HEAD to HEAD in NFL or I-League(upto date)

Total Played upto 25 Oct 2009 = 25 Times East Bengal won = 11 Times Mohun Bagan Won= 8 times Match Drawn = 6 Times Goal::East Bengal=29:Mohun Bagan =22

Landmarks:

1.In the final of IFA Shield of 1975 East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 5-0 scorecard, after long 34 years Mohun Bagan touches this record with 5-3 victory over East Bengal in the first leg match of i-league, 2009. 2.Today Brazilian Striker Jose Ramirez Barreto of Mohun Bagan played his 150th match on Indian soil. 3.Today Ghanaian Striker Yusif Yakubu of East Bengal scores 97 goals in his 147 matches on Indian soil. 4.Referee Benjamin Silva controlled this crucial match in such a way that only one yellow card has been shown (Mohonraj). 5. This victory of Mohun Bagan can be considered as a tribute to Mr. Umashankar Paloudhi -- an unforgettable Mohun Bagan fan who committed suicide immediately after the 5-0 loss of Mohun Bagan against East Bengal in 1975 IFA Shield Final. In his suicide note Paloudhi wrote that in his next birth he would like to be born as a skilled Mohun Bagan footballer to take the revenge of that defeat.

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Mohun Bagan :Shilton(Sangram), Mohanraj, Masih, Sagram ,Surkumar, Snehashis(Tomba),Manish,Marcos, James, Chiddi, Bareto (Isfaq) East Bengal :Abhra, Nirmal, Mehraj, Govin, Nabi, Mitrovic (Alvito),Mehtab, Riston (Harmonjyot),Renedy (Subhas), Yakubu, Hammond FT: Man of the Match Chidi of Mohun Bagan...Mohun Bagan manage to hold two goal margin..5-3. 90'+ 2': Kartik Kisku entered in place of Snehasish Chakraberty of Mohun Bagan.. 90':1-2 minutes to go..East Bengal is trying heart and soul to reduce margin.. 86':Five minutes to go..Mohun Bagan is leading 5-3...EB is attacking from Midfield..Mohonraj's timely clearance to deny Hamond.. 83':Marcos laying on ground...East Bengal is trying hard for scoring goals.. 80':Mohun Bagan midfielders hold sway. East Bengal unable to come up with any good moves 77': Riston Rodrigus out and Harmanjeet Khara came in for East Bengal..Eight goals already iscored in a derby match.. no card yet..Mohun Bagan Defence is playing well..Mohonraj - Marcos good combination.. 69':Mohun Bagan erase shame of conceding five goals against East Bengal 1975 IFA SHield Final.New land marks in EB vs MB match till now..Eight goals in a derby..Four goals by Chidi.. 66':GoallllChidi scored again off a coner of Marcos.. Mohun Bagan 5-3 East Bengal..Alvito came in place of Mehtaa Hossain for East Bengal. 64':Corner for East Bengal..Marcos cleared a Subhsh Sing Attack.. 61':Renedy Singh out and Subhash Sing came in his place..It's good sign in Big match that no scrapple no fouls card yet.. 56':Isfaq came in place of Barreto..Hamond was attacking from left..but Mohonraj cleared the ball 53':Barreto felt ill. may be changed...James crossed from right flank..chidi's header went away.. 51':East Bengal is attacking..Ball in MMB Box..Cleared by Masih..Mohonraj fouled Nirmal in an air ball..Free kick..no dmage done.. 46':GOAL!!!! ..CHIDI HATTRICK!!!!Fans barely settle beforeChidi's header bulges EB net .MMB 4 - 3 KEB. Sangram Mukherjee came in place of Silton Paul HT: It's time for lemon break..East Bengal 3 - 3 Mohun Bagan.. 44': GOALLLL...Yakubu scored again.well free kick of Renedy Singh.. Yakubu's header went to goal.. 42':Yakubu scored his 96th Goal in 147th match in India.East Bengal is attacking.. 38':Yakubu-Hamond good attack..cleared by Mohonraj..Ball went to Renedy..he tries..Throw in.. 35':Goalll Yakubu scored for East Bengal...defencing laps of MMB allowed Yakubu to scored an easy goal.. 32':...GOALL: Chidi again scored for Mohun Bagan..Barreto crossed and unmarked Chidi's header went to EB Goal. 30':Half and Hour past..Clear football..No card yet..Chidi shot saved saved by dyving Abhra..corner for MMB. 28':Ball in EB Box..Cleared by Nirmal..counter attack by EB.. Mohonraj cleared Hammond attack.. 25':Yakubu fouled Marcos.. Free Kick on behalf of MMB.Marcos shoot..no impact.. 22':EB 1-2 MB..GOALll Manish Mathrani Scored for Mohun Bagan. One lakh Spectator .Snehasish crossed from left..Chidi shoot..Ball deflected from Abhra and went to Manish Mathrani..scored with his right footer. 16': GOALLL.. Chidi Scored..Surkumar passed him from right side in Box..Good placement by Chidi.. 15':Corner for Mohun Bagan,long.. no damage done..Throw in for EB..Ball went to Silton.. 10':East Bengal is leading 1-0. Mohun Bagan is attacking now. .Barreto got a ball.. Abhra collects the ball.. 8':Goal....East Bengal scored..Nirmal Chhetri scored from a hamond corner from right side.. 6':One lakh Spectators in Salt Lake Stadium..Still people are in the line with ticket to enter..Barreto is playing his 150th Match In India. 4':Counter attack by Mohun Bagan,Snehasish cross..went away..now corner for MMB..no damage done.. 2':East Bengal is attacking..hamond on left..Mitrovich passed to hamond..too long..

India U-19 team leaves for Dubai for training

Goalkeepers : Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Jagroop Singh, Shaikh Mohd. Razakh. Defenders : Abhishek Das, Vishal Kumar, Ravindra Kumar, Deepak Devrani, Inderpreet Singh, Daniel Albert Vales, Souvik Ghosh, Lalrozama Fanai, Akshay Vimal Kumar Mall. Midfielders : Jonychand Thounaojam, Milan Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Shilton Sydbey D'Silva, Malsawmkima Chhangte, Amit Bisht, Lalrindika Ralte, Thirthankar Sarkar. Forwards : Jeje Lalpeklua, Manandeep, Holi Charan Narzary, Malsawmfela.

EB Vs MB : Frenzy associated with the derby clash

24.10.2009 : RANA BOSE ::Kolkatans, or for that matter Bengalis have been fortunate to be gifted with a very special virtue by the British – a passion for football. A Bengali pioneered an indigenous adoption of the sport and a “native” Bengali, Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary first kicked the ball here in Kolkata as early as in 1877. This has led many to claim that Bengalis were the first in the world to play football outside the British Isles. Despite the rich tradition and a head-start, the game has stagnated in this country and the sport is losing much of its glamour and talent thanks to the apathy and abuse by the officials concerned. When the game of cricket has overshadowed the game of football in this country, there still remains a deep-seated obsession and craze for the game of football. In Kolkata, which boasts of the second biggest football stadium in the world, with seating capacity of over one hundred thousand gets nearly filled up if there is a clash between the traditional rivals.

