East Bengal

6 articles tagged with "East Bengal"

Aug 26, 2026

Lalrindika scored three inside 34 minutes, and East Bengal’s 22-year Durand Cup wait was over by half-time

Five goals at the Salt Lake Stadium, none of them after the 44th minute, and a derby hat-trick of a kind nobody in red and gold had managed since Baic...

Aug 20, 2026

Gill saves twice, and East Bengal are 90 minutes from ending a 22-year Durand Cup wait

A goalless semi-final at Salt Lake went to penalties, where East Bengal won 5-3. Their goalkeeper had already kept Sporting Club Delhi out from the sp...

Aug 18, 2026

Mohun Bagan needed 18 penalties to reach a semi-final against the team that beat them on penalties

The 135th Durand Cup semi-final line-up was settled on Monday: Mohun Bagan survived a 9-8 shootout with Jamshedpur, and Alaaeddine Ajaraie’s hat-trick...

Aug 17, 2026

Vishnu’s header puts East Bengal in the semi-finals, 22 years after their last Durand Cup

East Bengal beat Indian Army FT 1-0 at Salt Lake to reach the Durand Cup semi-finals, where unbeaten SC Delhi are waiting on Wednesday.

Aug 14, 2026

The ISL restarts on 4 September with 13 clubs, and the clubs now hold the commercial rights

India’s top division returns on 4 September after a summer in which it nearly did not happen at all. Thirteen teams will play it, one fewer than plann...

Aug 2, 2026

An 8-0, three hat-tricks and a 1-0 derby: the Durand Cup group stage so far

Why the group stage of Asia’s oldest football tournament keeps producing lopsided scorelines, and what it means for the quarter-final race that starts...