31 AUGUST

32nd AIFF Federation Cup preliminary qualifying knock-out round Fixtures..

The fixtures for the 32nd Federation Cup preliminary qualifying knock-out round have been released y AIFF today. Silchor Assam will be Venue of Group A matches while Group B matches will be played at Duler, Mapusa (Goa).

Kolkata team Mohammedan Sporting will play against Oil India of 15th September. The winner from each group will qualify for the quarterfinal round scheduled to be held from September 21.

THE FIXTURES

Group A :: Venue: Slichar, Assam

15.9.2010 ((Match 1) : Oil India VS Mohammedan Sporting

16.9.2010 (Match 2) : NISA, Manipur VS Shillong Lajong FC

18.9.2010 (Match 3) : Winner Match 1 VS Winner 2

Group B :Venue: Duler, Mapusa (Goa)

14.9.2010 (Match 1) : Vasco SC VS Sesa Football Academy

15.9.2010 (Match 2) : Sporting Clube de Goa VS . Malabar United

17.9.2010 (Match 3) : Winner Match 1 VS Winner 2

The winner of Group A and B will meet in the Quarter Final stage with other 14 first Division I-League playing clubs of India which will be started from 21st Sept.

31 AUGUST

Tottenham Hotspar renewed Sponsorship with India team in 8th Homeless World Cup at Brazil 2010

Tottenham Hotspur is delighted to announce a renewed sponsorship agreement with Team India at the 8th Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup.

Team India is organized by Krida Vikas Sanstha (KVSN) working with over 10,000 people through their slum soccer programme.The partnership with them will see the English Premier League Club fund the Indian team during the forthcoming competition in Rio, Brazil, taking place from 19-26 September 2010. Daniel Levy, Chairman, Tottenham Hotspur said, “Our involvement in last year’s Homeless World Cup was extremely successful and we are delighted to be involved again this year.

“The Premier League is vastly growing in popularity in India, as is the support for Spurs, and so it’s very satisfying that through football we can help make a positive impact as part of our global community strategy. “Our involvement with the Homeless World Cup is one aspect of what we hope will be a bigger role for Tottenham Hotspur in our long-term support of football development in India.”

Vijay Barse, Founder KVSN, Manager Team India Homeless World Cup is delighted by the news: “KVSN organises the development of grass roots football in India and it is very important to our success that our participants get a chance to participate at the Homeless World Cup, this opportunity has been realized by the timely support of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Players from slums of Kolkata, Chennai, and Mumbai are representing India this year and they are delighted to be participating with the support of a professional English Premiere League Team.”

Mel Young, founder and president, Homeless World Cup said: Homelessness is a global issue and creative partnerships are needed to address it. Spurs is a fantastic example of what a premier football brand can do to make a difference and we applaud them for it.” In addition to providing financial support to Team India, Tottenham Hotspur will also provide kit, coaching advice and signed memorabilia for auction. The Club will also seek to engage further with KVSN through their own partnerships.

About the Homeless World Cup

Beating homelessness through football, the Homeless World Cup is an annual world class, international football tournament inspiring 64 national grass roots football projects and over 30,000 homeless players a year to change their lives: over 70% change for the better. The 8th Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup takes place from 19 – 26 September 2010 at Copacabana Beach, Rio, Brazil before the baton is handed to the Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup from 19 - 29 August 2011. Homeless World Cup is supported by UEFA, Vodafone Foundation, Nike, global ambassador Eric Cantona, international footballers Didier Drogba and Rio Ferdinand.

31 AUGUST

Winning start of East Bengal in Sahara CFL Premier League beat Mohammedan AC 5 - 0.

Scorers of East Bengal : Penn Orji, Budhuram tudu and Bikash Narzinary (from Left)

KEB: Sandip (Jayanta), Nirmal, Okpara, Naoba, Saumik, Khabra, Vashum, Mehtab( Sanju), Penn ( Bekhokhei), Bikas, Budhiram.

90': Match end .East Bengal won their first match in Sahara CFL Premier League 5-0 against Mohammedan AC. Bikash may be the best player of the day but no Man of the match award today?.

84': East Bengal is leading 5 - 0. Noaba singh is overlapping more and more

77': Penn is playing just behind the forward but slight ahead of Midfield area of East Bengal.

76': East Bengal lost another scoring chance. Budhiram's header hits the post off anice cross of Sanju.

