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28. February
2nd Division National Football League - Group A: Simla Youngs 0-2 Tata Football Academy - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Vimal Pariyar (23',90+2').
2nd Division National Football League - Group B: Assam Rifles 0-1 Vasco SC - Goal: 0-1 Joao Carvalho Oliveira (4').

Note-1: The All India Football Federation has released the final squad for tomorrows AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifier against Yemen.
INDIA:
Goalkeepers: 1-Sandip Nandy (Mahindra United), 22-Kalyan Chaubey (JCT Mills), 28-Israt Kamal (Central Railway).
Defenders: 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 42-Deepak Kumar Mondal (all Mahindra United), 23-Sanjeev Kumar Maria (Mohun Bagan AC), 41-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (State Bank of Travancore).
Midfielders: 4-Mehraj Din Wadoo, 7-Mehtab Hussain, 9-Manjit Singh, 25-Dharamjit Singh (all Mohun Bagan AC), 16-James Lukram Singh (Mahindra United), 8-Xavier Vijayakumar (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), 44-Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar SC).
Forwards: 15-Baichung Bhutia (Captain), 10-Syed Rahim Nabi (both East Bengal Club), 11-Praveen Kumar (JCT Mills), 19-MA Abdul Hakkim (State Bank of Travancore), 31-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC).

Note-2: The AIFF has deferred the 10th National League Round 6 match Fransa-Pax FC vs Air-India, which was scheduled to take place on March 2. A new date hasn't been announced to far.

Note-3: The Nagaland FA will conduct a coaching camp for football coaches from March 7 to 16 at IG Stadium, Kohima. All district football association has been requested to send at least two senior players for the camp.

27. February
2nd Division National Football League - Group A: Churchill Brothers SC 2-3 EverReady SA - Goals: 0-1 Crispin Chhetri (11'), 1-1 Thakchom Singh (20'), 1-2,1-3 Maduako Francis Chibueze (22',39'), 2-3 Jagdish Kumar Pappaiya (45'+).
2nd Division National Football League - Group B: Army XI 1-1 Indian Bank - Goals: 0-1 Ramesh (62'), 1-1 Thirunavukarasu (86').

Note-1: The Indian team will field a depleted side against Yemen in the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers. Mahindra United's Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, Mahesh Gawli, Krishnan Nair Ajayan are likely to be ruled out due to injuries. Further Shanmugam Venkatesh, Surajit Bose (both Mahindra United), Muttath Suresh and Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar (both East Bengal Club) will also miss the crucial second qualifer.
Chief coach Syed Nayeemuddin is facing displeasure from both - the team and the federation - regarding his tactics, preparation and team selection.
Star skipper Baichung Bhutia : "We had no planning against Japan." Some of his teammates have also been critical of Nayeemuddin, though none of them wants to be quoted.
The Indian players are also upset with the coach for having the kick-off time at 14.30 IST. A senior team member: "The players and federation officials requested Nayeemmuddin to have the match from 15.30 as 14.30 would be disadvantageous for our footballers against a team coming from a hot country. The coach didn’t listen to anyone. Now he wants to change the time to 15.30, but the AFC is in no mood to listen."
The exclusion of injured players Venkatesh, Suresh, Ajayan, Gawli from the squad along with Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar and Surajit Bose was also a volleyed with verbal displeasure from players and officials: "Why this mockery? No one knew it better than him that they would not be in a position to play. Still he forced them to come all the way to Delhi. He was well aware that Venkatesh and Suresh were carrying injuries. Still, he forced the AIFF to spend to and fro air fare for them."

