31. August
Punjab State Super League: Punjab State Electricity Board 2-1 Rail Coach Factory

30. August
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 1-1 Assam State Electricity Board
Guwahati Super Division: Maharana AC 4-1 Young Amateur Club

Note-1: AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco informed in Calcutta today that the Indian U23 team will play three practice matches on home soil against Uzbekistan as part of its preparations for the upcoming Busan Asian Games.

29. August
JamIn Tour 2002, Watford (England): India 0-3 Jamaica - Goals: 0-1 Jermaine Anderson (34'), 0-2 Aaron Lawrence (72'), 0-3 Ian Goodison (86')
INDIA: Sangram Mukherjee; Satish Kumar Bharti (77' Bijen Singh), Mahesh Gawli (78' Arun Malhotra), Samir Naik, Deepak Mandal; Shanmugam Venkatesh (66' Jo Paul Ancheri), Manitombi Singh, Tomba Singh, Renedy Singh (58' K Ajayan); Baichung Bhutia (Captain), Abhishek Yadav (61' Praveen Kumar).
JAMAICA: Lawrence, Anderson (46' Lisbie), Goodison, Hendricks, English (58' Jackson), McDonald, Dawkins (77' Richards), Taylor, J Williams (46' D Williams), Wilson (46' Dean), Davis.
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Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 Mohammedan Sporting
Goa Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 1-2 Sporting Club de Goa
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 2-0 Assam Dynamo Club
Guwahati Super Division: City Police 1-1 Rising XI
Punjab State Super League: Rail Coach Factory 0-4 JCT Mills

Note-1: Kingfisher will sponsor the on-going Goa FA Professional Football League, which got underway on August 24 at three different venues across Goa. GFA's association with Kingfisher seems to have opened a new chapter for Goan football and the chairman of GFA's ad-hoc committee Vinod Parkot disclosed that there will be an increase in the prize money for the Professional League, the details of which will be released very soon, he added. It is learnt that Kingfisher were interested in sponsoring the Pro League last year, but that the then secretary had sought Rs 2 million as sponsorship. Although everyone was tightlipped over the sponsorship amount today, the figure could be in the range of Rs 7-10 lakh it is understood.

28. August
Bangalore Super Division: Government Press 1-2 BSNL
Goa Professional League: Cabral SC 1-1 Dempo Sports Club
Goa Professional League: Salgaocar SC 3-1 Fransa FC (Pax of Nagoa)
Goa Professional League: Vasco SC 3-1 St Anthony's Club
Punjab State Super League: Punjab State Electricity Board 1-1 Punjab Police

27. August
Bangalore Super Division: Indian Telephone Industries 3-0 CIL
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 4-1 Tollygunge Agragami
Calcutta Super Division: EverReady Association 2-0 Food Corporation of India
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 3-2 Young Amateur Club
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 3-2 City Police

Note-1: A three-man team from the Asian Football Confederation arrives in India on August 29 on an eight-day visit. The team comprises Dato' Paul Mony Samuel who is the FIFA Goal Project Director at the Development office in Kuala Lumpur, Alex Soosay, head of the AFC Technical Department and A.B. Kashmiri of Strata Marketing. The main objective of the visit by the AFC team is to undertake a study of the current status of football in India and to make recommendations to elevate and modernize the sport in the country. AFC General Secretary, Dato' Peter Velappan, in announcing the study visit said that it was a joint effort with the AIFF to bring India into the mainstream of growth and development on the Continent. Alberto Colaco, the AIFF General Secretary has been appointed by the AFC to coordinate the visit.

Note-2: The Goa FAs ad-hoc committee has decided to agree to Mickey Pacheco's request to rechristen Fransa Pax of Nagoa to Fransa Football Club currently playing in the Professional League with immediate effect.

