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Churchill Brothers thrased out Salgaocar
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31.12.2007:Churchill Brothers has registered their 5th win today against
their home rival Salgaocar 5 - 1 in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at
Nehru stadium in Margao on Monday.
Striker Odafe Okolie struck in the 42nd, 80th, 85th and 86th minutes while
Rowilson Rodrigues in the 79th. In the first half the result was 1 - 1 and first goal
was scored by Salgaocar through Felix Chimaokwu in 40th minutes.
Churchill Brothers is no with 16 points from eight matches, two behind table-
toppers JCT and Dempo Sports Club who are with 18 points each and
Salgaocar remained on three points.
Odafa Okolie is leading with his 12 goals as top Scorer after ending of 8th Round
and try to lift again the honour of Top Scorer like last Year.Referee S Suresh
showed yellow cards to Salgaocar's Agnelo Colaco and Malswamtlunga and
Churchill's Odafe Okolie and Zenith Genius.
Odafa Okolie has been selected as Man of the Match for his outstanding 4 goals.
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Mohun Bagan finishes off last Derby of 2007 in style
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30.12.2007 Suman Saha | Kolkata :
Mohun Bagan outplayed their arch rival East Bengal by 1-0 in the ONGC I League
match played at Kolkata. The stage was set for the last "Big Match" of 2007, the
atmosphere was charged up. East Bengal were handicapped because of
their midfielder and Captain Alvito D'Cunha's absence after getting two yellow
cards in two successive matches he was out of list in this crutial match.
The start was very attacking from both sides as 5 players were shown yellow
card within 15 minutes of play, but it was India Captain Bhaichung Bhutia's
solitaire goal for Mohun Bagan in the 61st minute that depicted the difference
between the 6th and 7th ranker in I-League points table and crafted a result out
of this mega clash after long wait till the second half.
Douglas da Silva was declared Man of the Match for his outstanding stints on
field.
MOHUN BAGAN: 31-Shilton Pal; 26-N.Mohanraj, 3-N.S.Manju, 14-Peter
Odafe, 5-Habibur Rehman ( 22-Lal Kamal Bhowmick); 18-Dharamjit Singh
(2-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury), 13-Douglas, 6-S.Venkatesh (9-P.Lalam
Puia), 16-James Singh; 10-Jose Barreto, 15-Baichung Bhutia .
EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal; 19-Rahim Nabi , 12-Anupam
Sarkar, 3-M.Bolaji, 27- Surkumar Singh; 29-Soumik Dey, 7-Jayanta Sen
( 14-Chandan Das), 26-Mehrajuddin Wadoo ( 6-Dipankar Roy),
23-Mehtab Hussain; 25-Ashim Biswas (34-Snehashis Chakraborty),
30-Edmilson Pardal.
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Dempo - Mahindra Match Drawn today in I-League
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28.12.2007:Mahindra United and Dempo Sports Club Shared 1 Point each
today at Margao Goa by playing a 1-1 draw .But Dempo is still in the top position
with 18 points and Mahindra with 11 Points in I-League Table.
The only goal of Mahindra came in the 16th Minutes of first half when Striker
Douhou sent a long ball inside the Dempo Penalty Box Where K.N. Ajayan managed
to trap the ball by beating Dominic Noronha, and able to placed the ball to the
left side of the goal post,Dempo goalkeeper Satish Kumar dived but failed to stop (1 - 0).
Dempo got the equaliser in 21st Minute when Anthony Pereira's corner Kick was
turned away by Mahindra Skeeper Sandip Nandy and helplessly watch the goal of
Nicolau Borges,after rebound the ball from his hand(1 - 1).
Mahindra Goal Keeper Sandip Nandy adjudged as Man of the Match today for his
out standing Goalkeeping.
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PIFA Academy Won
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26.12.2007:PIFA CYFC played their fifth match in the Men's MFL Super Division Mumbai league
against Mumbai Port Trust on 26 December 2007.
The team registered their second successive win under their newly appointed
coach Mr Nirvan Shah, thrashing their opponents 8-0.Leter in the day Income tax
drew with Air India U-19 in the same league.
The PIFA team is comprised of young boys from the Colaba area, Led by Nirvan
Shah,an FA trained coach and assistant coach is Father Lawrence . This was Nirvan's
succesful third stint as manager having won the Bombay Gymkhana Cup 9 last
year.
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DEMPO Vs MAHINDRA UNITED - HEAD 2 HEAD IN NFL
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26.12.2007:Mahindra United - The Winner of 2005 - 2006 National Football
League and Dempo S.C - The winner of 2004 - 2005 & 2006 - 2007 National Football
League .Send your comments if any rectification needed
*** Dempo Scorer was : Saeed Ahamadi
*** Mahindra Scorers was :Mahammed Nazeeb - Hattrick,Ramesh Razak, Samsi Reza 2,Abbas Ali Rizvi
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| Date | Team | vs | Team | Result | |
| 27.03.2007 | Dempo S.C (Lost) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 1 | |
| 08.01.2007 | Dempo S.C (Lost) | vs | Mahindra United | 1 - 2 | |
| 21.05.2006 | Dempo S.C (Draw) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 0 | |
| 17.01.2006 | Dempo S.C (Lost) | vs | Mahindra United | 3 - 4 | |
| 14.04.2005 | Dempo S.C (Draw) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 0 | |
| 24.01.2005 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 2 - 1 | |
| 26.02.2004 | Dempo S.C (Draw) | vs | Mahindra United | 2 - 2 | |
| 30.12.2003 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 2 - 0 | |
| 25.02.2003 | Dempo S.C (Lost) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 3 | |
| 08.12.2002 | Dempo S.C(Draw) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 0 | |
| 02.01.2000 | Dempo S.C (Lost) | vs | Mahindra United | 1 - 7 *** | |
| 15.03.2000 | Dempo S.C (Draw) | vs | Mahindra United | 0 - 0 | |
| 23.02.1998 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 1 - 0 | |
| 29.02.1997 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 1 - 0 | |
| 02.12.1997 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 4 - 1 | |
| 26.12.1996 | Dempo S.C (Won) | vs | Mahindra United | 3 - 0 | |
Sunil Chettri - AIFF Player of the Year 2007
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23.12.2007:Sunil Chettri(Sunil Chetri (Born August 3, 1984 in Delhi, India),
the JCT forward, one of the heroes of India's title run in the Nehru Cup 2007
football tournament on home ground, was named for the award after AIFF's 70th
anniversary annual general meeting on Sunday.
Sunil beat Dempo duo Mahesh Gawli and Climax Lawrence to emerge as the AIFF
Player of the Year for his excellent performances for his club and country.
Apart from scoring three goals in the Nehru Cup and two in the World Cup
qualifiers against Lebanon, Chettri emerged as the highest Indian goal scorer in
the 11th edition of the National Football League with 12 goals after Churchill
Brother's Odefa Okolie.
He has played for Mohun Bagan and JCT FC and has impressed the Football Lovers
with his ball control, shooting and high work rate and is called as the next
Baichung Bhutia of India.
AIFF also inducted five distingushed Ex-Indian Footballers
as honorary life time members. These include former legends and Olympian Padmasree
Sailen Manna, Padmasree P K Banerjee, Padmasree Chuni Goswami,former national
player and National Team coach Dronacharyya Syed Nayeemuddin and Santosh
Mohan Deb, a former FIFA referee as well as Central Minister.
They will now be eligible to attend all AIFF annual general meetings, but without
voting rights.
AIFF PLAYER OF THE YEAR - FROM STARTING
1992 : I.M VIJAyAN(Mohun Bagan)
1993 : V.P SATYAN(Indian Bank)
1994: JO.PAUL ANCHERI(Mohun Bagan)
1995: BAICHUNG BHUTIA(East Bengal)
1996: BRUNO COUTINHO(Salgaocar)
1997: I.M.VIJAYANl(JCT)
2000: I.M VIJAYAN(F.C.Kochin)
2001: JO. PAUL ANCHERI(East Bengal)
2002: DEEPAK KUMAR MONDOL(East Bengal)
2003: TOMBA SINGH(Salgaocar)
2004: S.VENKATESH(Mahindra United)
2005: CLIMEX LAWRENCE (Mahindra United)
2006: SURKUMAR SINGH(Mahindra United)
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AFC has alloted 2008 and 2010 AFC Asian Challenge Cup to India
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After a successful Nehru Cup, AIFF is all set to host the AFC Asian Challenge Cup
in August 2008 and 2010, it was announced by AIFF president Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
after the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here Sunday. AFC has alloted the said Tour
nament to India.New Delhi and Hydrabad may the host City of that Tournament.
2008 AFC Challenge Cup seedings: 1. DPR Korea; 2. Turkmenistan 3; India 4;
Myanmmar; 5. Tajikistan; 6; Sri Lanka; 7. Nepal; 8. Kyrgyzstan 9. Palestine; 10.
Chinese Taipei; 11. Bangladesh; 12. Brunei; 13. Pakistan; 14. Cambodia; 15.
Philippines; 16. Afghanistan; 17. Bhutan; 18. Macau; 19. Guam; 20. Laos.
South Korea, Turkmenistan, Myanmar and hosts India will get automatic byes into
the final competition in 2011.The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and
2010, will join hosts Qatar, titlist Iraq, losing finalists Saudi Arabia and third-placed
South Korea in the 2011 Asian Cup finals.
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East Bengal Lost to Mahindra United 1 - 2
23.12.2007:Mahindra United defeated East Bengal 2-1 in I-League
encounter and gained three valuable points in the standings of League Table.
Debabrata Roy (own goal, 30st minute) and Mohammad Rafi (72 Minutes) came to
Mahindra's aid while Edmilson Marques (49th minutes) scored for East Bengal.
In the 14th minute of first half when McDonald Mukansi tried
to beat the Mahindra defence but stopped by goalkeeper Sandip Nandy.