Note-2: The Yemense national team has arrived in New Delhi to face India in the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers on Wednesday. The team team includes 25 players and 9 officials.
YEMEN: Muaad M Abdulkhaleq Abdulwali, Salem Abdullah Awadh, Mohammed Saleh Yousef Salem, Khaled Abdo Mohammed Afara, Yaser Ahmed Hasan Al-Baadani, Salem Saeed Abdullah, Fathi Hasan Jabar Ahmed, Mohammed Yahya Saslem Al-Tahoos, Radwan Abduljabar Ahmed Yahya, Ali Mohammed Mohammed Alnono, Ahmed Salem Ahmed Al-Wadi, Ali Aboud Awadh Al-Omqi, Akram Hamood Abdo Al-Woraff, Mohanad Hasan Rajeh Munassar, Fadhl Abdullah Mohammed Al-Aroomi, EsamMohammed Ahmed Awan, Abdo Ali Hasan Al-Edresi, Nashwan Abdulazez Ali Eissa, Nashwan Abdulazez Ali Al-Haggam, Fekri Mohammed Yahya Al-Hubaishi, Mohammed Ebrahim Ali Ayash, Ahmed Salem Ali Amoas, Wesam Abdurabu Ali Ateik, Abdulqader Ahmed Saleh Al-Roatde and Mohammed Abdo Qasem Alwah.

Note-3: The AIFF said today that the Fransa-Pax FC vs Air-India match will take place on March 2 as decided by the federation.

Note-4: The AIFF and Nike today held a press conference in New Delhi to officially announce a seven year deal in which the US sports apparel major would officially kit the Indian national football teams, be it senior or junior and men's plus women.

26. February
The best players and officials of the just concluded Bangalore Super Division have been honoured yesterday.
The awardees are:
Best Goalkeeper: Gumpe Rime (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC)
Best Defender: Ajith (Royals Sports Club)
Best Midfielder: C Prakesh (Sports Authority of India, South)
Best Forward: Lokeshwar Singh (Madras Engineering Group Centre)
Fair Play: Sports Authority of India, South
Upcoming Referee: Vijay Kumar

Note-1: Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar SC) has joined the Indian team, while Surajit Bose (Mahindra United) is the second inclusion. Further Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United), Muttath Suresh and Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar (both East Bengal Club) have been asked to rejoin the camp, after pulling out of the Japan squad due to injuries.

Note-2: TG Venkatesh has been re-elected president of the Andhra Pradesh FA. Venkatesh beat Anis-ul-Mulq in a presidential election contest which has now officially ended the infighting within the APFA.

25. February
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1-0 Madras Engineering Group Centre - Goal: 1-0 Nanda Kumar (88').

Note-1: Salgaocar SC midfielder Micky Fernandes has been called-up to the India team, which is currently preparing for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifier against Yemen in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Note-2: 2,000 complimentary tickets on a first come, first served basis will be given away for the AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifier India vs Yemen on March 1. The tickets will be priced Rs 10 and Rs 20 which would go on sale two days before the game.
Meanwhile Zee Sports, the telecast partners of the AIFF, will organise a three-day road show in the Capital from tomorrow.

Note-3: India's erstwhile goalkeeper and member of the country's 1948 Olympic Games and 1951 Asian Games football teams, Sanjeeva Utchil, died of heart attack in Mumbai on Friday. He was 81 and is survived by two sons and wife, according to sources close to his family. Utchil had played for top Mumbai and Calcutta clubs in the 1940s and 50s.

24. February
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 1-0 Karnataka State Police - Goal: 1-0 Sunil (58').
Bangalore Super Division: Royals Sports Club 1-3 LRDE - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Govinda (22',55'), 1-2 Tamrai (78'), 1-3 Sathish (89').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Final: Kerala State Electricity Board 2-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 0-1 Martin John (10'), 1-1 Anil Kumar (31'), 2-1 Ramesh PB (41').

