Mohammedan SC becomes first Kolkata football club to resume training - Football news - Sportstar
The HinduMohammedan Sporting on Monday became the first club of Kolkata to resume training since the COVID-19 outbreak, ahead of the second division league qualifiers. Mohammedan Sporting and Bhowanipore SC, which are competing in the second division qualifiers, last week had a meeting with the state sports minister Aroop Biswas, following which they were granted permission to resume on-field activities as a special case. Mohammedan Sporting Club players, officials and support staff on Sunday underwent COVID-19 tests and all the 34 had returned negative. In addition to this, they have signed new players such as Willis Plaza, Eze Kingsley, Abhishek Rijal, Shoubhik Ghosh, Sheikh Faiaz, Jafar Mondal, Moinuddin Khan, Anwar Ali, Himanshu Jangra, Nabi Hussain Khan, MS Dawangliana, Sena Fanai and Samuel Shadap to bolster their squad.