26. August
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 5-0 United Bangalore
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 3-1 Eastern Railway SC
Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta Port Trust 1-1 SAIL
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 1-0 Maharana AC
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 3-0 Rising XI
Punjab State Super League: Punjab Police 1-1 Border Security Force

25. August
Bangalore Super Division: Government Press 3-3 ADE
Goa Professional League: Dempo SC 1-0 Sporting Clube de Goa
Goa Professional League: Vasco SC 2-1 Pax of Nagoa
Goa Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 4-0 Cabral SC
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 2-0 City Police
Mumbai Elite Division: Air-India 1-0 Western Railway
Punjab State Super League: JCT Mills 5-0 Punjab State Electricity Board

24. August
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 2-0 LRDE
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 5-0 EverReady Association
Goa Professional League: Salgaocar SC 5-0 St Anthony's Club
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 1-0 Maharana AC
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 2-1 Rail Coach Factory

23. August
Bangalore Super Division: Indian Telephone Industries 5-0 United Bangalore
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-1 Bhratri Sangha
Punjab State Super League: Punjab Police 1-0 JCT Mills

22. August
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 1-0 BSNL
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 3-1 Punjab State Electricity Board

21. August
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 0-0 Karnataka State Police
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Final: Churchill Brothers SC 2-1 Dempo SC
Punjab State Super League: Rail Coach Factory 0-1 Punjab Police

Note-1: The AIFF has informed about its plans of allowing the states to requisition 'native players' for their respective squads in the 58th National football championship for the Santosh Trophy to be played at Imphal, October 17 to November 5. This is the first time in the long history of the game that a State will be able to call the players born in their State and are currently playing for another State, for the annual inter-State showpiece. The State associations, who wish to avail the services of their 'native' players, will have to inform the association at which the player is currently registered, one month before the start of the tournament. While the players' whose services are not required by the State associations of his origin may play for the State association under which they are presently registered.

Note-2: Goa's 'golden boy', Bruno Coutinho was amongst 15 sportspersons named yesterday for this year's Arjuna awards. "It is the most happiest moment of my career," a delighted Bruno told Gomantak Times yesterday. "At last I got the award, which I deserved for my whole-hearted contribution to football", he added.
"I thank the almighty for bestowing on me the gift of a footballer," Bruno said. He expressed his gratitude to everyone who has been responsible for the upsurge in his career. "I thank the clubs, with whom I have been associated, the various coaches for moulding my career, the Goa Football Association, my family, my wife especially, friends and everybody who have been associated with me", Bruno sounded more than delighted.

20. August
Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 4-1 Government Press
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 1-0 Mohun Bagan AC
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 1-0 Young Amateur Club

Note-1: "This is why Indian soccer is still where it is," national coach Stephen Constantine thundered. He had valid reasons for the remark too. The national team, in the Capital for the five-day training camp prior to their exposure tour of England, was hustled from one stadium to another, searching for a practice ground. The Delhi SA institutional league matches were in full flow with an inter-school tourney waiting to start, when Constantine led his wards through the Ambedkar Stadium tunnel on Tuesday morning. The local authority was, however, prompt to react. They asked the team to shift its practice session temporarily to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. And to the team's utter surprise, the ground was really empty. It didn't even have goalposts! And that took care of the morning's practice session. The same story was repeated in the afternoon again. Well almost. When they reached the Ambedkar Stadium, the institutional matches for the second session were on. So they were made to wait for an hour. But at least they could kick the ball around for some time after the ground was vacated at 6pm. The local authorities, meanwhile, have assured the availability of the Ambedkar Stadium henceforth.

19. August
Bangalore Super Division: CIL 2-0 United Bangalore
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 2-1 Rising XI
Punjab State Super League: Rail Coach Factory 1-1 Punjab State Electricity Board

18. August
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-1 Indian Telephone Industries
Guwahati Super Division: Maharana AC 5-0 City Police
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 0-0 NF Railway SC
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Semifinal: Churchill Brothers SC 2-0 Corps of Signal
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 1-1 JCT Mills

17. August
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 3-0 Food Corporation of India
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 SAIL
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 1-1 Assam State Electricity Board
Guwahati Super Division: Rising XI 2-1 Young Amateur Club
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Semifinal: Dempo SC 2-1 Vasco SC
Punjab State Super League: Punjab Police 4-0 Punjab State Electricity Board

16. August
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 4-3 CIL
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting Club 4-0 Calcutta Port Trust
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 2-0 EverReady Association
Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway SC 0-0 Bhratri Sangha
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 0-0 City Police
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Corps of Signals 3-1 Napoli SC
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Churchill Brothers SC 2-0 Cabral SC
Punjab State Super League: JCT Mills 1-0 Rail Coach Factory

Note-1: Soon after returning to Indian club football, star striker and national captain Baichung Bhutia has been roped in by Kingfisher as its brand ambassador. "We will sponsor Bhutia for a period of two years starting August 9, 2002," General Marketing Manager (Breweries Division) Ramesh Vishwanathan of the UB Group, the owner of Kingfisher brand, said. Vishwanathan said the agreement to this effect has been signed and a campaign with Bhutia shot. He, however, did not throw light on the nitty-gritties of the agreement saying "it is a confidential deal."