67': In 1966 Shyam Thapa scored hat-trick in his first match in jersey of East Bengal. Bikash also do the same work. Coming from Eastern Rail this was his first match in the jersey of East Bengal.

66': Again goal by Bikash who scored hattrick in first match. Brilliant. Sanju well crossed from right and nice placing of unmarked Bikash.East Bengal is leading 5 - 0.

64': GOALLLLLLLLLL: Again goal of East Bengal.Their 4th goal. Khabra crossed from left.Bikash chested the ball brilliantly which entered in the goal. MAC keeper was not in the position.

47': 2nd half match started. East Bengal is leading 3-0.

45+2': HALF TIME, East Bengal is leading 3-0.

45': 2 minutes injury time.

45': Mohammedan AC trying to make some atacks, but East Bengal is alert. Okpara is having a very good match.

43' :East Bengal leading by 3-0. Penn is having a great debut for East Bengal.

39': GOAALLLL. Bikash Narzenari scores the 3rd goal from corner for East Bengal. Bikash' head from corner, ball drops in front of goalkeeper and goes inside goal.

38': Excellent move by East Bengal. Budhiram to Vashum, he gives pass to Naoba in right side, his excellent cross deflects off for corner.

36': Good play by Penn, cross from left cleared by defence.

35': Midfield action going on. Initial part was completely dominated by East Bengal, now Mohammedan AC is also making some good moves but mostly relied on long ranger shots. Sandip is confident.

32': Rainfall has stopped now, East Bengal still leading by 2-0.

30': Brilliant long ranger shot by Sujay, good save by Sandip.

28': Brilliant play by Penn as he makes a great sprint down left flank, but his cross cleared by goalkeeper.

27': Sujay Dutta shot straight to goalkeeper's hand.

25': Sumanta shot goes out.

23': Subhash Mandal shown yellow card for foul on Bikas.

21': Attack by Mohammedan AC. Aviola cross, cleared by Okpara.

20': East Bengal leading by 2-0. Budhiram and Penn has scored for East Bengal.

18': Khabra shot goes over crossbar.

15': It is raining heavily in East Bengal ground now.

14': GOAALLLL Penn scores the 2nd goal by left footed shot from inside box. Goalkeeping blunder allows the goal. It was a easy shot and should have been easily saved, but the ball goes inside goal.

3': GOAALLLL Budhiram scores the first goal by head. Naoba cross from right, Soumik heads the ball, Budhiram brilliantly makes a spot jump and heads the ball inside goal. Great start by East Bengal, brilliant goal to start the match.

31 AUGUST

UST Global, Infosys “A” teams moves to the semifinals..

The defending champions UST Global ‘A’ faced stiff competition from a determined RR Donnelly team in their first match in the quarter final league. In more of a physical game referees had a tough time separating the players who were going after each other. Hosts won with a margin 2 -0, courtesy a penalty from Najeev Nambiar and a back heel from Prabhudas. In the second game UST Global in a attacking mode, made a comfortable win( 7-0) against Lino Computers. The goals from Prabhudas ,Najeev ,Abdurahiman ,Rakesh and Anoop Valluvaveedu confirmed the semi final spot for UST Global team with one game to spare in the quarter final league.

In their first match, Infosys A registered a comfortable win against the Lino Computers with a score line of 3-0. The match between RR Donnelly and Infosys witnessed some of the finest moments of Goal’10 where RR Donnelly was trying to take its run to the semi finals for the first time. However the lack of quality finishing denied them a chance. Praveen and his men played brilliantly to keep Infy under control till the last minute. A last minute volley from their center back confirmed a semi final spot for Infosys A.

In Group B, the M-Squared team was able to secure a goal less draw against an in form Nest Team. UST Global B was out classed by the mighty Tata Elxsi team. Even though the winners missed a penalty in the first half they were able to comfortably secure a 1-0 win. Ratheesh was the scorer for Tata Elxsi Team.

By keeping the group more complex, Nest defeated Tata Elxsi in its second game through a late blinder from Ratheesh. UST Global B team came up as phoenix in the second game against M-Squared and beating them convincingly on a score line of 3-0. The goals from Ajay, Nabeel and Bipin extends the team’s semi final hope to the result of their last league match against Nest.

As the quarter final group league is going to be over by September 04th, we are expecting more tough competitions as UST Global A take Infosys and the 4 teams still aiming for a semi final spot in Group B.