But, an own-goal from East Bengal came as a rude shock as custodian Subrata
Paul charged out to collect the lob of Steven Dias and completely misjudged
the deflection from his own defender Debabrata Roy.
The East Bengal team looked a changed side in the second half as Edmilson
Marques, Mukansi and Alvito upped the pace and penetrated through the
Mahindra defence reaping dividends.
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Mahindra United: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew, 2-N.P.Pradeep, 14-Dharmaraj
Ravanan, 23-Steven Dias, 26-Bello Rasaq,17-Sukhwinder Singh(4 K.ajayan), 19-Izumi Arata(12-Manjit Singh),
11- Mohammed Rafi, 10- Yusif Yakubu,29-Djidjia Douhou(9-Surojit Bose)
East Bengal: 24-Subrata Pal; 5-Debabrata Roy, 2-Muttath Suresh(32-Madhab Das),
3-M.Bolaji, 29-Soumik Dey; 19- Rahim Nabi, 7-Jayanta Sen(34-Snehasish Chakrabarty), 26-Mehrajuddin
Wadoo, 9-Alvito D'Cunha,15-McDonald Mukansi(10-Dipendu Biswas), 30-Edmilson Pardal.
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:Churchil Brothers rout Viva 5 - 0
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23.12.2007 - Amal Pai - Goa:Karim Bencherifa's boys are rapidly progres
sing, having scored a mammoth 18 goals in 7 matches, the highest feat by any
other I-League 2007 team till date.
Last time top scorer Odfa Okolie ones again leads the list having scored 8 goals in
7 matches and is on his way to repeat the history like previous year with 18 goals.
Today in an undoubtedly one-sided encounter with Viva Kerala on their home
ground, Churchill Brothers netted back to back 5 goals in quick succession
thereby bowing Viva Kerala to a 5-0 victory.
Initially, Mboyo Iyomi 's (10') solitary goal ruptured the Viva strategy which lasted for the whole of first half. Then
Robert Lalthalma (61') scored a beauty despite of a comprehensive Viva defence,
but then it was Odafa Okolie (64', 93') and Mboyo Iyomi again (74') who shared
two more goals among them at regular intervals until the game was over at 90+4'
and Churchill came out victorious.
Mboyo Iyomi has been selected as Man of the Match today.
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VK: 25-MV Nelson; 2-Ebin Rose, 3-Khelemba Singh, 4-Tutu George,
6-Othallo Tabia, 7- Bimal Birua,5-Akshay Das; 19-S.Satish Kumar(16-S.Saleel),
22-KV Lalu(18-C.Jotin Singh), 9-Awudu Adama(21-S.Santa Singh),10- Baba Thunde,
CB: 1-Vinay Singh; 8- Naoba Singh, 6-N Govind Singh, 19-Gour
amangi Singh, 21-Ogba Kalu, 13- Genius Zenith, 17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-R.
Vasum(38-Jaison Valles),11-Khemtang Paite(15-D.Raju), 9-Mboyo Iyomi,10-Odafe Okolie
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World’s eyes on the clasico
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22.12.2007:More than 100 media from 16 different countries, represented by 500 professionals
have been given passes for Sunday’s Barca v Madrid. The clasico knows know
boundaries.
112 companies have been given passes for the game on December 23rd. 55 are
from the printed press, 16 television companies, 27 radios and 14 agencies.
Including reporters, photographers, commentators, cameramen and technicians,
there will be 488 professionals working in the Camp Nou on Sunday.
From all around the world
The media hail from 16 different countries. From Europe, they are from Spain,
the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Switzerland,
Sweden, Belgium and Serbia, while from further afield there will be media
representation from China, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina and Japan
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Probable Squad of Real Madrid and Barcelona
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Barcelona: Valdes, Carlos Puyol, Rafael Marquez, Gabriel Milito, Abidal, Colo Toure, Xavi, Iniesta,
Gudjohnsen, Giovanni, Samuel Eto'o
Real Madrid: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Favio Cannavaro, Marcelo, Diarra,
Sneijder, Julio Baptista, Robinho, van Nistelrooy, Raul
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Courtesy:www.fcbarcelona.com
Mohun Bagan's hard win over Salgaocar
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22.12.2007 Amal Pai (Goa) :
Mohunbagan and Salgaocar both displayed the most splendid performance of
I-League 2007, today in Goa, though the former had an edge over the Goan
brigade despite of their foreign recruit Felix Chimaokwu's hat-trick that went in
vain as Mohun Bagan beat Salgaocar 5-4 in a thrilling encounter at Nehru Stadium.
Mohun Bagan seemed to have the match in their favour with a 4 - 2 lead at half
time and the rest of the 2nd half would seem only a formality.
The Kolkata Giants started off with a flier as India's football genius Baichung Bhutia
scored the first goal within 3 minutes of the match. Bagan, who dominated the
first half, scored through Bhaichung Bhutia after getting a ball from Bobo( 1 - 0).
But in the 13th minutes Salgaocar midfielder Rocus gave a pass near Mohun Bagan
box - Goalkeeper Sangram went ahead and Striker Boniface Ambani controls the
ball very well and passes it beside Sangram ( 1 - 1).
Jose Marcio Barreto (32', 35'),Jonathan Bobo joined the Mohun Bagan party
heading home a Dharamjit Singh's corner in 44 minutes .Substitute James Singh
scored from a free-kick in the 0th minute to send Bagan players into raptures.
Salgaocar kept on minimizing and equalizing the goals tally every time especially in
the second half and reduced the margin through Boniface Ambani (13') and
Chimaokwu's strikes in the 20', 52' and 65' minutes, but it was James Singh of
Mohun Bagan whose fantastic free kick gave Bagan an upperhand and in turn they
won the match.
03' - Mohun Bagan (Baichung)1 - 0 Salgaocar
13' - Salgaocar (Boniface Ambani) 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan
21' - Salgaocar (Felix - Pen) 2 - 1 Mohun Bagan
32' - Mohun Bagan (Barreto)2 - 2 Salgaocar
35' - Mohun Bagan(Barreto) 3 - 2 Salgaocar
45' - Mohun Bagan (Jonathon Bobo) 4 - 2 Salgaocar
53' - Salgaocar (Felix) 3 - 4 Mohun Bagan
61' - Mohun Bagan (James Singh) 5 - 3 Salgaocar
63' - Salgaocar (Felix) 4 - 5 Mohun Bagan
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Salgaocar's Felix Chimaokwu was declared the man of the match.
After this victory, Mohun Bagan has to 8 points from 7 matches, while Salgaocar
has to satisfy with 3 from 7 matches.
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SALGAOCAR: 1-Milagrio Medeira; 12-Remus Gomes (16-Nicolau Colaco),
8-Agnelo Colaco, 19-Malswam Tulunga, 22-Heri Habimana, 4-Vincent Pires;
25-Rocus Lamare, 14-Jerose Oliveria (6-Nicholas L Rodrigues),23-William Colaco;
7-Felix Chimaokwu, 10-Boniface Ngairah Ambani (26-Milagres
Gonsalves).
MOHUN BAGAN: 1-Sangram Mukherjee; 22-Lal Kamal Bhowmick
(9-P.Lalam Puia), 5-Habibur Rahman, 14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju,
7-Rauf Khan; 29-Jonathan Bobo (12-Peter Siddiqui), 6-S.Venkatesh
(16-James Singh), 18-Dharamjit Singh; 10-Jose Ramirez Barreto,
15-Baichung Bhutia .
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Dempo gun down Air men 4 - 1 !!
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20.12.2007: Last year's Champion and front runner in this I-League,
Dempo outplayed Air India and also took a revenge of Durand Quarter Final's
1 - 2 lost on 3rd November through their Nigerian striking duo of Chidi Edeh and
captain Ranty Martins scored two goals each to carry forward their lead to 17
points from seven matches, by earning 3 more points.
Air India, who scored their solitary goal to equalize the Goans' initial strike in the
first half through their Cameroon recruit Njoh Jean who was a substitute of
Narendra Meetai, have seven points from as many outings. This has been a
comprehensive victorious season for the Goan champs, this year.In the match
Dempo's goal attempts was 26 while Air-India was only 6 and the ratio of Shot
- on - target was 10:2.
Suleh Musah of Air India was booked in the 29th minute and Ranti Martins
of Dempo has been declared Man of the Match today.
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Air India:21-Raju Ekka,5-Vijith Shetty, 22-Suley Musah,3-Nirmal Chetri,
6-L Uttam Singh,15-Sanju Pradhan(26-Amritpal Singh), 18 Hamza Zaheer Abbas,
11-Hringsolal Thomte, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree M.Abbas,10-Narendra Meetai
(7-Njoh Jean),
Dempo:21- VP.Satish Kumar,18-Valereano Rebelo,3-John Dias,
22-Nicolas Borges,8-Climax Lawrence, 11-Beto(7-Nasimento Silveria), 14-Anthony Pereira,
30-Chiddi (17-Joaquim Abranches),20- Riston Rodrigues,16- Samir Naik, 9-Ranti Martins
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Goals:Dempo:Chidi Edeh 35',61',Ranti Martins 68',77' ::Air India:Njoh Jean 44'
Top level meetings for India held in AFC
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19.12.2007: President of All India Football Federation,Priya Ranjan
Dasmunsi visited AFC House yesterday for strategic planning meeting with AFC
officials, accompanied by Alberto Colaco,General Secretary.
AFC President Mohamed bin Hammam underlined the huge importance of the Indian
Continent as a key focus for AFC and crucial to the development of football in
Asia.
Discussions focused on Vision Asia and the Vision India project,and how other
stakeholders from outside Asia involved in Indian Football development can
contribute towards the future success of football in the world’s second most
populous country. AIFF announced that dedicated human resource shall be
appointed to Vision India to drive the project forward.