Although football, or for that matter any sport is supposed to spread goodwill and unity, a derby match divides the populace vertically between “baangals” and “ghotis”. A Baangal, would signify an individual whose ancestors had migrated from East Pakistan during partition and subsequently. The term “Ghoti” was for the individual whose forefathers were domiciled at this side of the river Padma. This ethnic divide during a football match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan conjures the frenzy and fanaticism and perhaps does not exist in any part of the world. Football became the yardstick for establishing the supremacy between these two sets of the Bengali community. Each community trying desperately to upstage and outdo the other on the football field. A victory for the “green and maroons”, i.e., the Mohun Bagan club will mean rejoicing and a feast of “golda chingri”. A victory for East Bengal club will entice the fans of the “red and yellow” to a “hilsa” feast.

Mohun Bagan Club, declared as the National club of India had first infused amongst the Bengalis that they were no less inferior to the British. The victory in the IFA Shield final over East York Regiment in 1911 was hailed as a moment of triumph. Surprisingly, the team that played and won against the British side had eight players including the goal scorer and the captain who could be termed as “baangal”. Even today, both teams are composed of players who hail from both sides of the Padma. Although the partition forced the two cultures to gradually dilute through inter-cultural mixing and form a new cosmopolitan order, football kept alive the clash of the regional egos. There are umpteen instances where the husband (perhaps) a “ghoti” supporting Mohun Bagan and the wife, a “baangal” rooting for East Bengal. The topic of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal is a hot topic for discussion and a preoccupation for the Bengali society and took myriad forms of expression. The conflict permeated into customs, literature, music and cinema and acted as a check and balance to counter the rowdies from clashing to defend their respective affiliations.

Football clubs from Goa and Mumbai have become serious contenders for the National league, hegemony till a decade ago enjoyed by the big two of Kolkata. However, the fan support is not there as much as it is in Kolkata. Fans throng the stadium wearing their club colors and with banners and festoons painted in their respective club colors. Here the entire social fabric is woven around the big two and shows a general divide. The city’s rumbling trams have been given a facelift and the colors selected were those of the big two.

No wonder, FIFA President Sepp Blatter felt hugely impressed during his visit to the city a couple of years back. He sat and watched the derby match and saw Mohun Bagan edge out East Bengal in front of a packed house. His comments thereafter, about Indian football has very important connotation, “India is a sleeping giant”. Let us hope the giant quickly wakes up and is taken notice of by the world football fraternity.

Sir Alex Ferguson:Best ever Manager in the World

23.10.2009 ::Sir Alex Ferguson may have enjoyed a trophy-laden career with St Mirren, Aberdeen and Manchester United but now it has been confirmed, the Scotsman is the greatest football manager of all time. Fresh off the back of a fine Champions League win in Moscow, Fergie can now prepare for the clash with north west rivals Liverpool safe in the knowledge that he his held in higher regard than former Kop boss Bill Shankly. Sir Alex Ferguson Simply the best: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has been voted the greatest manager of all time by experts behind the new Football Manager 2010 Ferguson who has won 33 trophies in 22 years at Old Trafford topped the poll carried out by the makers of Football Manager 2010 with 26 per cent of the vote, Shankly came in third with just nine per cent.As polled by Football Manager 2010,The poll features other Knights of the Realm such as the late, great Sir Bobby Robson, Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alf Ramsey but despite their fine records, none of them can match Sir Alex's two decade long domination of the English game. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who is celebrating his 60th birthday, may be a little miffed at coming just eighth and Old Big 'Ead Brian Clough would have had a word or two to share on his fourth-place standing.

TOP 10 MANAGERS EVER

1. Sir Alex Ferguson - 26 per cent 2. Sir Bobby Robson - 14% 3. Bill Shankly - 9% 4. Brian Clough - 8% 5. Sir Matt Busby - 6% 6. Sir Alf Ramsey - 5% 7. Jose Mourinho - 4% 8. Arsene Wenger - 3% 9. Bob Paisley - 2% 10. Jock Stein - 1% Courtesy: www.bleacherreport.com

JCT hold Churchill while Dempo hold Mahindra

23.10.2009 ::JCT hold defending Champion Churchill Brothers 1 - 1 in an exciting ONGC I-league match, at Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, Punjab today .JCT took the lead in the 66th minute. Baljit Singh Saini scored the goal off a brillian Orji pass.With todays scoring Baljeet Sainy scored 5 goals upto 4th round of matches in I-League and jointly staing in the top scorer with Muritala Ali of Mahindra United Both the teams played at a fast pace and were evenly matched.JCT, who held the edge initially, threatened with their speedy runs, building their moves mostly from the right. They had an opportunity to surge ahead in the 41th minute, but Balwant Singh was late in taking his shot, allowing Robert Lalathlamuana to clear the ball. On 88th minutes of 2nd half R. Vasum equalised for Churchill and scored his 3rd goal in the tournament also. The four matches have yielded eight points for the JCT, while Churchill have six points after same outings.

Dempo - Mahindra match has ended 2 - 2

On the other match today at Goa Dempo hold Mahindra United 2 - 2.Midfielder Climax Lawerence found the target during the injury time to help Dempo hold the match. Dempo scored first in the 13th minute through a penalty from Ranty Martins when Mahindra defender Dharmaraj Ravanan handled the ball inside the box, which was converted by Martins. but Mahindra fought back resolutely in the second half being down to ten-men when D.Rabanan shown Red card by referee A Arjunan for elbowing Marcus Peixoto on his face in the 36th minute. Mahindra equalised the goal through substitute S. Mijin in the 60th minute who scored a beautiful goal with his powerful right footer. Steven Dias then put the Jeepmen on 68th minutes.Thus both the teams have eight points after four matches each, although Dempo continue to lead the table on account of better goal difference than Mahindra . Dempo finally found the equaliser in the injury time when Climax Lawerence headed home from a corner kick taken by Anthony Fernandes from the right.Credit must go to todays an-of-the-Match Mahindra United custodian Subshasish Roy Chowdhury who brought off fine saves from the attacks of Martins, Anthony Fernandes, Sunil Chettri and Robeto D'silva.

