AIFF names Junior Team for Goodwill Tour of Mauritius:
August 8: Bijen Singh will lead the 20-member Indian youth (U19) soccer squad on a goodwill tour to Mauritius, coach Goutam Sarkar said. Prasun Banerjee is the technical director. The squad, which will play friendlies at Port Louis, leaves for the two-week tour on August 16. The Indians trounced an U19 SAI team 5-0 in a practice match yesterday. Crisipin Chhetry struck a brace while the other goals came from Jiten Rai, Kamal Ghosh and Abdul Rahim Nabi. They had earlier beaten Tollygunge Agragami 3-0. The matches come off on August 19, 20, 22, 25, 28.
INDIAN Juniors: GK: Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal), Dinesh Nair (FC Kochin). Defenders: Akshay Das (East Bengal), Mahesh Gawli (FC Kochin), Suresh Muttiah (Kerala), AS Firoze (FC Kochin), Amjad Ali Khan (Mohammedan Sporting), Janak Basumatari (Assam). Midfielders: Sanjay Parte (Salgaocar), Covan Lawrence (Salgaocar), Kamal Ghosh (BNR, Calcutta), Dipankar Chatterjee (George Telegraph), Jiten Rai (Williamson Magor Academy), Saroj Patnaik (Orissa). Forwards: Bijen Singh (East Bengal - CAPTAIN), Abdul Rahim Nabi (Bengal), Ramesh Rawat (East Bengal), Tushar Das (Bengal), Crisipin Chhetry (Williamson Magor Academy), Kushal Raj Kanwar (Assam). Stand-byes: Bhimkanta Sonwal (Assam), Saikat Biswas (Bengal), Rajesh Pandey (Maharashtra). Chef-de-Mission: P Atuo Mezhur. Coach: Goutam Sarkar. Manager: Md Shamsuddin. Technical Director: Prasun Banerjee. Team Doctor: Sajal Acharya.