India also has bid to host the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2008 & 2010
.Potential venues were considered ,pending confirmation by AFC after the
inspection visit which will take place in Jan 2008.
The professionalisation of Indian Club Football was also discussed as part of the
AFC Professional League Project. India are taking proactive steps towards the
improvement of Club football in India, with the redevelopment of the National
League already underway, leading up to a final re-launch in March 2009.
Courtesy:::: www.the-aiff.com
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Salgaocar - Mahindra United and Sporting Goa - Viva Kerala Match Drawn
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19.12.2007:Salgaocar made a goalless draw against two times National
League winner Mahindra United of Mumbai today in their home match at Nehru
Stadium Goa.
In the first half Salgaocar dominnated and created more scoring opportunities but
Mahindra's defencive attitude and poor finishing of the Boys could not got
any goal.In the 74th minute Salgoecar could have a goal but unluckyly Angelo
Barreto's header hitted the goal post from a corner Kick.
But Mahindra created more chances and pressurised Salgaocar in the second
half but their strikers were unable to opened the net.In 64 Minutes Mahindra got
a great Chance but Bello Rasaq's header from a corner of Steven Dias went slite
far from cross Piece.Salgaocar Goal keeper Milagrio Medeira brought off some good
saves.
With four draws and a win, 2 times National League winner Derek Pereira's
Mahindra United have 7 points from six matches while Savio Medera's
Salgaocar with 3 points who have three draws and three defeats.
Mahindra defender Harpreet Singh was declared Man of the Match
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Salgaocar:1-Milagrio Medeira,12-Remus Gomes,8-Angelo Colaco,
22-Heri Habimana,17-TV Biju Kumar,4- Vincent Pirece, 25-Rocus Lamare,
6-Nicholas Rodrigues(Navjot Singh),14-Jerose Oliveria, 7-Felix Chimaokwu,
10-Boniface Ambani(15-Angelo Barreto) ,
MAHINDRA UNITED: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew,
5-Harpreet Singh, 14-Dharmaraj Ravanan,26-Bello Rasaq, 23-Steven Dias,
29-Djidjia Douhou (12-Manjit Singh), 4-K.N.Ajayan,8-Surojit Bose
(30-Tarif Ahmed ),9 - Andrews Pomeyie (19 -Izumi Arata ),
17-Sukhwinder Singh,
19.12.2007:Viva Kerala also made a goalless draw against Lowly-placed
Sporting Clube de Goa today in their home match at Corporation Stadium,Calicut.
Absence of their main striker Wisdom Abbey, Viva Kerala's attack was not sharp
like other days and unable to break the Sporting Defence.But in the 16th minutes
of 1st half Sporting missed a great chance when Bisheshwar Singh and Mohammed
Gafari's joint attack cleard by Viva Goal Keeper MV Nelson very swiftly.
In 26th minutes Sporting Goalkeeper Luis Barreto saved a powerful shot of Viva's
striker Baba Tunde.In the 2nd half Viva lost an another chance when Awadu's free
-Kick hitted to the right post and duly cleared by defenders of Sporting.
Viva continue to remain in fourth place with nine points behind current leaders
Dempo (14), JCT (12) and Churchill Brothers (10), while Sporting have with three
points.
Tutu George of Viva Kerala was declared Man of the Match
Viva Kerala: 25-MV Nelson; 2-Ebin Rose, 3-Khelemba Singh, 4-Tutu
George, 5-Akshay Das; 19- Satish Kumar (16-S.Shahel),
23-Sunil Kumar Thakur (6- Tabia Othallo), 7-Bimal Birua, 22-KV Lalu,
10- Baba Thunde, 9-Awudu Adama (18-C.Jatin Singh).
Sporting Goa: 30-Luis Barreto; 4-Chinta Chandrashekar,
24-N Samananda Singh, 5-Carlos Fernandes, 7-Harmanjot Singh Khabra,
34-Mohammad Ghafari, 26-Micky Fernandes, 27-Bisheshwor Singh,
18-Denzil Franco, 12-Lavino Fernandes (19-Cavin Lobo), 20-Elijah Obagbemiro.
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Tata Tea Brings the Best of Football Coaching Through Arsenal to Young
Football Aspirants in India
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18.12.2007 : Press Release:With the objective to promote football among
school children and help talented young football players to access the best in
terms of infrastructure & training, Tata Tea today announced the launch of Tata
Tea Arsenal Soccer Stars, a unique schools’ soccer tournament, in association
with Arsenal FC, United Kingdom’s premier football league.
Speaking at the press conference Mr. Percy Siganporia, Managing Director, Tata
Tea, said, “Tata Tea and Arsenal are passionate about the healthy awakening of
mind, body and soul of our country’s youth ,through football. Leadership, the
pursuit of excellence, unity of team spirit and character building value attributes
of football and tea, come together in a heady mix. Let the tournament begin and
uplift young minds and bodies, infusing the passion of football amongst all who
cheer them on with Tata Tea. We would like to thank Arsenal for driving the
growth of football in India. I am sure this initiative will brighten the future of
Indian football.”
Mr. Adrian Ford, Commercial Director, Arsenal FC said, “At Arsenal our aim is
always to identify and encourage young talent for the betterment of the game.
We are glad that Tata Tea has taken the initiative. Soccer Stars is a fantastic
platform for budding young footballers and we hope this will contribute in
propagating this wonderful sport further in India.”
Tata Tea Soccer Stars is a one of its kind football tournaments for children aged
10 - 15 years. The tournament offers participants access to unparalleled training
programmes including the customized Arsenal development programme called The
Arsenal Way. Starting from 12th January, the tournament will begin in phases
across four zones – South, West, North and East with each zone having its own
elimination rounds, culminating in a national tournament, to decide the national
winners.
30 talented boys, identified by a panel of professional footballers during the
tournament will be given 2 weeks of coaching by Arsenal coaches in Calcutta.
This will be followed up with a final selection of 15 boys getting a once in a
lifetime opportunity to attend an Arsenal training camp in the UK as well as entry
to the much awaited Arsenal International Soccer Festival in London during
August 2008. The selected boys will also get Arsenal memorabilia personally
autographed by the team’s star players.
The Tata Tea Arsenal SoccerStars will kick off with the south zone matches in
Bangalore and Calicut during 12th & 13th January 2008 and 19th & 20th January
2008 respectively.
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The schedule of Tata Tea Soccer Star:
| Region | Dates | |
| Bangalore | 11th – 13th January 2008 | |
| Calicut | 19th & 20th January 2008 | |
| Goa | 9th & 10th February 2008 | |
| Chandigarh | 5th & 6th April 2008 | |
| Delhi | 11th – 13th April 2008 | |
| Mumbai | 18th – 20th April 2008 | |
| Bhubaneswar | 26th & 27th April 2008 | |
| Shillong | 26th & 27th April 2008 | |
| Kolkata | 2nd – 4th May 2008 | |
| GRAND FINAL ::Kolkata | 9th & 10th May 2008. | |
16 teams from the 9 cities will be chosen for the same.
The 1st Training camp in India will be for 2 weeks during summer holidays i.e.
May 26th 2008 onwards.
The 2nd Training camp will be with Arsenal in UK for 15 days from 1st week
August 2008.
KAKA And MARTA - FIFA Men And Women Footballers - 2007
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17.12.2007:Glorious Brazil again.Kaka of A.C Milan and Marta - both hail
from the beautiful game's spiritual home of Brazil has been selected by FIFA as
World Best Footballers for the year 2007 in MEN and WOMEN Group on 17 th
December at the Zurich Opera House. KAKA became the fifth Brazilian(After
4 Famous "R" - Romario,Rivaldo,Ronaldo,Ronaldinho) to be named FIFA World
Player of the Year.
A.C Milan's Kaka, The 25-year-old midfielder received 1,047 points, ahead of
Argentine Lionel Messi with 504 and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo with 426 in a vote
by national team captains and managers. He had already been named European
Footballer of the Year (snapped up the Ballon d'Or )and took another award from
World Soccer magazine.
Kaka helped AC Milan to lift the European Champions League title in 2007 and was
the top scorer with his 10 Goals.He won the Ballon d'Or award earlier this
month to go with his FIFPro World Player of the Year and UEFA European Club
Player of the Year award. A goal in Milan's 4-2 win over Boca Juniors in Sunday's
Club World Cup final also played a vital role to beat out Lionel Messi
of Argentina and Barcelona and fleet-footed Manchester United and Portugal's
Cristiano Ronaldo.
On the women's side, Brazil's sumptuous Umea striker Marta was selected for 2nd
time as FIFA Women's World Player of 2007. She captured the award with 988
points, ahead of Birgit Prinz of Germany with 507 and Brazilian team-mate
Cristiane of Brazil with 150 votes.
In the other commendations, Spanish Giant F.C Barcelona received the FIFA Fair
Play award and King Pele picked up the FIFA Presidential Award.
Previous Brazilian Winners -
Romario - 1993,1994
Ronaldo - 1996,1997,2002
Rivaldo - 1999
Ronaldinho - 2006
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Air India's maiden victory as KEB looses to solitary goal
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17.12.2007:Scorer:Paresh Sivalkar - 61'
Man of the Match-Paresh Sivalkar -Air India
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Air-India finally registered their first victory, in the sixth round of the I-League,
against fancied East Bengal at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Monday. Captain
Paresh Shivalkar scored the decider in the 61st minute foxing KEB golie Subrata
Pal through a beatiful volly. The victory helps Air-India move on to fifth spot with
seven points at par with East Bengal, although the famed Red and Gold brigade
have scored more goals but also share the same ( - 1 ) Goall difference with Air India
.In the last NFL First leg match on 7th January 2007 Air India also beat East
Bengal with same difference which was scored then by Samson Singh.