Chirag United : top in the table after 4th round

23.10.2009 ::Chirag United S.C the last year promoted I-League promoted team from Kolkata is now the I-League league leaders after 4th Round Match when they edged past Kerala outfit Viva Keara 1 - 0 at their home ground Kozhikode's Municipal Stadium on Friday evening. This was the first home match of Viva Kerala.Ex- East Bengal Brazilian Striker Edmilson scored the loan goal in 3rd minutes of the match and this was his 4th goal for his team upto 4th Round. The visitors took the lead when Edmilson got a ball off a nice cross of Narugopal Hait from left flank but Viva defender were confused to block the Brazilian for their misunderstadninh and skilled Brazilian slot it past Viva Keeper. Home team got a chance in 32nd mintute from a beautiful 30 yard free kick of Captain MP Sakeer but Chirag keeper Somnatch Khara saved that by a corner.The first half ended 1 - 0 on behalf of Chirag United. In the 2nd half Viva played better than first half but Chirag's defence played well. Somnatch Khara saved a dangerous attack of substitute Anish KP of Viva who dribbled two Chirag defender in the box.Viva Keeper Shahinlal got the man of the mathc award today. Viva now lies at the bottom of the League table with no points after three matches and no goals scored, while Chirag United Sports Club has 10 points from 4 matches and lies at the top of the league table which is 2 points ahead of Dempo and Churchill Brothers.

TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Chirag United	4	3	1	0	9	6	+3	10
Dempo S.C	4	2	2	0	10	5	+5	8
JCT	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	8
Mahindra United	4	2	2	0	10	6	+4	8
Churchil Brothers	4	1	3	0	5	3	+2	6
Shillong Lajong F.C	4	2	0	2	6	9	-3	6
AIR India	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	4

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PIFA International camp held in South Mumbai.

22.10.2009 ::Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) conducted the sixth of the seven International Camps scheduled for India at Churchgate, Mumbai. The camp was held at the Karnatak football ground. The training was conducted on the football pitch by coach Gary Judge and Garreth Rafferty both FA licensed coach from the Inspire Academy, Liverpool. This is PIFA’s 10th camp in Mumbai, since 2004. Thirty boys and two girls participated in this football intensive 4 day camp that started on 15 October 2009. All campers were tested for fitness as well as their skills. The top 3 talented campers won prizes from Nike. The skills winner was Valentine with 760 points. The next & final camp will be held in Goa.

Chirag will meet Viva Kerala tomorrow

22.10.2009 :: Chirag United will meet Kerala outfit Viva Kerala tomorrow at Calicut.The match will start from 6.30 PM. Chirag United stopper Brazilian Du went to Calicut with the team but he will not play tomorrow due to card problem.This will be the first home match of Viva Kerala. Out of last three matches Chirag won two and drawn one. the team is now laying in 4th position in League table with 7 points while Viva Kerala played two and lost both matches. Chirag United coach Subrata Bhattacharyya said "Viva is a strong team with youngsters and it will be a tough game for us. Though they have lost in their two games it was against mighty opponents." He also became very emotional today and said, "I played many matches here for Mohun Bagan in Nagji Cup in 1970s and 80s and I feel happy to be back here in Kerala."

Mohammedan S.C starts with a win in CFL

Scorer Eduardo Escobar(Left)

22.10.2009 ::Kolkata Giant Mohammedan Sporting Club started their Sahara CFL Premier Divn.League campaign with an emphatic win over Calcutta Port Trust today at their home ground in front of a full house. Brazilian Striker Eduardo Escobar scored a brace to help the home team garner full points. The first half failed to yield any goals. In the 50th minute of the match, Eduardo scored with a direct free kick that beat a hapless Port Trust goalkeeper Arindam Ghosh. In the very next minute, Henry- the foreign recruit of Port Trust was fouled inside the box while in a goalscoring position by Mohammedan keeper, Naseem Akhtar.

Scorer Eduardo Escobar (Left)

The resultant penalty taken by Rajib Ekka was brilliantly saved by Naseem. Mohammedan's other foreigner - Theodore of Liberia missed a golden opportunity midway in the second half and thus wasted a simple chance to score and increase the margin. However the home team did not have to wait long. In the 85th minute, Sovan Chakraborty passed the ball to Eduardo just outside the box. The Brazilian showed sublime skills and dodged past two defenders before slotting the ball home much to the joy of the Mohammedan spectators present in the ground. In fact, Eduardo could have scored a hattrick had his shot not hit the goalpost in the second half. This win would give Sabbir Ali's boys great confidence in their quest for the League title which has eluded them time and again since 1981. The Team came very close to winning the League last season but were pipped to the post in the very last round by Mohun Bagan. In the other matches of Sahara CFL (Premier League) Mohammedan A.C - Peerless S.C match ended goalless at Mohun Bagan Ground. Calcutta Customs beat last year Trades Cup winner West Bengal Police at Khardah Stadium by a solitary goal scored by Krisanu Das in the first half. GO

George Telegraph starts CFL campaign with winning

Scorer Mithun Saha

21.10.2009 :: Camellia George Telegraph starts their IFA CFL Premier League campaign with a good start.Today in their first match in Kolkata Premier League at Khardah Satadium they beat seven times National Football League participant team Jain Tollygunge Agragami 2 - 0. Experienced coach of Kolkata maidan Raghu Nandi's boys scored first through Mithun Saha in the first half and another in the 2nd half through Amit Kundu. GO

East Bengal beat Eastern Rail in Kolkata Premier 2009

21.10.2009:East Bengal has started their Kolkata Premier League 2009 -10 campaign by winning 4 - 0 over Eastern Railway today at Barasat Vidya Sagar Krirangan. On his birthday Nirmal Chhetri scored two goals , while captain Syed Rahim Nabi and U-19 Budhiram Tudu scored one each. East Bengal drew their first blood in the 34th minute through a Chhetri header off a brilliant Free-Kick of another Sikkim origin Sanju Prodhan. Nabi scored from a Harmanjot Khabra throw-in in the 42nd minute. East Bengal increased their margin to 3-0 when Nirmal Chhetri scored his second goal from a corner through header.In 89th minutes of the match Under 19 footballer Budhiram Tudu completed the rout connecting a Subhash Singh cross by receiving with his chest.

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21st OCT :: Barasat :: FT.. :: East Bengal   4 - 0   Eastern Railway KEB : Nirmal Chhetri 34', 55', Nabi 42', Budhiram Tudu 89' KEB : Priyant, Saikat, Nirmal, Firoz, Jibon, Sanju, Khabra, Mehtab, Nabi, Hammond, Subhash. FT:Match end.East Bengal win the match by 4 - 0. 89': Goalll..Again scored by East Bengal.Subhas Signh crossed from right flank..Budhiram Tudu chest down the ball and ..scored .. East Bengal is leding 4 - 0. Few minutes left to end of the match. 80':Subhas singh missed again.could not head the ball timely.. 75':Subhash Sing missed off a Budhiram Tudu pass..Hammond out and Bekhokhei came in his place. 65':Player change for East Bengal..Budhiram Tudu came in place of Rahim Nabi..Hammond movement from right side..shoot ..went away..