30 AUGUST

Winning start of Chirag United in Sahara CFL Premier League

Scorers: from left - Branco and Elija

Winning start of last year CFL Premier Runners-up Chirag United in this year CFL Premier League also. After winning the Kalna Independent Cup just two days ago, today was the first match of Chirag United in Sahara CFL Premier League 2010 against Railway FC at Barasat Stadium.

Chirag United beat Railway FC 2 - 0 to gain full three points. Branco Kordozo who came from Mohun Bagan this year in Chirag United score the first and Elija Jr.who came from Sporting Goa opened their account in Kolkata League.

Railway FC fight well though out the match and opened some chances to score but missed. The easiest chance they missed in 15th minutes of the match, when their right out Mrinmoy Samanta well crossed from right flank and Chirag Defender Chika Wali was unable to block upcoming Biplab Naskar whose header from a close well saved by Chirag Keeper Somnath. In the next minute Chirag scored the first goal through Branco (1 - 0). Elija jr. missed a positive chance to score in 28th minute in a one to one situation after getting a ball from Gouranga Biswas but Railway FC keeper was alert to save the movement of Elija.

In 38th minutes of the Match, Chirag doubled their lead through Nigerian striker Elija Jr. when Branco crossed the ball from right and elija's brillint header beat Railway FC keeper Soumen Mondol. The result at the end of first half in favor of Chirag United 2 - 0.

In the 2nd half Chirag and Railway FC got some open chances but couldn't capitalised that. In 80 minutes Jerry Zirsanga of Chirag lost an open net while Somnath Khara saved a nice free kick of Railway FC's Palash Karmakar after five minutes.

CHIRAG UNITED: Somnath Khara, Chika Wali, Arnab Mondol, Nousad K, Sabir Ali, Lalkamal Bhowmick (Asif K), Gouranga Biswas (Jerry Zirsangha), Nacimento Silveria, Sergei Tokov (Bapi Saha), Branco Kordozo, Eliza Jr.

30 AUGUST

Unhygienic juggling Skill of Mesut Ozil of Germany...See

30 AUGUST

Mohun Bagan and East Bengal registered their Players at IFA

From Left : Manish Maithani, Muritala Ali, Isfaq Ahmed and Barreto

Kolkata Giant and Last year SAHARA CFL Premier League winner Mohun Bagan has completed their players registration at IFA office today where 30 footballers signed.

The players who signed today are
Ishfaq Ahmed (Captain)
Jose Barreto
Chidi Edeh
Muritala Ali
Dhanrajan
Sangram Mukherjee
Ashim Biswas
Biswajit Saha
Dipendu Dowary
Gouranga Dutta
Harpreet Singh
Jacken Sebastian
Jayanta Sen
Karan Atwal
Kingshuk Debnath
Manish Maithani
Nagimuddin Mollick
Okwy Diamondstar
Parminder Singh
Proloy Dutta
Suman Dutta
Surabuddin Mollick
Rahul Kumar
Sagram Mandi
Santosh Oraon
Satish Kumar Jr.
Shilton Paul
Sk. Azim
Snehasish Chakraborty
Souvik Chakraborty

Bagan's another two players Rakesh Masih and Surkumar Singh who are currently with Indian National Team will sign later.

On the other hand, another Gint team of Kolkata, East Bengal also registered their foreign player Okpara at IFA Office today. East Bengal has already registered their 24 players at IFA last week.