Subrata Bhattacharya's men will have to resurge in no time if they desire to keep
the expectation alive as they lag 7 points behind leaders Dempo. Air-India take
on Dempo at the Cooperage on December 20 while East Bengal will also meet
Mahindra United at the Cooperage on December 23.
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EB:24-Subtara Pal, 2- M.Suresh,3-Majek Bolaji,5- Debabrata Roy,
19- Rahim Nabi(6-Dipankar Roy),29-Soumik Dey,7-Jayanta Sen(Chandan Das), 23-Mehtab
Hossain, 9-Alvito D‘Counha(10-Dipendu),15- Macdonald Mukansi,30- Edmilson
AI:21-Raju Ekka,5-Vijith Shetty, 22-Suley Musah,3-Nirmal Chetri, 6-L Uttam
Singh,15-Sanju Pradhan(13-Hirohito Elangbam), 8-Samson Singh(18 Hamza Zaheer Abbas), 11-Hringsolal
Thomte, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree M.Abbas(7-Njoh Jean), 26-Amritpal Singh,
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East Bengal will play in Gr. "B" of AFC Cup 2008
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17.12.2007: A total of 20 teams will play into five groups of four
each in coming AFC Cup 2008 Final Round. The Teams Are:
TEAMS
West
Bahrain – Al Muharraq, Al Najma
Jordan - Shabab Al Ordun, Al Wihdat
Lebanon - Al Ansar, Safa
Oman - Al Nahda, Sur
Yemen - Ahli Sana’a, Shaab Hadramaut
India - Kingfisher East Bengal, Dempo
East
Hong Kong - South China FC, Kitchee FC
Malaysia- Kedah FC, Perak FC
Maldives - Victory SC, New Radiant
Singapore - Singapore Armed Forces FC, Home United
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AFC Cup 2008 draw:
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WEST
Group A: Dempo SC (India), Sur (Oman), Al Muharraq
(Bahrain), Al Ansar (Lebanon)
Group B : Ahli Sana'a (Yemen), East Bengal Club (India),
Safa (Lebanon), Al Wihdat (Jordan)
Group C: Al Nahda (Oman), Shaab Hadramaut (Yemen), Shabab Al
Ordun (Jordan), Al Najma (Bahrain)
EAST: -
Group D: South China (Hong Kong), Victory FC (Maldives), Kedah
(Malaysia), Home United (Singapore)
Group E: New Radiant (Maldives), Kitchee
(Hong Kong), Singapore Armed Forces (Singapore), Perak FC (Malaysia).
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East Bengal reach in the India Final of U-15 Nike-Mupc 2008
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16.12.2007:East Bengal,Last Year India and South East Asian Champion
of Nike -MUPC U - 15 Football Tournament today won North-East India Qualifier
by beating SBHS Football Academy of Punjab 1 - 0.The only goal was scored by Biswajit
Natta who also scored the only goals in the Semifinal Match also.
Now the North East and South West Winners will participate in the Final Round
of
Indian Championship .TheTeams are
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East Bengal, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan of Mizoram, SBHS Football Academy of
Punjab and St Stephen's Football Academy from North East Zone
Salgaocar SC, Sporting Clube de Goa; Cosmos Football Academy of Tamil Nadu
and Mahindra United qualified from South-West Zone.
The winner of the final (15-20th January 2008 at Goa) will participate in the South East Asia Regional finals.
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Mohun Bagan hold Churchill Brothers 2 - 2
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16.12.2007:Ten-men squad of Mohun Bagan from 56th minutes of 2nd
half held Durand Cup Champion Churchill Brothers to 2-2 draw of ONGC I-
League match being played at Nehru stadium Goa today and also
lost 2 valuable points.
No score was in First half but Odafa Okolie of Churchill and N Mohanraj of
Mohun Babgan were booked by the referee.Only at 26th minute, Habibur sent a
right flank
centre to Baichung who failed to get past the Churchill goalkeeper Vinay Singh.
Peter Odafe of Mohun Bagan two times stopped Odafa Okolie of Churchill by his
well tackle and snached the ball from him.After 10 minutes an another attack
through
Barreto,who got the ball from Dharamjeet and passed to Baichung after beating
Churchill defender
L.Robert but Churchill stopper Osba Kalu timely cleared the ball safely from Baichung.
Churchill could have got a lead in the injury time of first half (45+1') if Striker
Mboyo Iwomi's header would not have crossed the bar from a free kick of L Robert.
After a goal less first half, Mohun Bagan got the lead in 48th minute through
Dharamjit Singh.
Barreto
got a ball from Mohonraj's square pass and brilliantly passed the ball to Baichung
who dribbled a Churchill defender and punched the ball to the goal but Churchill
Goalkeeper fisted the ball which dropped down to unmarked Dharamjeet and Dharamjit made no mistake(1 - 0) for Mohun Bagan.
In the 56th minute, Mohan Bagan were reduced to ten men when referee showed another Yellow card to
Mohanraj and gave marching order for booking with two yellow cards.
Churchill intensified attack & exerted more pressure to
10 Men Mohun Bagan and in the 67th minute Equalised ( 1 - 1)through
Odafa Okolie of a well measured pass received from R.Vashum
Mohun Bagan cosolidated their lead ( 2 - 1) in the 70th minute through Baichung
Bhutia's header
from a pass of Jose Ramirez Baretto.But it was not sustained for more than
a minute when Churchill equalised
through Mboyo Iyomi off a good pass sent by Odafa (2 - 2 ).
Churchill's Mboyo Iyomi was adjudged the man of the match for his excellent
performance who is now
with 4 Goals in I -League.
Churchill Brothers 1-Vinay Singh; 8-Thokchom Naoba Singh, 6-N Govind
Singh, 19-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-Reisangmei
Vasum (15-D Raju), 21-Ogba Kalu Nnanna, 13-Mashangva Genius Zenith,
11-Khemtang Paite (18-Thangjam Singh); 10-Odafe Okolie, 9-Mboyo Iyomi.
Mohun Bagan:1-Sangram Mukherjee, 5-Habibur Rahaman(8-Ayan Chowdhuri), 14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju, 26-N.Mohonraj,
22-Lalkamal Bhowmick, 29-Jonathon Bobo, 6-S.Venkatesh(12-P.Siddique), 18-Dharamjit Singh (7-Rauf Khan),15-Baichung Bhutia, 10-Barreto
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The other match between JCT and DEMPO ended in a Goal less draw toay at
Dehli.JCT's Marcos Pereira has been selected as Man of The Match today.
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JCT: Karanjit Singh (goalkeeper), Jaspal Singh, Anwar, Julius Akpele,
Daljit Singh, Baldeep Singh, Baldeep Sing (Jr.), Marcos Pereira, Baljit Singh Sahni,
Eduardo Escobar, Parveen Kumar (Sakatar Singh)
Dempo: V.P. Satish Kumar (goalkeeper), Valeriano Rebello, John Dias,
Mahesh Gawli, Sameer Naik, Anthony Pereira (Peter Carvalho), Beto, Climax
Lawrence, Nicolau Borges, Ranty Martins, Joaquim Abranches
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JCT Vs Dempo and Churchill Vs Mohun Bagan - Past few years in NFL
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20.12.2003:JCT 0 - 3 Dempo 06.01.2004:Churchill Bros 1 - 0 Mohun Bagan
10.04.2004:JCT 0 - 0 Dempo 03.05.2004:Churchill Bros 0 - 0 Mohun Bagan
16.01.2005:JCT 0 - 1 Dempo 29.01.2005:Churchill Bros 1 - 2 Mohun Bagan
26.04.2005:JCT 0 - 1 Dempo 18.05.2005:Churchill Bros 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan
07.02.2006:JCT 0 - 0 Dempo 24.03.2007:Churchill Bros 1 - 1 Mohun Bagan
31.03.2006:JCT 0 - 3 Dempo 28.04.2007:Churchill Bros 2 - 2 Mohun Bagan
22.01.2007:JCT 0 - 0 Dempo
12.04.2007:JCT 3 - 2 Dempo
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Viva's sweet revenge against Salgaocar in I - League
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15.12.2007:Viva Kerala rout bottom-placed Goan club Salgaocar 3-1 in
the fifth round of the ONGC I -League and took a sweet revenge against their
1 - 4 lost in Durand Cup on 31st October this year.
Cheered on by a crowd of well over 10,000 at the Corporation Stadium, the Kochi
side Viva Kerala, who led 1-0 at the half-time, scored through Wisdom Abbey's 40th
minutes score by a header from team mate Bimal Birua's pass but after 3 minutes of
lamon Break Salgaocar equalised ( 1 - 1) through Kenian Striker as well as past East bengal
Player Boniface Ambani guided by a Felix Chimaakwu's pass .
Viva's Baba Tunde added another for his team in 54th minutes by a strong hit by
beating Salgaocar defender Biju Kumar's last effort.In the 73rd minutes of the match
C.S.Saheel (Substitute) of Viva opened his I -League Account through a goal rebound shot( 3 - 1).
With his 3 Goals in I - League Wisdom abbey of Viva adjudged as Man of the
Match today and Viva is now 4th position holder in League table with 8 Points
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Viva Kerala:
25-MV Nelson,2-Ebin Rose,3-Khelemba Singh,4-Tutu George, 5-Akshay Das,
14-P Shineraj,23-Sunil Kumar Thakur,7- Bimal Birua, 22-KV Lalu,10- Baba Thunde,
17-Wisdom Abbey,
Salgaocar:2-Marcus Basumatari,12-Remus Gomes,16-Nicolau Colaco,
22-Heri Habimana,17-TV Biju Kumar,19- Malswam Tulunga, 25-Rocus Lamare,
9-Francis Andrade,14-Jerose Oliveria, 7-Felix Chimaokwu,10-Boniface Ambani ,
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Mahindra's first victory in I league 2007
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14.12.207 : Amal Pai:In 5th match Mahindra United defeated Sporting Club Goa 3-0
to score their first win in the ONGC I-League after 3 drew and 1 lost.
