Lose

In his poignant essay on the life and times of Colin Milburn, whose career ended after…

Maidaan creates nostalgia, evokes sadness of wasted opportunity

The late, great PK Banerjee had narrated the story to this correspondent. After returning from the…

Maidaan extends SA Rahim’s journey in football fans’ collective consciousness

When Chadarghat High School Principal Shawcross told the diminutive lad that he had no future in…

Rahim Saheb was like a God to us: Arun Ghosh

It was quite an emotional moment for the family of Arun Ghosh, one of the handful…

Dream to represent India in the World Cup: Bijay Chhetri on his Uruguayan adventure

Bijay Chhetri, the Chennaiyin FC defender, has become the talk of the town after his historic…

Watch Maidaan for the romance of Indian football

A movie on Indian football. Don’t scoff. Agreed, Indian football is not doing well today and…

The Lost Story of Mohammed Salim – Mohammedan Legend and a Bhoy

Following Mohammed Salim’s death in 1989, a brief obituary in the Amrita Bazar Patrika declared: Mohammed…

EXCLUSIVE || People believe real change is happening at East Bengal: Carles Cuadrat

East Bengal’s ISL play-off fate is no longer in their own hands. On Wednesday night, they…

Maidaan – Sports Films and National Imagination

Just days before Sachin: A Billion Dreams was all set to hit film screens round the…