63': Good free kick by Hamond and good save by ER keeper by corner.. corner taken by Sanju..no damage done.. 59': Player Change of East Bengal..Mehtaab out and Mumtaj Akhrtar came in his place..Er also changed their player..Altafullin out and Niladri Chakrabarty in. 55': Goall.. Again scored by Nirman Chhetri from a Mehtab cornar kick.. 52':Well shot Khabra off a Sanju pass from the right side..Khara's powerful left footer beat Keeper but hitted cross bar and went away

50':Saikat from right flank..crossed to unmarked Nabi in the box.. Keeper Jayanta came out..Nabi could not receiv the ball. 47': 2nd half stated..EB was attacking from right side.. Sanju tried to cut into the ER box..Cleared by ER defence HT: It's Half Time now at Barasat Stadium.. 45': East Bengal is leading 2-0 now.E.Rail is attacking now.. Priyant Singh saved.. 42':Goall...Nabi scord another goal for East Bengal off Khabra throw in..good throw in by Khabra ..Nabi was in the box..followed the ball.goal.. 40': Subhas Sing good effort..missed the target..East Bengal is still leading 1-0. 35': Goalll..Scored by Nirman Chhetri.. Sanju Good cross from free kick..Nirmal header went into the goal 30': M.Subhas Singh missed a chance..He could not chest the ball in the box.. missed the chance. 25':Well cleared by Nimal Chhetri a ER movement by a corner.. Good corner by ER..Priyant unable to guess the ball..back. 20': No positive movement of EB..Eastern Rail in attack..Figo of ER got chance.. cleared by Nirmal Chhetri well. 16':Counter attack by East Bengal..Mehtab passed to hamond. Hammond good run..cross towards Subhash..but too long pass.. 12':Subhash Singh's cross from left..good attack..one to one Hammond and ER keeper..Hammond could not touch te ball.. 8':Hmmond good move in the E,R Box..Passed to Kahabra..Khabra's shot went away.. GO

Mohun Bagan beat Kalighat in Kolkata Premier 2009

21.10.2009:Mohun Bagan beat Kalighat Club 1-0 in their first match in sahara Kolkata premier league. Under-19 player Subhojit Majumdar scored the only goal of the match in 20th Minutes of the match. In today's match, Mohun Bagan created so many scoring chances. Manish, Suraj, Branco also missed easy chances to score. Subhojit played a beautiful game today.On the right flanck by his cross at least 6 goals were missed today. In 2nd minute, Chiddi failed to push Subhojit's free kick inside goal. Again in 5th minutes of the match Manish Mathran missed a chance from Subhojit's free kick which was saved by Kalighat goalkeeper. In 10th minute, Chiddi's shot hitted post. In 16th minute From a corner, ball went straight to unmarked Karan atwal, but unfortunately he could not even touch the ball.

Mohun Bagan scored the goal in 20th minute when Chiddi gave a through pass to Subhojit, who took the ball from right wing and cutted into the Kalighat Box from where his powerful right footer stunned Kalighat Keeper and straight went to the net. In 34th minutes, Chiddi beat two opponent defenders in the box but his head went straight to goalkeeper. Few minutes before ending the first session Bagan got a chance off Chiddi's left sided cross but Subhojit's shot wide from close range. Mohun Bagan's miss chances galore started in the 2nd half. Subhojit's well measured cross went straight to Manish, whose shot went away over the crossbar. In the next minute, Chiddi controlled the ball nicely but his shot hitted the cross bar and went out. In 60th minute, Suraj's close range shot was saved by Kalighat goalkeeper.

Chidi missed the days easiest chance in 65th minutes when Zenith brilliantly made a down the flank run, passed the ball towards Chiddi, who saw only the blank goal but the ball went over crossbar when he pushed the same. In 80th minute, from corner, Chiddi nicely chest trapped the ball and passed to Branco but Branco's shot went out of target from very close range. In 81st minute, Kuluthungan came in place of Chiddi. In 88th minutes Manish passed the ball to Kulu, who he pushed the ball out. Mohun Bagan's next match against arch rival East Bengal on 25th October in ONGC I-League.

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21th OCT :: MMB :: FT :: Mohun Bagan 1 - 0   Kalighat MMB : Sangram, Zenith, Dipak, Karan, Mohonraj, Subhojit, Manish, Lalram, Santa kumar, Chidi, Suraj MMB:Subhojit Mazumdar 20' FT: Match end .Mohun Bagan win the match by 1-0 against Kalighat. 89' :Few minutes more to end.. Mohun Bagan missed many chances. 80':Still Mohun Bagan is leading 1 - 0. 60':Mohun Bagan got four chances to score..but each time they missed the target..Chidi dribbled two players in the box but pushed out side. Subhojit, Manish also missed the chances. 50':Chidi's shot hitted the cross bar off subhojit pass HT: It's now half time at Mohun Bagan Ground. Mohun Bagan is leading 1-0. 40': Subhojit again got an opportunity to score from a pass of Chidi. His shot went away.. 33': Chidi missed his header ..good passed by Manish in Kalighat Box. Referee shown yellow card to Chidi. 28':Mohun Bagan is leading 1-0. 20': Goalll..scored by Subhojit Mazumder of MMB..Chidi well passed him in the box..Good placing by Subhojit.. 18': Still no goal in the match..Kalighat is fighting well against MMb strikers.. 11': Chidi again missed a chance off a Santa kumar pass. His header hitted the cross bar and went away 6': Subhojit Good Free-Kick..Chidi missed the target.. GO

Subrata Paul: AIFF Player of the Year

20.10.2009 :Former East Bengal and Mohun Bagan and this year's Pune FC goalkeeper Subrata Paul has been selected " AIFF Footballer of the year". This was announced by Praful Patel after he was unanimously elected as AIFF president at AGM held at Delhi today. Subrata Paul who is the first choice India goalkeeper played the main role in India's Nehru Cup triumph in August at New Delhi. Subrata Paul after receiving the honour, has joined an elite group that includes I M Vijayan (Three Times) , Jo Paul Ancheri, Baichung Bhutia, Deepak Mondal, Surkurmar Singh, S Venkatesh, Bruno Coutinho and Climax Lawrence and Sunil Chhetri. This prestigious award was first instituted in 1992.

Full name : Subrata Paul Nick Name : Mistu Date of birth : 24 December 1986 Place of birth : Sode Pur, North 24 Parganas,Kolkata, India Height : 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position : Goalkeeper Goalkeeper Coach (India) : Debasish Mukherjee (Ex-Indian National Footballer) Student : Tata Football Academy 2004-2007 : M.Mohun Bagan (August 2007) 2007-2009 : KF East Bengal 2009 : Pune FC (2nd June) 2007- 2009 : India National Team played about 30 Match ?