Note-1: The Kerala Football Association (KFA) has awarded the best players of the Kerala State Club Football Championship for their outstanding performances.
The awardees are:
Top Scorer: Mohammad Rafi (State Bank of Travancore)
Best Forward: Anil Kumar (Kerala State Electricity Board)
Best Player: Mohammad Rafi (State Bank of Travancore)
Best Goalkeeper: Citus (Kerala State Electricity Board)
Best Defender: Abdul Basheer (State Bank of Travancore)

23. February
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Semifinal: Titanium XI 0-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goal: 0-1 Mohammad Harris (17').

Note-1: The venue for India's second AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifier against Yemen, the Dr Ambedkar Stadium at New Delhi, is undergoing a spate of modifications under the supervision of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) to make it match-fit.
"After a lot of persistance with the MCD, they have finally acted on our request. The AFC team who came for inspection of the venue had specified that there should be work done on the players' dressing room and we are doing it. The grass is also being re-laid. There was a little trouble regarding water for the grass, but we have sorted it out. Work is progressing smoothly," says N.K Bhatia, secretary of DSA.
The expenses for the preparations will be fully beared by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Bhatia: "The AIFF will be paying us. They have their own marketing team who is responsible for marketing the game. We do not come into the picture. The Federation pays us whatever expenses we have incurred towards the conduct of the match."
Meanwhile the DSA has decided that they would charge gate money to keep unruly crowd out and maintain discipline during proceedings. The costs would be Rs 10 for general stand and Rs 20 for chair seats.
Further the training facilities and schedules for the Indian and Yemenese national teams have been fixed. The Indian team will be practising at the Nehru Stadium, while the Springdales School Ground, the Army Public School Ground and the Thyagaraj Sports Complex will be used by Yemen.

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22. February
AFC Asian Cup 2007 Qualifier - Group A - Nissan Stadium, Yokohama: Japan 6-0 India - Goal: 1-0 Shinji Ono (32'), 2-0 Seiichiro Maki (58'), 3-0 Takashi Fukunishi (68'), 4-0,6-0 Tatsukhiko Kubo (79',90+3'), 5-0 Hishako Sato (83').
JAPAN: 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; 21-Akiro Kaji, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, 14-Alessandro 'Alex' Santos; 35-Makato Hasebe, 15-Takashi Fukunishi, 18-Shinji Ono [C] (71' 4-Endo), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara; 9-Tatsukhiko Kubo, 36-Seiichiro Maki (75' 37-Sato).
INDIA: 1-Sandip Nandy, 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 14-Mahesh Gawli, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 2-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (82' 16-James Lukram Singh); 7-Mehtab Hussain, 23-Sanjeev Kumar Maria, 9-Manjit Singh (46' 4-Mehraj din Wadoo), 18-Krishnan Nair Ajayan; 10-Syed Rahim Nabi; 15-Baichung Bhutia [C].
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Bangalore Super Division: Sports Authority of India,South 2-0 Royals Sports Club - Goals: 1-0 Naveen Babu (11'), 2-0 B Prakash (25').
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 1-0 BEL SC - Goal: 1-0 Sampath Kumar (17').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Semifinal: Viva Kerala, Kochi 2-3 Kerala State Electricity Board - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Anil Kumar (4',78'), 1-1 Baba Thunde (26'), 2-2 K Shijyu (80'), 2-3 Ramesh (86').

21. February
Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 5-3 AGORC, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0,4-2 Govinda (14',75'), 2-0,3-1 Satish (22',45'), 2-1,3-2,4-3 Raju (29',70',82'), 5-3 Karthik (??').
Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 2-2 CIL - Goals: 1-0 Lokeshwar Singh (9'), 1-1 Sagar (59'), 1-2 Shyam Kumar (65'), 2-2 Hamar (79').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Quarterfinal: State Bank of Travancore 3-1 EverGreen, Manjeri - Goals: 1-0,2-0,3-0 Mohammad Rafi (19',30',44'), 3-1 Sadik (80').