15. August

Bangalore Super Division: ADE 2-0 LRDE
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Dempo SC 0-0,5-4 Velsao Pale [after penalties]
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Vasco SC 2-0 Pax of Nagoa
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 0-0 Punjab Police

Note-1: Tomorrow the Indian under-17 national team arrives at Duesseldorf, Germany for their 12 day training camp. The team will be staying at the Sports School Hennef, south of Cologne and will play three test matches and will also participate in the International Indian Football Series on August 24.

Note-2: The Asian Football Confederation has said it will take disciplinary action against the AIFF if it fails to submit by August 31 a report on the fracas in last year's IFA Shield final. Extending the deadline to submit the report to August 31, AFC said: "The AIFF has been slow in providing the AFC with a detailed report on the fracas between East Bengal and Palmeiras, Brazil in the final which led to the game being abandoned by the referee on October 7, 2001. Should the AIFF fail to meet this (August 31) submission deadline, AFC Disciplinary Committe will take action against it," an AFC release from Kuala Lumpur said.

14. August
Bangalore Super Division: BSNL 4-2 United Bangalore
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Pre-Quarterfinals: Cabral Sports Club 1-1,4-2 Raia Sporting Club [after penalties]
Punjab State Super League: JCT Mills 4-2 Punjab State Electricity Board

Note-1: Mohun Bagan have threatened to boycott Tuesday's Calcutta Super Division match Vs East Bengal if their players from the Asian Games camp are not released. In a letter to the AIFF, club officials demanded their players, including Baichung Bhutia, be released by Friday and refusal to do so on the AIFF's part would force them to boycott the match.

13. August
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 1-0 Government Press
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami
Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta Port Trust 1-2 EverReady Association
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 9-0 Young Amateur Club
Guwahati Super Division: Maharana AC 0-3 NF Railway SC
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Pre-Quarterfinals: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0,1-3 Napoli Sports Club [after penalties]
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 1-0 Rail Coach Factory

Note-1: Under much fanfare Indian star-striker Baichung Bhutia today signed the doted line for Mohun Bagan AC at the IFA offices in Calcutta. The contract is of a one year duration and Baichung himself had sought his International Transfer Clearance to be able to sign for Bagan.

12. August
Bangalore Super Division: MEG 1-0 Indian Telephone Industries
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 5-1 Eastern Railway SC
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 Food Corporation of India
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Pre-Quarterfinals: Pax of Nagoa 2-1 Goa Police
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Pre-Quarterfinals: Vasco SC 1-0 Salcete FC
Punjab State Super League: Punjab Police 0-1 JCT Mills

Note-1: LG Cup winners India, led by captain Baichung Bhutia, was given a hero's welcome when the players landed at the Calcutta International Airport. Hundreds of fans carrying national flags greeted the 25-member squad after the Thai Airways flight touched this afternoon.

Note-2: The Women's Football Federation of India is planning to go on a hunger strike in front of the premises of the Sports Ministry as part of its 'strategy' to fight the AIFF. The dharna will be coordinated with different women's organisations after giving 20 days' notice to the Ministry, a WWFI media release said. Saving the women's body from the men's group was the main agenda of an urgent meeting of WWFI on August 10, the release said, without mentioning specific details.

Note-3: Mohun Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharya and Krishanu De have been named coaches for the Bengal team for the Santosh Trophy in Manipur. IFA joint-secretary Ranjit Gupta said the probables will be named soon. Though Bhattacharya is busy with the club, he has agreed to share time between the two assignments, it was learnt. The IFA also announced that Aloke Mukherjee will be in charge of the under-21s, with Nasir Ahmed being the goalkeeping coach. Mridul Banerjee and Pratap Ghosh will coach the U-19, while Sujit Chakraborty and Tapas Chakraborty will be in charge of the U-16 team.