29 AUGUST

Top Transfers of Spanish La Liga Teams in 2010-11 season

Player Position Country to Club From club
Adriano Correia Midfielder Brazil Barcelona Sevilla
David Villa Attacker Spain Barcelona Valencia
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Mesut Ozil Midfielder Germany Real Madrid Werder Bremen
Sami Khedira Midfielder Germany Real Madrid Stuttgart
Pedro Leon Midfielder Spain Real Madrid Getafe
Angel Di Maria Midfielder Argentina Real Madrid Benfica
Ricardo Carvalho Defender Portugal Real Madrid Chelsea
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Tiago Mendes Midfielder Portugal Atletico Madrid Juventus
Mario Suarez Midfielder Spain Atletico Madrid Real Mallorca
Diego Godin Defender Uruguay Atletico Madrid Villarreal
Fran Merida Midfielder Spain Atletico Madrid Arsenal
Filipe Defender Brazil Atletico Madrid Dep. La Corun
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Joseba Llorente Attacker Spain Real Sociedad Villarreal
Diego Ifran Attacker Uruguay Real Sociedad Danubio
Raul Tamudo Attacker Spain Real Sociedad Espanyol
Vadim Demidov Defender Norway Real Sociedad Rosenborg
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Nicolas Bertolo Midfielder Argentina Real Zaragoza Palermo
Adam Pinter Defender Hungary Real Zaragoza MTK Budapest
Leo Franco Goalkeeper Argentina Real Zaragoza Galatasaray
Marco Perez Attacker Colombia Real Zaragoza Boyaca Chico
Leo Franco Goalkeeper Argentina Real Zaragoza Galatasaray
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Mehmet Topal Midfielder Turkey Valencia Galatasaray
Sofiane Feghouli Midfielder France Valencia Grenoble
Roberto Soldado Attacker Spain Valencia
Ricardo Costa Defender Portugal Valencia Wolfsburg
Aritz Aduriz Attacker Spain Valencia Real Mallorca
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Tiberio Guarente Midfielder Italy Sevilla Atalanta
Mouhamadou Dabo Midfielder France Sevilla Saint Etienne
Alexis Ruano Defender Spain Sevilla Valencia
Tiberio Guarente Midfielder Italy Sevilla Atalanta
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Fernando Cavenaghi Attacker Argentina Real Mallorca Bordeaux
Jonathan De Guzman Midfielder Netherlands Real Mallorca Feyenoord
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Michael Jakobsen Defender Denmark Almeria Aalborg
Leonardo Ulloa Attacker Argentina Almeria Castellon
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Ayoze Garcia Midfielder Spain Sporting Gijon Tenerife
Gastón Sangoy Attacker Argentina Sporting Gijon Apollon Limassol
Nacho Novo Attacker Spain Sporting Gijon Rangers
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Sebastian Fernandez Attacker Uruguay Malaga Banfield
Eliseu Pereira Midfielder Portugal Malaga Lazio
Jose S. Rondon Attacker Venezuela Malaga Las Palmas
Javier Malagueno Defender Argentina Malaga Indios
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Attacker Ghana Malaga Al-Sadd
Sandro Silva Midfielder Brazil Malaga Palmeiras
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Kennedy Bakircioglu Midfielder Sweden Racing Santander Kayserispor
Domingo Cisma Defender Spain Racing Santander Almeria
Henrique Defender Brazil Racing Santander Barcelona
Francis Defender Spain Racing Santander Xerez
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Dejan Lekic Attacker Serbia Osasuna Red Star
Asier Riesgo Goalkeeper Spain Osasuna Real Sociedad
Fernando Soriano Midfielder Spain Osasuna Almeria
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Borja Fernández Midfielder Spain Getafe Valladolid
Ivan Marcano Defender Spain Getafe Villarreal
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Jesus Datolo Midfielder Argentina Espanyol Napoli
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Marc Valiente Defender Spain Valladolid Sevilla
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Carlos Marchena Defender Spain Villarreal Valencia
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Jonathan Urretavizcaya Midfielder Uruguay Dep. La Coruna Benfica
Yves Desmarets Defender France Dep. La Coruna Vitoria S.C.
Míchel Herrero Midfielder Spain Dep. La Coruna Valencia
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Piet Velthuizen Defender Netherlands Hercules Vitesse
Mohamed Sarr Attacker Senegal Hercules Standard Liege
Nelson Valdez Attacker Paraguay Hercules Borussia Dortmund
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Mikel San Jose Defender Spain Athletic Bilbao Liverpool
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29 AUGUST

BDFA to start U-14 School Football to prepare Mir Iqbal Trophy

As per AIFF guidlines Bagalolre District Football Association will organise the U-14 School Tournament involving mximium schools to initiate the finding out the gross root level players for the forthcoming 33rd sub- Junior National champioship for Coca Cola Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy 2010-11. Qualified and experienced ex- Footballers will spot the talented Boys from the Tournament to make the team for Mir Iqbal Trophy. The said tournament will be started on 20th September.

The above Tournament will also take place Mysore Dist, Mangalore Dist & Hubli Dist. Shri.A.R.Khaleel,President .KSFA recently held metting with the all four District representives high lighted the AIFF guidlines to find out the gross root level budding players for state and national team for further.

Chikka Chenniah - Hony Deputy Secretary of BDFA told us that, the main aim and objectives of BDFA is to lift this opportunities to find out and give wide opportunities to the all over the Bangalore as well as other Districts to a good budding players to represent state team in forthcoming days .