In the 1st minute of the match Surojit Bose of Mahindra forwarded a pass to
team mate Douhou in the penalty box of Sporting and Douhou who beat goal keeper Felix
easily and scored with a nice placement( 1 - 0).
But in the 4th minute of the match Sporting Goa's foreigner Olushola Ogundare
who was unmarked in the penalty Box missed an opportunity to equalise but his
weak shot which Mahindra Goal keeper Sandip Nandy collected easily.
In the 50th minutes of 2nd half Mahindra came up with a counter attack when
Susant Mathew centered the ball to Andrews Pomeyie who stopped the ball and
pushed to Steven Dias who punched the ball to Sporting Net and increased the
team lead ( 2 - 0).
Sporting created several scoring chances and were unlucky in the 83rd minute
when Elijah Ebagbemiro's shot hit the post.Before some time Rajesh N.Meetai
of Sporting also lost an oppertunity.Substitute Tarif Ahmed sealed Sporting's fate
when he beat keeper Felix D'Souza with a fine placement off a pass from Steven
Dias in 1 minute of injury time ( 3 - 0).
Mahindra United is now with 6 points in 5 matches. Steven Dias has been declared as
Man of the Match today.
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MAHINDRA UNITED: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew,
5-Harpreet Singh, 14-Dharmaraj Ravanan,26-Bello Rasaq, 23-Steven Dias,
29-Djidjia Douhou Pierre(12-Manjit Singh), 4-Krishnan Nair Ajayan,8-Surojit Bose
( 19 -Izumi Arata),9 - Andrews Pomeyie Mensah( Tarif Ahmed),17-Sukhwinder Singh,
SPORTING CLUBE: 1-Felix D'Souza,8-Rajesh N Meetei(27 -Biswasher
Singh),4-Chinta Chandrashekar,6-Philip Gomes, 18-Denzil Franco,22-Joseph
Pereira(9-Freddy Mascarenhas),7-Harmanjot Singh Khabra,23-Bibiano Fernandes(19 Calvin Lobo),15-Freeman Peixoto,
20-Elijah Obagbemiro,21-Olushuola,
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Churchill earns full points against East Bengal
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13.12.2007:Durand Winner Churchill Brothers returned to their scoring
ways by defeating East Bengal 3-2 in I-League today at Margao,Goa.
The team was leaded by 3 - 1 in the first half of the match.But East Bengal Striker
Edmilson Scoredthe first goal for East Bengal in 26th minures( 1 - 0)
But thereafter it was Churchill's Captain Odafa Okolie's show all the way as he
scored in three goals before the break - in the 32nd, a 41st minute by a penalty
and the 44th minute.In the mean time East Bengal Striker Edmilson missed a penalty
and unable to reduce the margin for his Team.
In the 85th minutes of 2nd half Mehtab Hossain's sunnden 35 yard long shot
directly entered into the net ( 3 - 2 ).
Odafa Okolie who was last years Top Scorer by his 18 goals has been selected as
Man of the Match for his hattrick.But with todays 1 goals East Bengal's Edmison
Pardal is in the top position of Scorer with 6 Goals
East Bengal:24-Subtara Pal, 29- Soumik Dey(40-Vanlal Rova),3-Majek Bolaji,35-Aibor Khongjee,
26-Mehrajuddin,19- Rahim Nabi,7- Jayanta Sen, 23-Mehtab Hossain,
9-Alvito D‘Counha,15- Macdonald Mukansi (5-Debabrata Roy),30- Edmilson(10-Dipendu Biswas)
Churchill Brothers:30-Lalit Thapa,13-Genious Zenith,21 -Ogba (18-Saran), 8-Thokchom Naoba Singh, 19-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 17-Robert
Lalthalma; 12-Reisangmei Vasum( 15- D.Raju),6-N Govind Singh, 11-Khemtang Paite,
10-Odafe Onyeka Okolie [C], 9-Mboyo Iyomi.
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I-League Special Issue story by All Sports Magazine
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12.12.2007:
Subhas Bhowmick and Subrata Bhattacharjee have been
nominated among the five best coaches of the National
Football League since its inception in 1996-97.
The Kolkata duo figure in the honours list among the
five best 'Master Tacticians' of the NFL in the
I-League Special Issue brought out by the Mumbai-based
All Sports Magazine promoted by the Essel group in the
Dec 2007 issue. The other three coaches who figure in
the list are Armando Colaco, Derrick Pereira, who both
hail from Goa and former national coach Sukhwinder
Singh of JCT.
The I-League Special contains features from some of
the best football writers in India (including Dhiman
Sarkar and Pulakesh Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata) and
analyses, line-ups, pics and interviews of coaches of
all the 10 teams participating in the I-League besides
an exclusive interview with Indian skipper Baichung
Bhutia.
About 2,000-3,000 copies of the mag are being
distributed free to all the 10 I-League teams,
officials, referees, media and hosting associations.
All Sports Magazine editor Mario Rodrigues presented
copies of the magazine to the footballing icons
Baichung Bhutia and Jose Barreto at the Mohun Bagan
team hotel in Margao, Goa, on Dec 10. The duo are
featured on the cover of the mag.
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Dempo bows Mohunbagan 2-0
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12.12.2007: Amal Pai - Goa:
Kolkata giant Mohunbagan seemed a little tentative and circumspect against the
defending champions Dempo, in front of their home crowd. The match had just
begun and no sooner than the 14th minute, the hosts got an upperhand when
Nicholas Borges netted a gem which had come off the post after being hit by
Captain Beto.
Meanwhile, Baichung-Bareto duo continued to try and build pressure on the
opposition and in due course Baichung attempted a free kick that landed straight
into the hands of Dempo golie. But luck again bitrayed the Mariners when a shot
off Baichung rebound back off the post near the end of 1st half.
After a long quite second half, Nicholas Borges again succeeded a goal in the
73rd minute. This time he lobbed the ball to perfection over Shilton's head, a gem
of a goal. It was clear by the end that Dempo scored whenever Mohunbagan
missed chances.
Mohun Bagans's Iwfaq Ahmed and Dempo's Chiddi Edeh was shown Yello Card and
for his valuabe two goals Nicholas Borges adjujed as Man of the Match Today
MB:31-Shilton Paul, 26-N.Mohanraj,12-P.Siddique,3-N.S.Manju,2- Subhasish
Roychowdhury(11-Isfaq Ahmed), 13-Douglas(9-Lalwam Puiya),29-Jonathon Bobo,
18-Dharamjit Singh(22-Lalkamal Bhowmick),16- James Singh,15- Baichung Bhutia
(C), 10-Barreto:
DEM:21- VP.Satish Kumar,18-Valereano Rebelo,3-John Dias,28-Mahesh
Gawli, 25-Pio Rodriguez(4-Cressan Antao),22-Nicolas Borges,8-Climax Lawrence,
11-Beto, 14-Anthony Pereira, 30-Chiddi (6-Peter Carvalho), 9-Ranti Martins
In the other match in Mumbai today Air India made a goal less draw against
2nd position holder of league Table JCT. Nirmal Chettri has been declared Man of
the Match today for his outstanding performance.
Gurwinder Singh,Sunil Chettri of JCT and Nirmal Chettri of Air India was shown
Yellow card
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Sporting defies Salgaocar's threat
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10.12.2007:Amal Pai - Goa:
It was a treat to watch the tête-à-tête between Salgaocar and Sporting Clube de
Goa in Goa today. despite of the kinematics of both the teams, the 1st half went
on goal-less. But the climax began with the commencement of 2nd half when Salgaocar's Felix
Chimaokwu shot through Sporting Goa's defence but their Goalkeeper Felix fumbled
right in front of Milagres Gonsalves and he ultimately succeeded to score the first
goal of the match in 48 th minutes ( 1 - 0).
Soon after a few minutes (61minutes) Sporting Clube de Goa's Elija Junior managed to convert
a cross from Harmanjot Singh Khabra into a splendid equalizer ( 1 - 1) through a bicycle Kick
and saved the game for his team.
After today's match, both the teams find themselves at the bottom of the
I-League with only 2 points in 4 matches.
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Salgaocar:2-Marcus Basumatari;6 - Nicholas L Rodrigues,7 - Felix Chimaokwu,
8 - Angelo Colaco, Eric Mputu,17-TV Biju Kumar,19 - Malswam Tulunga,
25-Rocus Lamare ,30 - Francis Fernandez, 16- Nicolou Colaco, 26-Milagres Gonsalves.
Sporting Clube Goa :1-Felix D-Souza,4-Chinta Chandrasekhar,5-Carlos
Fernandez,6-Philip Gomes,7-Harmanjot Khabra,21-S.Satish Kumar,18-Denzil Franco
,19-Cavin Lobo,22-Joseph Pereira,26-Micky Fernandez ,20-Elijah Obagbemeiro.
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East Bengal Stopped Dempo's Winning Streak in I -League
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09.12.2007:Amal Pai - Goa: History repeated itself like last year,
this time too, when Dempo drew with East Bengal ( 2 - 2 score line ) in their first
meeting in the I-League here at Goa today. Last year in 11th ONGC National
Football league, East Bengal played a goalless draw with Dempo in the Ist leg
but defeated them in 2nd leg match at Kolkata by 5 - 3.
Today East Bengal continued to create pressure on the opponent's defence during
the first 30 minutes of the game. Eventually East Bengal's McDonald Mukansi
succeeded in scoring a goal in 25th minutes (1 - 0). Receiving a pass from
Edmilson, Mukansi moved past Dempo defender John Dias and netted the ball in.
However Dempo got the equalizer from a counter attack immediately when
Valereano Rebelo equalized in the 26th minutes (1 - 1) by beating M. Bolaji of
East Bengal. Meanwhile East Bengal defender M.Bolaji was shown Yellow Card for
losing temper inside the field.