Note-4: The match organized for the benefit of Asia's first FIFA referee Pratul Chakraborty became the match in his memory after Mr Chakraborty passed away the night before the game. Mr Chakraborty died of protracted illness on late Saturday night at Konnagar, Hooghly district, West Bengal. He was 85 and a bachelor. A local magazine had organized the exhibition match to raise money for Mr Chakraborty, who was in a poor economical shape, to carry out medical expenditure after he had suffered a cerebral attack on June 27. However, before the day of the match, he died. Mr Chakraborty, who became the FIFA referee in 1956, officiated the final of the Merdeka Tournament in 1961.

11. August
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-1 LRDE
4th Governor's Gold Cup - Pre-Quarterfinals: St Anthony's Club 5-6 Velsao Pale [after penalties]
Punjab State Super League: Border Security Force 2-1 Punjab State Electricity Board

10. August
LG Cup - semifinal: INDIA U23 3-2 Vietnam - Goals: 0-1 Le Hyunch Duc (15'), 0-2 Phung Thanh (20'), 1-2,2-2 Baichung Bhutia (30',57'), 3-2 Abhishek Yadav (88').
INDIA U23: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Mahesh Gawli, Debjit Ghosh, Deepak Mondal, Samir Naik, K Ajayan, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Tomba Singh, Jo Paul Ancheri, Alex Ambrose (Abhishek Yadav), Baichung Bhutia.

Bangalore Super Division: CIL 2-0 BSNL
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 0-1 Calcutta Port Trust
Punjab State Super League: Punjab Police 1-0 Rail Coach Factory

Note-1: Jaspreet Singh's transfer from Goa to Punjab has been approved by the Players' Status Committee of the AIFF. However, Jaspreet has been asked to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 to Churchill Brothers, whom he deserted in mid-season.
Debjit Ghosh, who signed an inter-state transfer form (switching over from Mohun Bagan to Mahindra United) despite the fact that he was registered with the Bangladesh FF, has been asked to justify his action which is in violation of the existing rules. The matter has also been referred to the respective state associations and clubs. On the receipt of the replies, the committee will take further action.
The other decisions taken at the meeting include the approval of transfers of Rakesh Yadav and Pawan Tomar from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi. Pawan's transfer will, however, be effective after his suspension period ends on September 30.
The applications for withdrawal of transfer from Ishfaq Ahmad, Mehraj-Din-Wadoo, Shyamal Das, Sanjay Kumar Dayal and Anil Pal Singh Tomar were rejected since there are no provisions in the AIFF rules pertaining to the withdrawal of transfer applications. The transfers sought by Crispin Chetri and Sushil Kartak have been cleared subject to the refund of money taken by them from their original club, BMFC. Liton Majumder's transfer from IFA to Tripura FA has been approved. However, he has been placed under temporary suspension for playing for another club in an unrecognised tournament. MacPerlin Dudu Omagbemi has been fined 20 percent of his annual contract fees for signing for two clubs.
The committee also decided to implement FIFA's directive of having two windows for the inter-state transfers of the club players. Thus the transfer market will now be open during May 1 to 31 and November 1 to 15. However, a player can opt for only one transfer in a season.

Note-2: The IFA has imposed a two-match suspension on Basudeb Mondal for playing in Mohun Bagan's Calcutta Super Division opener against Bhratri Sangha without securing an International Transfer Certificate. However, a payment of Rs 10000 as fine will allow the medio to play for his club. No points will be deducted from Mohun Bagan because the IFA authorities claimed that the Bhratri protest was not legal.

9. August
Bangalore Super Division: MEG 2-0 ADE
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 2-0 Bhratri Sangha
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 Eastern Railway SC

Note-1: National League champions Mohun Bagan might be forced to skip the IFA-Shield as the dates are clashing with the AFC Champions League. The IFA Shield is scheduled between September 15 to 31, while Bagan play their matches against Saunders from Sri Lanka on September 14 and 22. The IFA has not released the IFA Shield fixtures but if it does not change the dates, Bagan would be forced to withdraw.

8. August
LG Cup - semifinal: INDIA U23 3-0 CLB Petro Kimia, Indonesia - Goals: 1-0 Shanmugam Venkatesh (6'), 2-0 Debjit Ghosh (62'), 3-0 Bijen Singh (70').
INDIA U23: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Mahesh Gawli, Debjit Ghosh, Deepak Mondal, Samir Naik, K Ajayan, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Tomba Singh (Satish Bharti), Jo Paul Ancheri (Arun Malhotra), Alex Ambrose (Bijen Singh), Baichung Bhutia.

Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 3-0 United Bangalore

Note-1: Defending champions Salgaocar SC plus Mormugao Port Trust and Raitura SC have pulled out of the Goan Governor's Cup to start Saturday. While Salgaocar have stated non-availability of players as reported earlier by us, the other two clubs have given no reason for their pull-out.
The Goan Governor's Cup will now be held with 13 clubs vying for the trophy and the winners check of Rs. 75.000 .

7. August
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 0-0 BSNL
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC - EverReady Association

Note-1: The Indian U-17 team will be touring Germany as part of its preparation for the under-17 Asian Football Championship, in Dubai, from September 6 to 22.
India coach Islam Akhmedov informed that the squad will leave for Germany on August 16 to participate in the International Indian Football Series and three practice matches. The Tour is being managed in Germany by myself, Arunava Chaudhuri, with matches having been arranged against 1FC Cologne and Rot-Weiss Essen U18 teams, while one more match is being planned.
On August 24, the Indian U17 team, will play in the first-ever International Indian Football Series, where the Indian U17 team will face "Players of Indian Origin" teams from Germany and England and also a Remscheid select team from the tournament host city of Remscheid. The IIFS tournament is being organised by the Indian Football Supporters' Club in Germany.
All are welcome to come and watch the IIFS in Remscheid, Germany on August 24.

Note-2: The AIFF has appointed Sikkim FA chief Tempo Bhutia as chairman of AIFF's Players Status Committee. G Sugan from the Kerala FA has been named as vice chairman. The other office bearers are: Anthony Botelho (GFA), Parveez Ziauddin (WIFF) and Debasis Banerjee (IFA). The panel having a tenure of three years would look into the problems regarding the status of the players and advice the executive committee on the interpretation of status, regulation of eligibility and players transfers.

Note-3: There seems to be a problem with Basudeb Mondal's transfer papers. The Mohun Bagan medio could not play the Super Division match against EverReady today because of an AIFF directive. The AIFF has asked the local IFA not to let Basudeb play for the club till a decision has been taken on a Bhratri Sangha protest concerning the player's 'improper' transfer documents after a stint in Bangladesh. Basudeb played in Mohun Bagan's opener against Bhratri. The league sub-committee is due to meet on the Basudeb issue, but no date has been fixed yet.

6. August
LG Cup - Group B: INDIA U23 3-1 Vietnam U23 - Goals: 1-0 Baichung Bhutia (64'), 1-1 Dang Thang Phuong (77'), 2-1 Abhishek Yadav (86'), 3-1 Tomba Singh (89').
The Indian under-23 team made it into the knockout phase of the LG Cup in Vietnam with a 3-1 victory against the under-23 team of the hosts Vietnam. India controlled the match but only the 64.minute captain Baichung Bhutia was able to score the lead. In the 77.minute Vietnam equalised through a penalty after a foul by Deepak Mondal, which wans't a foul accroding to coach Stephen Constantine. But India hit back with two late goals by substitutes Abhishek Yadav and Tomba Singh to decide the match in it's favour and top the Group. Now India face an Indonesian clubs side representing Indonesia in the LG Cup.
India coach Stephen Constantine informed indianfootball.com that he was delighted with today's team performance and was surprised to see that the boys were not tired after the match.
INDIA U23: Sangram Mukherjee, Mahesh Gawli, Deepak Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, Samir Naik (Manitombi Singh), Shanmugam Venkatesh, K Ajayan, Bijen Singh (Tomba Singh), Jo Paul Ancheri, Alex Ambrose (Abhishek Yadav), Baichung Bhutia.

Bangalore Super Division: Indian Telephone Industries 5-0 ADE
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 2-2 SAIL

Note-1: The India U20 team has ben drawn in Group B along with Asian giants Japan and Saudi Arabia and regional rivals Bangladesh for the Asian U20 Championships to be held in Qatar from October 15 to 31.
So another tough draw for an Indian national team, at the Asian finals this autumn...

Note-2: Goan National League runners-up Churchill Brothers are drawn to meet Saigon Port in the qualifying round two of the AFC Champions League 2002-03, on October 11, at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, 16.15. Churchill Brothers' away match against Saigon Port will be played on October 25, at Thongahat stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, at 17.00. Churchill Brothers received a bye in the opening round of the qualifiers. If Churchill Brothers win, they will play the winners of an Indonesia Club and Ustotspa, Thailand. The tie is scheduled for November.