Subrata was signed Kingfisher East Bengal in 2007 .In Federation Cup 2007 Subrata's outstading performances helped East Bengal to play in the AFC Cup 2008. An expert penalty stopper, he once saved as many as 3 penalties in a shootout for Mohun Bagan in the finals of the Federation Cup in 2006. He was adjudged the I-League's best goalkeeper in 2007. Subrata has played for India at all age groups. He rose to prominence with the Under-23 team in the Pre-Olympic qualifiers where he pulled off 3 saves in a crucial penalty shootout against Myanmar hence enabling India to qualify for the Group stage.In the group stages his goalkeeping abilities helped India pull off an unexpected draw at home against the formidable Iraq. In 2007 he replaced Sandip Nandy as the Indian Senior Team's number 1 for the Nehru Cup in 2007 where he was adjudged the best goalkeeper in a competitive field which included the likes of Mosab Balhous. Pal was noted for his sharp goalkeeping as part of Baichung Bhutia's successful Indian team of the Nehru Cup 2007. His saves in the semifinals against Kyrgyzstan enabled India to reach the finals of this tournament for the first time. In the final, India defeated Syria by a 1-0 margin to win the tournament for the first time. Indian team coach Bob Houghton said that "Subrata Pal was splendid in the goal. He was part of the victorious Indian National team in the AFC Challenge Cup 2008. His important saves especially in the finals helped India qualify for the AFC Asian cup 2011 for the first time in 24 years. He was also part of the victorious Indian National team in the Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009 .He save three shot of Tiebreaker in the Final against Syria, and put the Cup back in India's hands. Due to his keeping, India won the final match 5-4. He stopped the finalshot and help India clinch the NEHRU cup title for 2nd time.

AIFF PLAYER OF THE YEAR - FROM STARTING YEAR 1992

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) 2007: SUNIL CHHETRI (JCT) 2008: BAICHUNG BHUTIA (Mohun Bagan) 2009: SUBRATA PAUL (Pune F.C) Read Subrata Paul in FIFA click Here

The shortlist for the 2009 Golden Ball (Ballon d'Or) award .

20.10.2009 : The shortlist for the 2009 Golden Ball (Ballon d'Or) award is a very exclusive list: all 30 players represent clubs in Europe's big five leagues. Cristiano Ronaldo, the 2008 winner, heads the nominees released by France Football, which has organized the award since 1955. Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have all been nominated for the Ballon d'Or award - otherwise known as the crown for the European Player of the Year. The trio are the only English representatives among the list of 30 which was announced today, headed by red-hot favourite Cristiano Ronaldo.But the likes of Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry have missed out after disappointing seasons with Barcelona. Barcelona tops the list in terms of club representation with six players. Spain's La Liga has 13 nominees, England's Premier League 10, Italy's Serie A has four, Germany's Bundesliga two and France's Ligue 1 one. while European Championship winners Spain have seven players on the list, the most of any country.while there are three from England and three from Netherland. Argentina, Russia,Portugal, Italy, France have two players from their country.No one in FIFA ranking Bazil only with one along with Germany,Sweden,Cameroon,Ivory Coast, Togo,and Serbia. It is voted for by journalists, one from each UEFA member and every country outside Europe that has participated in the World Cup. The winner will be announced in the Dec. 1 edition of France Football and then awarded at ceremonies on French television show Telefoot on Dec. 6.

The list of the Nominees

Spain (6):Iker Casillas (Real Madrid),Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal),Fernando Torres (Liverpool),Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), David Villa (Valencia),Xavi (Barcelona) Brazil (5):Diego (Juventus),Julio Cesar (Inter Milan),Kaka (Real Madrid),Maicon (Inter Milan),Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) England (4):Steven Gerrard (Liverpool),Frank Lampard (Chelsea),Wayne Rooney (Man. United),John Terry (Chelsea) France (4):Karim Benzema (Real Madrid),Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux),Thierry Henry (Barcelona),Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) Ivory Coast (2):Didier Drogba (Chelsea),Yaya Toure (Barcelona) Argentina (1) :Lionel Messi (Barcelona) Bosnia-Herzegovina (1):Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg) Cameroon (1):Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan) Portugal (1):Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Russia (1):Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal) Serbia (1):Nemanja Vidic (Man. United) Sweden (1):Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona) Uruguay (1):Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid) Wales (1):Ryan Giggs (Man. United)

Winner Last Nine Years

2000 -- Luis Figo, Real Madrid (Spain) 2001 -- Michael Owen, Liverpool (England) 2002 -- Ronaldo, Real Madrid (Brazil) 2003 -- Pavel Nedved, Juventus (Czech) 2004 -- Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan (Czech) 2005 -- Ronaldinho, Barcelona (Brazil) 2006 -- Fabio Cannavaro, Real Madrid (Italy) 2007 -- Kaka, AC Milan (Brazil) 2008 -- Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United (Portugal)

Ticket Sales for Pune F.C for I- League home matches available.

20.10.2009 : Pune, October 20: Pune F.C has started the ticket sales for I league matches from today. This will enable the spectators to witness top teams like Mohun Bagan, Viva Kerala, Air India, Mohammedan Sporting and hosts Pune FC in action at the Balewadi stadium for the first time in the history of Pune Football. In a statement issued by the Pune FC the tickets will be prices at V-VIP tickets Rs.200, VIP tickets Rs.100 and regular tickets at Rs.50 per match. The Match Day Tickets will be sold at Chhatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex, Balewadi, Mariplex Adlabs, Fame Adlabs (Pimpri), WOBA Tournament (St. Vincent’s), Bigbazar (Pimpri), City pride (Kothrud & Satara), BPCL Petrol Pump (Wakdewadi), Mangala Theatre, PDFA office, Central Mall (near E-Square),Post 91,Malaika Spice ,Adlabs Mariplex, Bharati Vidyapeeth at Kothrud and Dhanakwadi , Gold Gym , Durga Coffee centre and the ongoing VOBA Tournament. Tickets also available at various corporate houses such as TCS, Barclays Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Infosys etc. Season tickets for all matches to be played in Pune valued at V-VIP tickets Rs.2000, VIP tickets Rs.1000 and Regular tickets Rs.500 will be only sold at the PFC office , Peninsula Centre, Plot No.4, Galaxy Cooperative Housing Society, Off Boat Club Road, Pune 411 001.

Praful Patel has been elected AIFF President

20.10.2009 :The 2009 Annual General Body meeting of the All India Football Federation took place at the football house, Dwarka on Tuesday, 20th October. Praful M Patel was declared elected as president by the returning officer from Indian Olympic Association, Gurbir Singh. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, who has been ailing for quite some time was appointed as the honorary president of the AIFF. “I really thank everyone for the support that you have offered to me and I hope we all will work together for the up liftment and development of the game in the country,” Praful Patel said. National Coach Bob Houghton presented his plan for the development of senior team for the preparation of various tournaments including AFC Asian Cup 2011. News Courtesy: www.the-aiff.com

Praful Patel set to take over as AIFF chief tomorrow

19.10.2009 :Praful Patel, the seniormost of AIFF's vice-presidents, will formally take over the reins as the president of the All India Football Federation replacing the ailing Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi who suffered a cardiac arrest in October last year, at the Annual General Body Meeting of the AIFF on Tuesday.Despite his illness, Dasmunsi was elected unopposed last December and Patel was made acting president.This will bring curtains to Dasmunsi's 20-year reign as head of the national football body. The AIFF will also felicitate Indian National Team Captain Bhaichung Bhutia after the AGM for his 100th appearance for the country during the Nehru Cup (When He played Against Kyrgyzistan in this years Nehru Cup). Baichung Bhutia is only the 37th Asian and 152nd international to have achieved the feat.Cuttently he is playing in East Bengal in I-League. Baichung Bhutia will be paid Rs five lakhs and A silver plate from AIFF tomororrow which Mr. Patel assured after Winning Nehru Cup on August this year.After the felicitation a gran dinner will call to honour Baichung's success.The August Executive Committee meeting fixed the date of interview for General Secretary on September 23 and 24 but none of the eight candidates for the post and five for I-League CEO have got their interview call letters.After the last EC meeting in August 30, it was finalised that the Federation Cup final round in Guwahati from December 15 but the fixtures for the qualifiers haven't been prepared yet.