In the 2nd half the Red and Yellow Brigade succeeded to disturb the Dempo
defence at regular intervals and in the due course East Bengal's Brazilian striker
Edmilson Pardal scored a superb Goal in the 58th minutes off a measured pass
received from Captain Alvito D Counha and thereby giving his team a 2 - 1 lead.
The Score Board remained the same till 82 minutes, when another Brazilian Striker
and Captain of Dempo, Beto scored the equalizer (2 - 2) for his team off a final
pass from Mahesh Gawli, thereby saving his tensed coach Armando Colaco from
a sure defeat. Valereano of Dempo and Mehtaab Hossain of East Bengal saw
Yellow Card.
East Bengal Goalkeeper Subrata Paul's outstanding performance fetched him the
Man of The Match title today. Dempo and JCT are leading
the I - league table with 10 points (4 matches) each while East Bengal is in 2nd
position with 7 points (4matches). After today’s goal Edmilson Pardal of East
Bengal and Eduardo Escober of JCT becomes the joint top scorers with 5 goals each.
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DEMPO:21- VP.Satish Kumar,18-Valereano Rebelo,3-John Dias,28-Mahesh Gawli,
25-Pio Rodriguez,22-Nicolou Barges,8-Climax Lawrence,11-Beto, 14-Anthony Pereira,
30-Chiddi (Peter Carvelho), 9-Ranti Martins
EAST BENGAL:24-Subtara Pal, 3-Majek Bolaji,35-Aibor Khongjee,26-Mehrajuddin,
5- Debabrata Roy,19- Rahim Nabi,7- Jayanta Sen, 23-Mehtab Hossain,
9-Alvito D‘Counha (34-Amulya Mondol),15- Macdonald Mukansi (29-Soumik Dey),30- Edmilson(22-Vimal Parier)
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Mohun Bagan's First Victory in I -League
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08.12.2007 :Nabarun Mukherjee:At last goddess Kali had her blessings
on Mohun Bagan as they registered their maiden victory over unfancied Air India
here at Salt Lake Stadium Today. A brace of goals by Baichung Bhutia in the
21st and 84th minute of the game not only sealed the fate of the Airmen but
at the same time Carlos must be grateful to Baichung for rescuing him from the
brink of his career. Had Mohun Bagan not won this match, surely Carlos would
have to celebrate a dull Christmas this season!
The score however does not reflect the true story as the Airmen had definite
enjoyed territorial advantage over the game without thieir Suleh Musa and Njoe
Jean and Mohun Bagan mostly relying on counter attacks. It was one of such
counter attacks that Baichung scored from inside the box off a pass from
Lalwampuia (1-0) when the game was only 21st minutes old.
Down by the goal, Air India increased their thrust over the rival defence, but for
poor finishing in the attacking third they were unable to alter the score line. After
a long gap, N.S. Manju taking on the field for the home team did a fine job
specially repelling the centers of Napoleon and Samson Singh from either side of
the wings. Otherwise, it was more inefficiency of the Airmen than the credit of the
Mohun Bagan defence that helped the home team to wrap the game with full
points.
After the lemon break Mohun Bagan started with renewed tempo resulting in the
creation of some golden chances courtesy Barretto- Baichung and Barretto –Lalam
chemistry but the Air defence system was too stealth to give up to the wishes
of the Mohun Bagan forwards except for once when in the 86th minute of the
game, Baichung clinched on to a through from Barretto and sailed passed
Dhanchandra Singh to place the ball inside the nets. (2-0).
With this first win in the I-League; Mohun Bagan now can be surely motivated
to prove their worth in the coming matches.
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Mohun Bagan:Shilton Paul,Dharamjeet Singh(Isfaq Ahmed),Sanjeev Maria,Douglas De Silva,N.Mohanraj,N.S.Manju,
James,Jonathon Bobo,P.Lalampuia(Lalkamal Bhowmick),Barreto, Baichung Bhutia
Air India:Sarat,Uttam Singh,samson Singh,H.Thombe,D.Chatura singh,S.Pradhan,Santosh Koli,
Paresh Sivalkar,Bashiree M.Abbas,Nirmal Chettri,Napoleon Singh
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MOHUN BAGAN DOWN BUT NOT OUT
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07.12.2007:Saurabh Rai:
After two back-to-back defeats and a draw in their own backyard, Kolkata giants
Mohun Bagan are surely under pressure. For a team considered to be one of the
contenders for the I league title this season, the take-off has been far from
perfect. The Green and maroons are now looking at the match against Air India
to start the revival.
It has not been a very smooth sailing for Mohun Bagan in the I league this season.
First JCT surprised them and then rookies Viva Kerala shocked the three times
National League champions. In their third match against Sporting Clube de Goa,
Bagan again failed to excite their die-hard supporters in a lack luster 1-1 draw.
Panic button has not yet been pressed at Bagan but they have surely pulled up
their socks. They seem to have realized that the I league is a whole new world
where their Kolkata League title has no meaning.
Bagan plays their fourth I league match against Air India and the mood in the
green and maroon camp is optimistic. They know another fumble can be catastrophic. Their training session proved they don’t want another slip up.
Set plays were given importance with coach Carlos asking the players to take free
kicks and corners again and again, till they got it right. Bhaichung and Lalampuia
were also seen fine-tuning their finishing skills.
Jose Barreto who is now fit said “ we must win the next match against Air India
as we have already dropped important points at home” he further added that he
and Bhaichung will be able to penetrate Air India’s defense which has kept a clean
chit in the last three matches.N.S.Manju also practiced and seemed to be fit but
he was not sure whether he’ll start the match against Air India
Air India is a very organized team having drawn all their last 3 matches, which
shows their defense is intact. Interesting battle is on the cards. Nothing less
than a win will satisfy Bagan, only time can tell what will unfold at the Salt lake
stadium on Saturday evening. Will it be a start of Mohun Bagan’s resurrection or
will there be another heartbreak for the home side, one that they cannot afford?
Probable Team of Mohun Bagan: Shilton Paul, N.S.Manju, N.Mohanraj, Sanjeev Maria, Douglas Da Silva, S.Venkatesh,
Suhashish Raychowdhury, Jonathan Bobo, Dharamjit Singh, Barreto, Baichung.
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Foreign Referees for I - LEAGUE 2007
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06.12.2007: All India Football Federation is going to depute two referees
from Maldives Football Association to supervise some of the matches of Indian First Professional
Football League (I - League) to avoid disputes over refereeing decisions with
players and team managements registering protests over this matter.
Ali Saleem(Born:10.04.1969 - International Referring since 1995)) and
Ahmed Ameez (Born: 03.06.1972 - International Referring since 2001) of Maldives
will be refereeing some I-League matches to be played in Goa between December
9 to 23.AIFF and the Football Association of Maldives have an exchange programme for referees.
under this connection two Indian FIFA Referee S. Suresh and Rizwan-ul-Haq
will go to Maldives to officiated some Football matches in this year.
Ahmed Ameez was the winner of Best Referee award of Maldives
Football Association in 2006.
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Reebok Launches the GOAL Collection
Press Releases
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05-12-2007:Reebok, the world’s leading sportswear brand, today unveiled
their Goal Collection, showcased in the soccer based movie Goal by John, Bipasha
and other stars. The new range consists of soccer apparel, footwear and
accessories. The tie up with Goal is an attempt to support an upcoming sport and
be the first mover in what will snowball into the big next trend: love for soccer
and a sports inspired lifestyle.
Targeted at the youth, Reebok’s Goal collection is a fusion of sports and lifestyle
and is targeted at a growing, globally sports & fashion conscious Indian market
that is ready to experiment with style, concepts and ethos in what they wear
and how they look. According to Mr. Shamim Sajid, Director, Marketing, Reebok
India, “We are extremely delighted to launch the new Goal range. Our relationship
with Goal is more of a partnership than a sponsorship and also aims at the same objective –
promotion of soccer and generating interest towards other sports in a cricket
crazy nation. Since our Goal collection is a sporty and fashionable range targeting
the youth; we envisage that it will create huge appeal and pave the way for
more of sports inspired lifestyle collections. For the RBK Goal collection promotion
we are looking at television, outdoor, retail activation among other activities.”
In Goal, customers will get to see Reebok's new range of apparel and sports shoes
sported by the star cast that would be launched in November along with the
movie. The key highlight of the Reebok’s Goal Collection is the Goal trainer, a
high performance yet stylized shoe which can be worn by anyone practicing
soccer or anyone who simply loves to wear a sporty look. Also showcased is
the Sprint Fit Trainer with inbuilt technologies like DMX foam to enhance
performance. DMX Foam provides added cushioning to the athlete’s foot and helps
enhance comfort and performance. Also prevalent in the movie is the Goal apparel
comprising of club jackets, long sleeved tees, polos and lots more for men, women
and kids. The Goal footwear starts at approximately Rs 3400 and the Goal apparel
is available from Rs. 999 onwards at all Reebok flagship stores across India.
Reebok brings the onscreen drama of the movie Goal closer and makes the feel of
the game much more real through the RBK Goal collection – worn throughout the
movie by John, Arshad, Boman and Bipasha.
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Source: Reebok (Business Wire India)
Dempo beat arch rival Churchill in I - League
Mahindra - JCT played out a Goal less draw
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04.12.2007:Dempo Sports Club of Goa beat their arch rival Churchill
Brothers 2-0 and recorded their third successive win in the ONGC I-League at
the Nehru stadium in Margao on Tuesday.
Dempo, who led 1-0 at half-time, scored through Roberto Mendes Silva(Beto) in the
stoppage time ( 45'+ 2') by a header from a Free-Kick off Valeriano Rebello.