Note-3: Bengal's Santosh Trophy coach will be named Monday, as today the IFA coaches selection committee could not arrive at a decision. "We asked each of the selection committee members to name their preferences for the senior, under-21, U19 and U16 teams. A shortlist has been made on that basis," said a senior IFA official.
According to the official, Amal Dutta, Subrata Bhattacharya, Subhas Bhowmick, Mohammed Habib and Manoranjan Bhattacharya are among those shortlisted. The names of Mihir Bose and Sankar Moitra were also proposed but the two declined since they are members of the selection committee.

5. August
Bangalore Super Division: MEG 5-0 Government Press

Note-1: Salgaocar SC have requested the Goa FA to be allowed to withdraw from the upcoming Goan Governor's Cup tournament as 10 of their are either away on India U23 and U20 duty, others are injured and Kalyan Chaubey away on trial in Germany. GFA officials hope that Salgaocar will play, as the withdrawal of one of the top clubs might effect the tournament and sponsors might pull out.

Note-2: Iranian Jamshed Nassiri has been appointed chief coach of Calcutta first division Group A league team Mohammedan AC. The Iranian replaces Rahamatullah Khan, who was the club's playing coach until now. Nassiri who used to be a star striker for leading Calcutta clubs in the 1980s, had been with Bengal Mumbai FC for the last few years as coach, before being fired earlier this year.

4. August
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-0 CIL
Goa FA Champions Trophy Charity Match: Salgaocar SC 3-0 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1-0 Samson Singh (22'), 1-0 Bungo Singh (26'), 3-0 Sebastiao Endro (73').

Note-1: The India U17 national team has been placed in the tough Group A in the under-17 Asian Championships in the United Arab Emirates to be held from September 6 to 22. India are in Group A along with powerhouses UAE and China. along with Myanmar, to be played at the Al Wahda Club Ground in Abu Dhabi.
Later this month the India U17 team will be travelling to Germany for a training camp and take part in the "International Indian Football Series".

Note-2: The Singapore U23 beat the Vietnam U23 2-1 in a Group A match at the LG Cup in Vietnam. Now India can be content with a draw to advance to the semifinals, while the Vietnam U23 team

3. August
Bangalore Super Division: MEG 4-1 United Bangalore
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 2-0 Calcutta Port Trust
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 SAIL
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 0-0 Bhratri Sangha

2. August
LG Cup - Group B: INDIA U23 2-2 Singapore U23 - Goals: 1-0 Mohammed Faizal (3' - own Goal), 1-1 Aliff Shafaein Bin Safie (24'), 1-2 Ashrin Bin Shaffif (39'), 2-2 K Ajayan (65').
INDIA U23: Naseem Aktar, Debjit Ghosh, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Samir Naik, Jo Paul Ancheri, Shanmugam Venkatesh, K Ajayan (Shasti Duley), Bijen Singh (Tomba Singh), Alex Ambrose (Praveen Kumar), Baichung Bhutia.

Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 2-1 BSNL
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 1-0 Rising XI
Mumbai Elite Division: Mahindra United 0-0 Central Railway

Note-1: Mohammedan Sporting will lodge a protest with the IFA against the "ridiculous" rule that will keep Dipendu Biswas out of the Super Division match against SAIL tomorrow, sais club secretary Sultan Ahmed. Dipendu has seen two yellow cards, but one in their cancelled match against EverReady, which has not been cancelled.

1. August
Bangalore Super Division: Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 Karnataka State Police
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 EverReady Association
Guwahati Super Division: Young Amateur Club 2-1 City Police

Note-1: Tomorrow Stephen Constantine will be having his debut as Indian national football coach!
The Indian team looks well prepared after a nearly month-long camp in Jamshedpur and the team is likely to play in a new 3-5-2 formation but sadly one of it's stars, midfielder Renedy Singh, will not be playing due to an injury.
Likely INDIAN XI: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar - Mahesh Gawli, Debjit Ghosh, Deepak Mondal - Samir Naik, Jo Paul Ancheri, K Ajayan, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Bijen Singh - Alex Ambrose, Baichung Bhutia.

Note-2: Goan Professional League champions Churchill Brothers SC will take on Goan Governor's Cup winners Salgaocar SC in the Champions Trophy charity match, organised by the Goa FA, on August 4, at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, at 16 h. Tickets for the match are priced at Rs 20, which will be on sale at the stadium on August 4, from 9.30 h.