MURSHED XI win Peter Thangaraj Memorial Trophy

19.10.2009 : Samira Sultana,Hyderabad : MURSHED XI DEFEATED MUNSIF XI (CCOB) BY 2 - 1,IN THE FINALS AT BOLARUM Murshed xi took the lead in the 15th of the match through a long ranger by Eric the foreginer, Munsif xi scored the equaliser in the 35th of the match when Murshed XI defender handled the ball in the penalty Area and the Refree Chandra Sekhar awarded penalty and Zuber the Jr International scored the goal throug penalty. Murshed xi and Munsif Xi were 1 All at the end of the first half. In the 54th min of the match again Eric scored the winning goal for Murshed through solo effort. The Sunday Sports Lovers enjoyed the every min of the match.The Chief Guest of the evening was Sayed Nayemuddin (Dronachary award and Arujana Awardee) Guest of Honours Md. Habib Arjuna awardee,G M Pentaiah Fifa Refree,Victor Amul Raj Former captain of India,J Jai Prakash Board Member of Cantonment ward No. 8. Best Goal Keeper Rahul of All Stars (Lalbazar) trophy given by Ex State GK Vijaya Kumar. Best Defender Bharath of Bhavans trophy given by DSDO A Aleem Khan. Best Midfielder Ramesh of Bolarum B trophy given by Former Captain of India Victor Amul Raj. Best Striker Anuj of Bhavans Trophy given by Arjuna Awardee Md. Habib. Up Coming players from Bolarum Sandeep and Md Yosuf by B R Ramakrishna former State player. The winners were richer by10,000/- received from Syed Nayeemuddin. The Runners were richer by 5000/- received from Syed Nayeemuddin.

Shillong Lajong grounds Air India at home

18.10.2009 : By firing three bullets, Shillong Lajong F.C grounded Air India at their home Ground at Shillong Today.Match started at 2.30 Pm. where 30,000 capacity Ground was full of Lajong Supporters from different parts of the States and other North East states beside Meghalaya. Former Chirag United defender Daniel Bidemi scored first in the opening minutes of the match.Ex-East Bengal footballer Marlanki Suiting passed well to unmarked Bidemi Daniel in the Airmen box ( 1 - 0). The best goal of the day scored by Lajong's S.Tuboi in 26th minutes by beating three defenders in Air India Box who got the ball from a midfield attack.( 2 - 0 ). Lajong was leading 2 - 0 in the first half of the match. Lajong's Nigerian James Giblee scored his 2nd goals of the tournament and today's 3rd team goals against Air India. After getting a lose ball on the left side of Air India half line, he dribbled two players of Air India and saw Air India keeper Arnab Das Sharma was not his position,Giblee brilliantly lobbed the ball over the head of advancing Arnab and scored ( 3 - 0 ). Niwan O Gatphoh of Lajong F.C was declared man of the match today. With this winning Lajong has got 6 points from 4 matches with two win for which they are now laying in fifth place in League Table while Air India went to seventh position of League table with four Points in 3 matches.

Muritala's Hattrick, Mahindra win 4 - 1 against Salgaocar

18.10.2009 :Former Chirag United and Peerless S.C striker Muritala Ali scored the 2nd hattrick of the on going ONGC I-League tournament today when Mahindra beat Salgaocar 4 - 1 in their 3rd round match at Fatorda ,Goa. Previously JCT's Baljit Singh Saini scored hattrick against Lajong F.C. Salgaocar scored first in 22nd minutes through Cajetan Fernandez. Manjit Sigh's Shot was blocked by D.Rabanan of Mahindra but the deflected ball came to advancing Fernandez whose 35 yards punch went to goal ( 1 - 0 ). Next minute Salgaocar defender Gurpreet Sing scored own goal .He wants to clear a Steven Dias movement through back head but his header went to his own goal(1 - 1 ). First half was ended 1 - 1. Muritala Ali increased the margin of Mahindra who missed more than three chances to score in 50th minute off a nice crossed of Paresh Shivalkar. In 67 minutes Muritala again increased the margin by 3 - 1. Mahindra's Mohammed Rafi played wall pass with Muritala in the Box and Muritala dribbled two defenders of Salgaocar before scoring his 2nd and teams 3rd goal. In 75th minutes of the match Murital Ali score his thrice and teams fourth goal . Mahindra's Sushil Kumar Singh sudden shot hitted the post and came to Murital in an open area of Salgaocar Box from where he scored easily.(4 - 1 ). Todays Man of the Match Muritala Ali also shown Yellow Card. Muritala Ali whose introducer in India was Dudu Omagbemi in Kolkata Peerless S.C ,now top Scorer with 5 goals just ahead of Baljit Singh Saini of JCT who scored 4. Salgaocar Keeper Kalyan Choubey played his 150th Match in National Football League (Currently I-League) since it's starting in 1995-1996.

MURSHAD XI reached the Final of
Peter Thangaraj Memorial Trophy

18.10.2009 : Samira Sultana, Hyderabad :MURSHAD XI DEFEATED TARNAKA XI BY 3 - 0 AND ENTERED INTO THE FINALS of PETER THANGARAJ MEMORIAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT AT HYDERABAD. Murshad XI took the lead in the 28th min of the match through Anubulagan by a long ranger.At the end of the first half Murshad XI were leading by 1 - 0. In the 54th of the match Murshad Xi increased the lead a long throw taken by Tantam Naidu and Khaleel headed the ball into the goal,and in the dying min of the match Habib Khan scored the 3rd goal a fine pass received from Sadhi the mid fielder. FINALS ON 18TH OF OCT. ie SUNDAY MUNSIF XI (CCOB) V/S MURSHAD XI AT 3.00 PM

PIFA International camp held in North Mumbai

17.10.2009 :Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) conducted the fifth of the seven International Camps scheduled for India in Bandra, Mumbai. The camp was held at the St Andrews football ground. The training was conducted on the school football pitch by coach Gary Judge and Garreth Rafferty both FA licensed coach from the Inspire Academy, Liverpool. This is PIFA’s 5th camp in North Mumbai. Thirty five young boys participated in this football intensive 4 day camp that started on 10 October 2009. All campers were tested for fitness as well as their skills. The top 3 talented girls won prizes from Nike. The skills winner was Yashwardhan Rajan with 760 points. Dermalogica – Clean Start representative spoke to the children about the use of sun screen and how important it is for all football players. The next camp will be held in Churchgate in South Mumbai.