Dempo Scored their 2nd goal in the 66th minute of 2nd half when Ranti Martins
headed in off a coner-kick taken by Nicholau Borges.Churchill Brothers Striker
Mboye Iyomi who scored 3 golas upto date for his team had two scoring chances
but failed to direct his header on target of Dempo net.
Referee K Shankar showed yellow card to Dempo's Nicholau Borges and Churchill's
Gouramangi Singh.Roberto Mendes Silva(Beto),who played the role of the
playmaker has been selected as man of the match.
Now After two consecutive wins agasinst Salgaocar and Sporting Goa, and
defeating Churchill today ,Dempo is now at the top of the table with 9 points
in 3 Matches followed by JCT with 7 Points.
In the other match of I - League Mahindra United of Mumbai and JCT Mills
of Punjab played out a goalless draw at Ludhiana today.
Sunil Chhetri and Eduardo Escober of JCT and Harpreet Singh and Manpreet of
Mahindra United got yellow cards.JCT Captain Julius Akpele has been selected as Man of the
Match .
Mahindra is now with 2 Points in 3 matches while JCT stands in 2nd position in League Table
with 7 points in 3 matches and Eduardo Escober of JCT is still ahead as top scorer
upto 3rd round with 5 goals.
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DEMPO:21-VP Satish Kumar; 18-Valeriano Rebello, 28-Mahesh Gawli,
11- Beto, 22-Nicolau Borges; 30-Chidi Edeh,3-John Charles Dias, 16-Samir Naik
(25-Pio Rodrigues); 14-Anthony Pereira, 8-Climax Lawrence, 9-Ranty Martins.
CHURCHILL BROTHERS: 1-Vinay Singh; 8-T.Naoba Singh,
4-Rowilson Rodrigues, 16-Bernard Pires (18-Thangjam Singh),
7-Martin Louis Joseph Daniel (Genius Zenith), 11-Khemtang
Paite; 10-Odafe Okolie, 9-Mboyo Iyomi.19-Gouramangi Singh,
17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-Reisangmei Vasum,
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HOMELESS WORLD CUP DOCUMENTARY TO PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE
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03.04.2007:KICKING IT, the documentary about the Homeless World Cup,
an international football tournament changing lives, has been selected to World
Premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, in January 2008.
KICKING IT, directed by Susan Koch and produced by Ted Leonsis, AOL vice
chairman emeritus, is an intimate look at homeless athletes who find a greater
goal on the football field as they journey with 48 nations to the Cape Town 2006
Homeless World Cup.
The film chronicles the lives of seven players taking a once in a lifetime opportunity
to represent their country while overcoming poverty and addiction. The players
come from war torn Afghanistan, the slums of Kenya, the drug rehab clinics of
Dublin, Ireland, the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, the overflowing public
shelters of Madrid, Spain, and the shadow culture of the illegal rural immigrants to
the big city of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Kat Byles, Media Director, Homeless World Cup said: “That the inspirational
story of the Homeless World Cup will be shown first at Sundance is a fitting
testimony to the courage, determination and spirit of the players. It is milestone
achievement for the Homeless World Cup and one we hope will demonstrate the
power of football to change lives to a wider audience around the world.
"Soccer is the world's most popular sport and played in virtually every country
around the globe, while homelessness is one of the world's most pervasive
problems," said Susan Koch, Director. "When you bring the two together, lives
can
be transformed. We found extraordinary people who for the first time were given
the chance to stand tall and not be invisible."
Koch is an Emmy and Peabody award winning filmmaker. Her 2007 film MARIO'S
STORY premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it received the Audience
Award for Best Documentary Feature. KICKING IT was co-directed and edited by
Jeff Werner. Neil Barrett was Director of Photography.
AOL Vice Chairman Emeritus Ted Leonsis, whose first documentary Nanking won
one of the major awards at the 2007 Sundance Festival, said of Kicking It, "Films
can bring people together, and amplify passion. We are thrilled to help spotlight
these compelling individuals to show sports' powerful ability to give hope,
focus and balance to us all."
The Homeless World Cup, based in Scotland, was founded by one of the world
leading social entrepreneurs, Mel Young, also co-founder of The Big Issue
Scotland, International Network of Street Papers and New Consumer Magazine.
The Copenhagen 2007 Homeless World Cup united 48 nations in Town Hall Square
this summer
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East Bengal won against Salgaocar in I League 3rd Match
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03.12.2007 :Nabarun Mukherjee:With the referee blowing the final whistle,
Subrata Bhattacharya must be thanking his luck a thousand times to leave the
field with three full points, as East Bengal struggled hard to beat a 10 –men down
Salgaokar three goals to two here at Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.
Salgaokar does not deserve to loose the match but for some marvelous saves
from goalkeeper Subrata Paul and of course their own inefficiency to put the balls
inside the nets at the right time cost them three dear points.
Both the teams started on an aggressive note and tried to take the early lead
resulting in a good show of soccer after quite some time. It was in the 9th minute
of the game Salgaokar would have taken the lead had not the keeper Subrata Pal
came up with a timely save off a head from Felix.
East Bengal got their first break in the 20th minute of the game when Edmilson
headed home the ball inside the goal off a measured cross from Nabi as the rival
defenders looked spellbound at the sudden speed of the event.
Thereafter Edmilson got two more golden opportunities to increase the tally but
could not alter the score line more due to his own fault rather than the efficiency
of the rival defenders.
Even though down by a solitary goal, Salgaokar were a rejuvenated side after the
lemon break and quickly got their equalizer in the 49th minute of the game when
a viciously turning free kick from Nicholas Rodrigves from just outside the box was
beautifully headed in by Biju Kumar over the heads of the East Bengal defenders
(1-1)
However it took only a few minutes more for East Bengal to get their second goal
of the match when a flying header by Ashim found the nets off a cross from
Edmilson.
Ashim had a wonderful match today and so did opponent striker Felix too. Both
the strikers tried to do justice to their name by disturbing the opponent defence
time and again and creating quite a number of scoring opportunities.
In the mean time Mukansi was bought in place of Chandan Das (62’) but that does
not yielded desired results except for a brace of Edu-Mukansi combined moves
and some unnecessary exuberance of the latter.
It was however against the run of the play, that East Bengal got their third goal
when referee P.K.Bose awarded a genuine penalty as Biju Kumar tripped Edmilson
inside the box. Edmilson placed the ball inside the nets to make it 3-1 in favour
of East Bengal.
In a mean time a scuffle between the players dearly cost Salgaokar, when Remus
Gomes was shown red card for hurting the rival without ball while Alvito of East
Bengal shown Yellow card for the same offence only!
Thereafter, surprisingly enough, East Bengal, instead of keeping the pressure on
the 10-men down Salgakar, went for a defensive play. With as many as eight
players defending for the team, Salgaokar using their two wings valiantly fought
back into the game and created enough opportunity to reduce the margin. Out of
one such move, a Felix pass to Tulunga found the latter only to beat the keeper
Subrata Paul to which he did no mistake (3-2). The match then witnessed few ups
and downs with Salgaokar getting more opportunities to alter the score line but
for some unbelievable saves from East Bengal keeper Subrata Pal, East Bengal
would have faced yet another disaster.
With six points from three matches, a much relieved East Bengal will now leave for
Goa on 7th next for their second round of I-league matches.
East Bengal: 24-Subrata Paul, 2-M.Suresh(12-Anupam Sarkar), 3-M.Bolaji, 5-Debabrata Roy, 29-Soumik Dey,
7-Jayanta Sen (23-Mehtab Hossain),9-Alvito,14-Chandan Das(15-Mukansi),19-Rahim Nabi,
25-Asim Biswas,30-Edmilson,
Salgaocar:2-Marcus Basumatari;6 - Nicholas L Rodrigues,7 - Felix Chimaokwu,8 - Angelo Colaco,
11- PK Anil Kumar,12 - Remus Gomes,17-TV Biju Kumar,19 - Malswam Tulunga,
25-Rocus Lamare ,30 - Francis Fernandez,22 - Harry Habinama.
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Jr.Salgaocar won MUPC U - 15 South - West Zone qualifying round
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03.12.2007:Goa's Salgaocar Sports Club U - 15 Team won the South
and West Zone qualifying round of the Nike-MUPC under-15 football tournament
India Chapter which is being held in the Nehru stadium at Chennai on Saturday.
The Salgaocar U - 15 Boys beat Cosmos(Tiruvallur) by a solitary goal
scored in the 15 minytes of 1st half in 20 minutes duration of each half.
Earlier In the Semi final Salgaocar boys beat Mahindra United boys by
5 - 4 in tie breaker and Cosmos done straight 2 - 0 win against Sporting
Clube Goa U- 15 boys.
Now Salgaocar and their other three semi-finalists Cosmos, Mahindra United and
Sporting Clube de Goa Jr. move to the final phase of the competition to be held
later in Goa, where they will be joined by the semi-finalists from the North-East
Zone tournament to be held in Chandigarh from 12 - 17th December.
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Mohun Bagan - Sporting Goa Match ended 1 - 1 draw
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02.12.2007 :Nabarun Mukherjee:Mohun Bagan wasted yet another
opportunity to gain full points when they were held for a 1-1 draw by one of the
so called weakest teams of I-League - Sporting Club De Goa (SCG) here at Salt Lake
Stadium today. Goalless at the lemon break, both the teams are now with 1 point
each and are placed at the lowest strata of league table as Mohun Bagan 9th
and Sporting 10th.
Mohun Bagan, unlike the other two matches started with a 4-4-2 formation.
With as many as 6 defenders guarding the citadel, Barretto and Lalkamal was
entrusted to feed the forwards Isfaq and Baichung to do the wonders. Surprising
to see a team like Mohun Bagan, who had lost both their earlier matches playing
so defensively from the very beginning of the game!
