Bajrang Punia, India's most successful wrestler at the world championships with one silver and two bronze, began the day with a hard-fought 5-4 win over Cuba's two-time worlds bronze medallist Alejandro Valdes.
BFC were the ISL 2018-19 champions, but also have six other top domestic titles to their name and will be vying for their seventh. They have presented the most successful striking force of the tournament with talisman Sunil Chhetri, Roy Krishna and Siva Sakthi, all being in goal-scoring form
The 34-day tournament played across three states for the first time will culminate with the 47th and final match between two top teams and former champions of the Indian Super League (ISL), India's topmost football division. While BFC would be fighting for its seventh domestic title, MCFC
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, a bronze medallist at the 2019 world championships, began the day by getting the better of Romania's Razvan Marian Kovacs 10-0 via technical superiority in the 57kg qualification round. However, the Indian wrestler lost to 2020 Asian champion Gulomjon Abdullaev of Uzbek
It was a largely cagey second semi-final played here at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) with HFC having the lion's share of chances as well as possession and their star striker Batholomew Ogbeche being wasteful for once, but in the end, the Blues did well enough to win the batt
The Chennaiyin FC captain revealed the fans were a significant miss over the last two seasons. With India's premier football league returning to the 10 venues across the country, players are thrilled to have the support back from the stands.
Nepal headed to the semi-final stage as the top team of Group B with 6 points from 2 matches, whereas India finished second in Group A with 6 points from 3 matches