Current condition of Shillong Lajong F.C Home Ground

Dr.Santanu Jha and Larsing Ming,Secretary Shillong Lajong F.C (Extreme left)

17.10.2009 : Sankar Dhar :DR. Santanu Jha,Chairman of Kalyani Municipality,Nadia, Bengal who is a well known professor of the Department of Agricultural Entomology of BCKV ( BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA) the State Agricultural University of West Bengal was invited by the Sports Department of Meghalaya as well as Meghalaya Sports Association on May 2009 to visit and advice for improving the ground condition of Football Ground at the JN Sports Complex, Shillong.

His visit was crucial in view of the I-League which is slated to be held in next 18th October against Air India in Shillong after the local Football Team Shillong Lajong F.C made its debut in the I-League First Divn.To improve the Ground condition of JN Sports Complex, Dr. Jha went there to offer his expertise to the officials of MSA and Meghalaya State Sposts Deptts.The stadium is two and a half hours away from the airport.

Dr.Jha is famous as a Sports Turf Specialist.Under his guidance "Kalyani Municipality Stadium" is an instance in India.It's all time green field is attracting all sports personnel of Bengal as well as India.Major football Clubs of Bengal,All age group Indian National Football Teams are very eager to play on the GREEN pitch of Kalyani Stadium.

After visiting the JN Sports Complex at Shillong, Dr. Jha advised them how to improve the Gorund dondition as he mentioned that the drainage system of the said field must be improved to get rid of the extra water that accumulates during rainfall.He also advised that the soil lair of the ground and the grass needed to be replaced first.

DR. Jha also suggested the planting of a locally available grass which spreads like a carpet in the field.Before roping grass more than three or four inches of the top soil has to be replaced by local good quality soil. It would not be taken more that three months to make the field fully ready for I-League matches if the necessary requirements were supplied smoothly by the authority.

Lajong F.C's young General Secretary Ming Larsing worked hard for improving the ground conditon and maintained all important advises of Dr. Jha with helps of the state Government and Meghalaya Sports Association. Now Shillong Lajong FC's home ground condition is beautiful which suggested by Dr. Jha for the improvement of the Ground condition of 30000 + capasity JN Sports Complex which is situated in the heart of the "Shillong" which is called "Scottland of the East".

Ghana beats Brazil to win FIFA U-20 World Cup

17.10.2009 : A 10-man Ghana became the first African country to win the under-20 FIFA World Cup football after beating four-times champions Brazil 4-3 in a tie-breaker in the final in front of 67000 strong spectators at Cairo Stadium,Egypt,after the game ended in a goalless draw after extra-time.After previously losing in the final to Brazil (in 1993) and to Argentina (2001), Ghana finally came good on Friday, to become the first African team to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup since the inaugural competition in 1977. FIFA President Joseph Blatter, saw Ghana being reduced to ten men in the 37th minute when Daniel Addo was rather harshly sent off by referee for a foul on Alex Teixeira of Brazil who was speedy moving with a ball towards the box of Ghana.After reducing by ten man, Ghana then put together a brilliant defensive display to deny the Brazilian forwards to score a goal. After ending the scheduled time goalless,Both sides came close in extra-time to score, Brazilian Teixeira got the best chance of the game in the 95th minute who side-footed from a close range, only to see Ghana Keeper Agyei dive to his right to pull off a world-class save of his effort. During the extra 30 minutes, Brazil looked the best side with Ghana producing some swift moves on the counter.But the tie had to be settled on penalties Ghana's Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu scored the winning penalty to make it 4-3 after Brazil's Maicon missed a chance to win it at 3-2.

A. BADU (Ghana 1) - goal:4-3 A. TEIXEIRA (Brazil 1) - misses:3-3 ADIYIAH (Ghana 5) - Goal:3-3 MAICON (Brazil5) - misses:3-2 ADDAE (Ghana 4) - misses:3-2 SOUZA (Brazil4) - misses:3-2 MENSAH (Ghana 3)- misses : 3-2 D. COSTA (Brazil3) - Goal : 3-2 INKOOM (Ghana 2) - Goal :2-2 GIULIANO (Brazil 2)- Goal :2-1 AYEW (Ghana 1) - Goal: 1-1 ALAN KARDEC (Brazil 1) - Goal : 1-0

Adidas Golden Boot Award

Ghanaian forward Dominic Adiyiah was rewarded with the Adidas Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. Maradona - 1979, Adriano - 1993, Messi - 2005, Sergeo Auguaro - 2007 won the Golden Ball as best player in the tournament.

Other Awards

Adidas Silver Ball: Alex Teixeira (Brazil) Adidas Bronze Ball: Giuliano (Brazil) Adidas Golden Glove : Esteban Alvarado (Costa Rica) Adidas Golden Shoe: Dominic Adiyiah (Ghana) FIFA Fair Play Award: Brazil

THE Past Winners List

Team	Titles
Argentina	6 (1979, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
Brazil	4 (1983, 1985, 1993, 2003)
Portugal	2 (1989, 1991)
Ghana	1 (2009)
Spain	1 (1999)
USSR	1 (1977)
Germany	1 (1981)
Yugoslavia	1 (1987)

Match Video

Mumbai F.C hold Churchill in I-League

16.10.2009 :Mumbai Football Club hold defending champion Churchill Brothers to a 1-1 draw in the third round of the I-League, played at Nehru Stadium here today. Churchill took the lead in the 26th minute through Reisangmi Vashum,when from left Churchill's new Asian Foreigner Dan Ito forwarded pass to Felix Chimaokwu who raced into the box and dribbled two defenders of Mumbai F.C and squared the ball to unmarked Reisangmi Vashum who found the back of the net. Felix Chimaokwu played today instead of Churchill's captain and goal getter Odafa Okolie. Churchill coach Carlos gave rest to his medio Khang Thang Paite and Ogba Kalu also . Before ending of first half Felix missed an oppertunity to score. In 2nd half Mumbai F.C put more pressure on Churchill defence.Vincent crossed form the left nissed the target. Mumbai sice got a penalty in the dying minutes to snatch a valuable point from the defending champion Churchill .Nascimento Silveira Brought down Abhishek Yadav inside the box at 88th Minutes of the match and refere awarded Mumbai F.C a penalty which was capitalised by Abhishek Yadav(1 - 1 ). Churchill's R.Vasum was decleared Man of the Match today.Churchill, with two draws and a win, now have five points from three matches, while Mumbai Football Club opened their account from today's draw after two defeats.