SCG started the game in pace and cleverly crowding the midfield certainly had
territorial advantage over their counterpart throughout the game. However Mohun
Bagan got their first positive chance in the 32nd minute of the match when Isfaq
failed to beat the goalkeeper as his shot went wide off the post. Minutes later
Barretto and Baichung showed their individual brilliance but were cunningly
trapped offside by the rival defenders. In the extra minutes of the 1st session,
Baichung got two more positive chances but failed to alter the score line.
Mohun Bagan started their 2nd session in a more promising note and was
immediately rewarded when Barretto edged past rival defenders and made no
mistake to put the ball inside the nets in 48th Minutes. (1-0).
However their joy was short-lived when in the 56th minute, a costly defensive
lapse helped Felix to beat Shilton and equalize for his team (1-1). Thereafter the
ball mainly hovered around the midfield with both team wasting occasional scoring
opportunities. Mohun Bagan tried their last by bringing in Dharamjit in place of
Anit (60`) but by then the match had already gone out of hand.
Mohun Bagan Striker Barreto was awarded the ONGC Man of the Match title.
With one point form three home matches, perhaps now it is to be seen whether
Mohun Bagan can remain within the top 5 teams of the league!
Mohun Bagan:Shilton Paul ,Habibur Rahaman Mondol,Anit Ghosh
(Dharamjeet Singh ),N.Mohonraj,Peter Siddiqui,Douglas Da Silva,Sanjeev Maria,
Isfaq Ahmed ,Lalkamal Bhowmick,Barreto,Baichung Bhutia
Sporting Clube Goa :Felix D-Souza,Chinta Chandrasekhar,Carlos Fernandez,
Philip Gomes,Desmond Fernandez,Freddy Mascarenhas,Denzil Franco,Cavin Lobo,
Joseph Pereira,Micky Fernandez ,Elijah Obagbemeiro.
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India's chief football coach Bob Houghton said that
the recently launched I-league should be modelled on Japan's J-League
02.12.2007:Meet the Press: Indian Sr.National Football Team Coach Bob Houghton today at Salt Lake
PIFA:Colaba Youngstar FC re-union
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01.12.2007:It was a night to remember for all Colaba players. PIFA hosted
a dinner party for the PIFA - CYFC team past & current at the Islam Gymkhana on
30 November 2007.
Both the founders of Colaba Youngstar FC - Mr Sudhakar Rane & Mr Bharat Sakariya
were present. The team was founded in 1990-91. It was the best team in Mumbai.
They reached the finals of all tournaments they participated in winning some &
losing some. The team reached the MDFA Senior Division in 1992-93 and stayed
there until 2002, the team was disbanded due to lack of sponsors, Mr Bharat
Sakariya also retired due to his family commitments. Mr Sudhakar Rane did not
give up and pursued to revive the team. He approached PIFA to manage &
sponsor the team in 2006. The team was promoted to Super Division for the first
time in the very first year of this tie-up. PIFA hopes to reach Elite shortly.
The CYFC team coaches Parkash Shetty (ex-Orkay) & Bandiya Kakde (ex-Indian
GK, the best India had) along with well wishers Yusuf Ansari (Air India asst.
coach), Shabirbhai (ex-sec of Mohmamaden Sporting), Shagir Ansari (ex-BOB) and
many others were present.
All those associated with CYFC were feliciated Coach Chirag, Nelson & Chandra for
getting their AFC - C license badges. Emanuel & Chand for playing for Maharasthra
team this year. Harshad Meher & Ajith Bhoir for playing for U-16 India they also
received a JRD signature collection watch from Bandiya Kakde. Both boys also
recived a cheque for Rs 5,000 from the PIFA Foundation.
All the well wishers spoke emotionally about the team and advised the boys.
Dedication, Devotion & Discipline.PIFA is proud to be associated with this rich
heritage.
Courtesy: PIFA
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16 time winner Bengal lost to Haryana in Final of U - 19 National Championship
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01.12.2007:Hosts Haryana lifted the 44th Junior National Football Champi
onship Dr BC Roy Trophy for 1st time in the history.They defeat sixteen times
Champion Bengal by a solitary goal in the Final played at Devi Lal Sports Complex ,
Gurgaon today. The only goal came in the 15 minute of the first half which was
scored by Tushar Chowdhury. AIFF President Mr. Priyo Ranjan Dasmunsi,AIFF Goal
Project Director Mr. Shaji Prabhakaran were present to witness the match and
later gave away the prizes to the winner and runners Boys.
VISIT FULL RESULT OF THE TOURNAMENT
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JCT 2nd Victory in away match
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01.12.2007 : Nabarun Mukherjee:East Bengal tasted their maiden defeat in the hands off JCT when they were
routed by the mill men 3-1 in a one-sided match today here at Salt Lake Stadium,
Kolkata. The mill-men, who were leading by a solitary goal in the first half
converted two more in the second half, while the consolation goal of East Bengal
was scored by Edmilson through a penalty.
In one of one of the worst matches that East Bengal has played so far in this
season, Coach Subrata can be sure of having such similar nightmares,
(if not more!) when they will face the Goan teams in their home turf in the next
month, if some overhauling of the defence is not done immediately. With both
Suresh and Surukumar out of the match due to injury problems, both Debabrata
and Madhab looked too brittle to resist the onslaught of Edu, Marcos and Sunil
Chettri, who with their speed and superior physical endurance ripped through the
East Bengal defence time and again.
Both teams started cautiously not to concede goal at the first instance, but JCT
utilizing their wings gradually gained control over the midfield. Visibly more fit and
strong, JCT surely had territorial advantage over their rivals in the first session.
That the foreign recruits of JCT viz Edu, Julius and Marcos are far superior than
their counterparts were amply proved when in the 43rd minute of the first half,
Brazilian Edu blissfully put the ball inside the nets from a free kick taken by Marcos
from just outside the box. (0-1).
East Bengal tried to come back in the game in the second half, but except for a
few moves did little to mend the mistakes. It was on a counter attack that they
got their maiden goal when Edmilson, getting a ball from fellow teammate, while
racing towards the goal was wrongfully tackled by Julious Akpale, rightly to be
awarded a penalty. This time Edmilson did no mistake to put the ball inside the
nets (1-1). Just as every body hoping for an East Bengal comeback, in the 59th
minute of the game, a frikick off Marcos from near the rival penalty box found
unguarded Edu, who wasted little time to put it into the nets, as the entire
defence including goalkeeper Abhra looked spellbound at the sudden speed of
the event (1-2). Truly, a goal treat to watch.
East Bengal, by bringing in Mukasi and Meheraj in places of Dipankar and Mehetab
respectively tried a last fightback, but perhaps today was not their day. The last
nail was placed in their coffin by non other than Edu himself, when Sunil Chettri
beautifully dodged out Bolaji and essayed a measured cross to Edu ,who beat
Madhab and Abhra and placed it into the nets (1-3).
East Bengal:Abhra Mondol,M.Bolaji,Debabrata Roy,Rahim Nabi,Dipankar Roy,
Alvito,Jayanta Sen,Mehtaab Hossain(Mehrajuddin),Asim Biswas(Mukanci), Edmilson,Madhab
Das
JCT:Karanjit Singh,Jaspal Singh,Anwar,Julius Akpele,Baljit Sahani(Jaswinder Singh),
Eduardo Escober(Parveen Kumar),Sunil Chettri,Daljit Singh,Baldeep Singh,Marcos,Gurwinder Singh
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India and Portugal today sign MOU to develop Football
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01.12.2007:All Indian Football Federation and the Liga Portuguesa de
Futebol Profesional have signed a Protocol in New Delhi to enhance the
development and improvement of Indian Football which will further improve
Profesional Football in the country.
The Protocol was signed by the Vice President of the Portuguese Profesional League Mr. Ricardo Castanheira and
the General Secretary of the All India Football Federation Mr. Alberto Colaco, in
the presence of the AIFF President and Union Minister , Mr. Priya Ranjan
Dasmunsi and M. Laurentino Dias, Minister of Youth and Sports of Portugal.
Speaking on the occasion Mr Dasmunsi , welcomed the signing
of the Protocol and thanked the Portugues League for the opportunity given to
the Indian National Team to practice and play friendly matches in Portugal last
July. Mr. Dias thanked the President of the All India Football Federation for
making it possible to sign the protocol.
The protocol involves development of Coaches and Referees, Sports Medicine, technical and logistic
interchange for the U-19 and U-16 teams, best practices to set up academies
and training centers. An agenda has been set up for the year 2008
which includes a seminar in development of sports infrastructure , courses for
referees, training camp and friendly matches for various Indian National teams
and a match between a Portuguese Leaugue team and an AIFF team.
Courtesy:www.the-aiff.com
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AFC awards 2007
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01.12.2007:Iraq, who defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final to become the Asian champions
for the first time, were rewarded with the National Team of the Year award, while
AFC Champions League winners Urawa Red Diamonds took the Club Team of the
Year prize.
The captain of Korea DPR's U-20 side, Kim Kum-Il, who was so impressive at the
FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007, was named the Youth Player of the Year,
while Uzbekistan coach Rauf Inileev pocketed the Coach of the Year honour.
Iran swept the indoor football category, as Vahid Shamsaee was voted the Futsal
Player of the Year with the Asian champions named the Futsal Team of the Year.
AFC Annual Awards 2007
AFC Player of the Year: Yasser Al Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
AFC Youth Player of the Year: Kim Kum-Il (PRK)
AFC Futsal Player of the Year: Vahid Shamsaee (IRN)
National Team of the Year: Iraq
Club Team of the Year: Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN)
Futsal Team of the Year: Iran
Coach of the Year: Rauf Inileev (UZB)
Referee of the Year: Mark Shield (AUS)
Assistant Referee of the Year: Mohammed Hamad Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Association of the Year: China
Fair Play Association of the Year: Japan
Diamond of Asia: Lennart Johanson (SWE)
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