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  • Hero Indian Super League returns to Kolkata after two years

    Hero Indian Super League returns to Kolkata after two years

    Mumbai: Hero Indian Super League 2022-23 returns to Kolkata after a hiatus of two years. With this, fans will yet again witness live football action, cheering for their teams as they grind it out for glory. Star Sports Network, Disney+ Hotstar and Jio TV will carry the show from 7 October 2022, at 7.30 p.m. onwards.

    ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal will face each other in the Hero ISL for the first time in front of fans in Kolkata. To celebrate the excitement and passion of football fans across West Bengal, Football Sports Development Limited has unveiled another emotional campaign film for the vociferous football fans of West Bengal.

    The campaign film cinematically highlights the rivalry between fans of ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, as chants of ‘Chol Chol Chol’ echo on the streets of West Bengal. Fans across generations, along with legends of the two clubs, gather on the streets in support of their favourite team by donning their jerseys. The promo film also features Sourav Ganguly as the biggest cheerleader, encouraging the fans of both teams to take Bengal football to greater heights with their support. With the streets filled with the colours of ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, the campaign film symbolises a legendary battle that will take place in this year’s Hero ISL.

  • Indian Super League winning bids announcement today

    MUMBAI: Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), organisers of the Indian Super League is set to announce the winning bids for new team(s) in Indian Super League on Monday, 12 June.

    The winning bidders will be enrolled and awarded the right to participate in the Indian Super League starting from the upcoming season of 2017-18.

    An Independent panel conducted the tender process, which commenced from 12th May 2017 through ‘Invitation To Bid’ (ITB) and evaluated the bids to maintain an open and transparent process. E & Y, the consulting firm is expected to complete, by Sunday the evaluation for all the bids received during the ITB procedure and present its results on Monday, 12 June.

    The bids were invited from prospective team owners in respect of 10-cities ie, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.

    As per the timelines declared in ITB and to maintain the transparency in the process, the organisers closed the window for bid submission on last day of 25 May, 2017.

  • Star Sports to air Nat f’ball till Mar ’18, Hotstar to live-stream international fixtures

    MUMBAI: Star Sports is now prepared to telecast India team’s games starting with a friendly match against Nepal on 6 June.

    All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), its marketing partners, have shared the national football team’s yearly fixtures. The India National Team will play 15 competitive games including eight matches in India (till March 2018). All the international fixtures will be streamed live on Star Sports and Hotstar, its digital platform.

    The Star Network, having aired successfully many a international footballing events, is now set to regale India’s sports fans with a world-class live television experience of its national team. A Star India Spokesperson said that it was a huge step forward. Telecasting the national fixtures is a significant addition to its line-up of football properties and validates its network as the top destination for football fans.

    The National team already played and won two games against Cambodia and AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Myanmar. AIFF recently launched the annual multi-country Champions Cup to be played in August ’17 by four countries including India. The competition will be held from August 18-27, 2017 where the team will play for games provided they reach the finals.

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