Statistics, in every sport, are sought for various reasons. For players, it gives them a sense of achievement when looking back. Coaches and managers monitor them on a regular basis to assess their players, while fans spend hours each week browsing through various numbers and combinations, in order to enhance …

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First and foremost, let me wish all of you a very happy and prosperous new year on behalf of everyone at 90 Minutes!

2011 was quite an eventful year for football everywhere, and we can only hope that 2012 takes it one notch higher. Most major leagues have taken …

On how many occasions have you seen an Indian player cut past two or three defenders to score, or perhaps be ready to take on a full-back and dribble into the box?

Sadly, not many instances come to mind.

What could be the reason? It cannot simply be the lack of skill. …

If you can’t become a footballer, what else can you do in your favourite sport?

In part two of this two-part special feature, we tell you how to go about becoming a coach in India if you want to, and introduce you to a management course in football, for those of …

 
 
Amoy Ghoshal delves deep into every club taking part in the I-League, and previews their chances…
 

Pune F.C.

Formed: 2007
League Titles Won: None
Players to Watch: Subrata Paul, Izumi Arata, Jeje Lalpekhlua

Recent History:

2008 – 2009
2009 – 2010
2010 – 2011

N/A
3rd
5th

Team Preview

Pune FC needed a strong second half of the season to finish fifth …

When 20,000-odd fanatics stood up, in the pouring rain, and sang the national anthem in unison along with the Indian team on the pitch, all seemed well with Indian football. The moment when the national anthem ended and a huge roar went up all around the ground was hair-raising, and …

9th July, 2011, Kolkata: Trequartista Media, a Kolkata based publishing house, today announced the launch of 90 Minutes – a magazine dedicated to the sport of football. The magazine, to be published on a monthly basis, will consist of both international and Indian content. 90 Minutes will initially be distributed …

In the recently concluded football season, Tottenham Hotspur admirably took on the challenge of playing in Europe’s elite club competition while fighting the domestic battle to retain their spot in the top four in the English Premier League. For a while it looked like a fairy tale as the club …

The current India coach has managed Dempo for the past 11 years with huge success, guiding them to multiple league and cup triumphs. He has recently been appointed coach of India for a four-month period, and talks EXCLUSIVELY to 90 Minutes about this plan for his tenure, the possibility of …

Necessity is the mother of invention, as a famous saying goes. It’s unlikely that Luciano Spalletti had a long-standing intention to revolutionise the way managers deploy strikers, but when he found himself without any fit strikers midway through 2006/07, he didn’t have any other option – he was going to …