Winning start of BNR in IFA Premier League

16.10.2009 : Newly promoted Kolkata Premier Division Football League team BNR won their starting match against an another promoted team Kalighat M.S 2 - 0 today at Mohun Bagan Ground. Scorers of BNR was Baba Tunde and Dhiman Sinha who scored the goal through a penalty.But U- 19 Keeper of Kalighat MS was shown Red Card in the match. 16 Teams,IFA SAHARA CFL Premier Division started today with a short occasion at Mohun Bagan Ground, where eminent ex- Footballer of Bengal as well as India were present. Actually it would be a League of 17 teams but one of the teams, Indian Air Force has withdrawn their participation from the Tournament. Mohun Bagan, the last year's Champion will be played 21st Oct against Kalighat Club which was scheduled to be played on 20th Oct.East Bengal also will start their league on 21st against Eastern Railway.

FIFA W.C South Africa: Latest position

16.10.2009 :Argentina, Honduras, Slovakia and Switzerland are the latest qualifiers for the 2010 Fifa World Cup to be held at South Africa.Apart from hosts South Africa, the remaining 22 emerged from the ongoing qualifiers in the various FIFA zones. The group phase qualifiers have reached their conclusion in Europe, Asia, South America, and North, Central America and the Caribbean, but the qualifying action is not yet over, as some teams still have to battle it out in play-offs to decide the final places. Europe tops the list with nine after Wednesday's qualifying matches.The four remaining tickets for Europe will be fixed on Nov. 14 and Nov. 18 after the play- offs involving the best eight runners-up in each group.The draws for the play-offs will be made on Oct. 19 in Zurich. Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire are the only African countries through to the championship now.The other three places from Africa will be decided on Nov. 14.Cameroon, Gabon, Togo and Morocco are in Group A. Morocco will be played to Cameroon while Gabon will take on Togo in the ties to decide the only team from the group.The second team from Africa will be decided in Maputo and Nairobi, where Mozambique meet host Tunisia, while Nigeria face Kenya in Nairobi.Egypt,The host of last Confederation Cup will meet Algeria, while Rwanda will play against Zambia for the third African team to complete the continent's five teams. In Asia and Oceania Zone Australia, Japan, South Korea and DPR Korea already reached in the main stream of FIFA World Cup 2010.Who will be the 5th team from this Zone will be decided on 14thj Nov. beteen the fight of Bahrain and New Zealand Play-Off match. Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Argentina got their ticket to fly in the Final round of World CUp in South Africa from South American Zone. United States, Mexico and Honduras already registered their name from the CONCACAF region, as Costa Rica will face two Play - Off match match on 14th and 18 Nov against Uruguay who lost to Argentia on 14th Oct,to reach the Final as fifth team from this zone.

23 TEAM LIST Who Already Qualify

HOST COUNTRY : South Africa AFRICAN ZONE : Ghana, Ivory Coast ASIAN ZONE : Australia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea EUROPEN ZONE : Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland SOUTH AMERICAN ZONE : Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina NORTH, CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE : United States, Mexico, Honduras

Baichung Bhutia will falicitate by AIFF

16.10.2009 :India captain Bhaichung Bhutia will be felicitated by All India Football Federation for achieving the rare honour of playing his 100th match for India. The felicitation ceremony will be presided over by Praful Patel, President in charge AIFF at the IDSA complex, at Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi, on Tuesday, 20th Oct 2009.The felicitation ceremony will be held after the Annual General Body Meeting of the AIFF and will be attended by representatives of the all the State Associations and affiliated units and other dignitaries. Baichung Bhutia has become the first Indian, the 37th Asian and the 152nd international footballer to play more than 100 times for his country. It has been a long journey of 14-years in the international circuit for the Indian skipper Baichung Bhutia. Born in a small town of Sikkim, the 31-year-old has seen the best and the worst phase in this career. He was conferred with Padma Shri award in Jan 2008 for guiding India to Nehru Cup title in 2007. Baichung’s parents, who own farms in Sikkim, were worried at first that his sporting interests would harm his studies, but they relented when he got a football scholarship at the age of nine from the Sports Authority of India, Gangtok. His stellar performance in the 1992 Subroto Cup brought him into the limelight and from then he has never looked back. He joined the Calcutta city giants East Bengal Club when he was 16. After playing two-years for East Bengal, in 1995, Baichung moved to JCT Mills, Phagwara and helped the team win the National Football League where he emerged as the leading goal-scorer. And his performance didn’t go unnoticed as in the same year he made his international debut in the Nehru Cup. In 1999, Baichung became the first India to play in the professional league for Bury F.C. after unsuccessful trials with both Fulham F.C. and Aston Villa F.C. In 2002 he returned to India and played for the Mohun Bagan AC for a year before returning again to the East Bengal Club but in 2006, he decided to join Mohun Bagan AC and has remained with them since then. He played in the Goal 4 Africa match held in the Allianz Arena, Munich in July 2008 for the Edu team led by Clarence Seedorf and scored twice. He also scored twice in the AFC Challenge Cup against Turkmenistan and was also selected as the most valuable player of the tournament. He has successfully led India to hat trick of titles in ONGC Nehru Cup 2007,AFC Challenge Cup and ONGC Nehru Cup 2009 ,where he accomplished another achievement of playing his 100th International matches for India. Mr Bhaichung Bhutia Captain of the Indian Football team will also be felicitated by AIFF on playing his 100th matches for India after the Press Conference. Transport will be available at INS Building ,Rafi Marg , New Delhi and will leave for IDSA 5.30 PM sharp.

Alvito D Counha will play a role in Bengali Cinema?

16.10.2009 :Rituparna Sengupta is to star in a movie featuring Indian football star Alvito D'Cunha. Alvito will play himself in the movie. Football is a growth sport in India with the national team having recently won the Nehru Cup for the second time, beating Syria in the final and having also qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup for the first time. Seen as a potential investment opportunity,the All India Football Federation headquarters was recently visited by Shilpa Shetty and her fiance Raj Kundra. Alvito will appear with Rituparna in the Tollywood movie Aakashchua. "I have three scenes in the movie. Rituparna Sengupta is the lead actress and another new heroine is also part of the group," he says, "I was supposed to have my scenes this week but since the ground isn't green at this point, we shall shoot sometime in the next month." Rituparna recently had a dream come true when she shot an ad with Shahrukh Khan during Durga Purga. "I finally shot with my screen idol," she exclaims, "On the seventh day of Durga Puja, I shot an ad with Shah Rukh. For the Sona Chandi Chawanprash commercial, we were paired together as a couple." She felt a little guilty because of the timing, however. "For us Bengalis, shooting during the festivities is sacrilege," she explains, "I never shoot as I would rather spend time with my family. Time flies during this period as I am always shopping, eating and dressing up. But this year was an exception as it meant working with SRK." Courtesy:www.bollyspice.com