Note-1: India coach Syed Nayeemuddin is likely to start with a 4-5-1 defesive line-up against defending champions Japan tomorrow. The players won't only face the mighty Japanese, but also temperature below 3°C.
Nayeemuddin on the weather: "Those who have been selected to play for India should be ready to play on fire or ice."
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Note-2: NFL champions Dempo SC and Federation Cup champions Mahindra United have sorted out the AFC Cup home matches venue problem. Both teams agreed to a schedule worked out during a meeting at the Goa Football Association's office, which will see Dempo and Mahindra playing their home matches at Goa's Nehru Stadium. Armando Colaco (Dempo SC secretary cum-coach) and Henry Menezes (Mahindra United manager) were the representatives of the clubs, while GFA secretary Savio Messias also part of the meeting.
Fixtures according to the new schedule:
07.03.2006: Al Ahed - Mahindra United, Al Nasr - Dempo SC
21.03.2006: Brothers Union - Mahindra United, MERW - Dempo SC
11.04.2006: Dempo SC - Al Helal, Muharraq - Mahindra United
25.04.2006: Mahindra United - Muharraq, Al Helal - Dempo SC
02.05.2006: Mahindra United - Al Ahed (16.00 IST), Dempo SC - Al Nasr (19.00 IST)
16.05.2006: Dempo SC - MERW (16.00 IST), Mahindra United - Brothers Union (19.00 IST)

Note-3: An AFC press release: Bangladesh to be sole host of inaugural AFC Challenge Cup 2006
Kuala Lumpur: During the meeting of the AFC Challenge Cup and AFC President's Cup Organising Committee meeting earlier today at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, it was decided that Bangladesh would be the sole host of the inaugural edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, due to the current unrest in Nepal. The dates of the competition were also amended from 25th March to 7th April 2006, to Saturday 1st April to Sunday 16th April 2006, in order not to clash with the Independence Day activities on 26th March 2006 in Bangladesh. The AFC Challenge Cup, which provides an international competition platform for sixteen teams from the emerging and developing countries, will be played in two venues, Dhaka and Chittagong.

Note-4: An interesting story from the US: Neel Bhattacharjee, a PIO with Bengali heritage, is working with the USA Women's U-21 national team as its goalkeeping coach. Bhattacharjee just returned from a trip to England and Scotland with the USA U-21 and is among the pool of coaches for the USA Women's national team goalkeeping staff.

20. February
IndianFootball.Com is happy to announce the launch of its AFC Asian Cup 2007 special. The new section is called 'The Bhangra Boys back in Asia'. We are not only looking forward to cover India's qualifying campaign in Group A, but also the final championship to be hosted jointly by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam in 2007.
India's first qualifier will take place in Yokohama's Nissan Stadium against defending champions Japan on Wednesday.
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31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: State Bank of Travancore 5-0 Spices, Wayanad - Goals: 1-0,5-0 Renil (18',76'), 2-0,3-0 Mohammad Rafi (45',59'), 4-0 Abdul Basheer (62').

Friendly - Calcutta: EverReady SA 1-1 Malaysia U20
Exhibition Match - Bangalore: Postal 1-0 Southern Blues - Goal: 1-0 Magendran (10').

Note-1: The INDIA team arrived safely in Japan yesterday. It was a short trip from Hongkong across to Japan. The weather is cold and rainy as one would expect at this time of the year on the "Island of the Rising Sun". The INDIA team has no injury worries and after a much improved performance in the second half against Hongkong, the Indian team is confident of putting-up a good display. But besides the weather also the kit is a concern for the team management. Nike has provided the new kit for the Indian football team, but the jersey's are short sleeves which might be a problem in the cold weather. This might be a handicap for the Indian team as our boys are not used to such cold weather conditions.
The Japanese meanwhile are going to play against INDIA without any of their Europe-based players. The team will mis stars like Nakamura, Nakata and Takahara, but still Japan are a quality side with Shinji Ono back in the J-League and the national team. This home squad has now been training under head coach Zico for over two weeks now and yesterday beat Finland 2-0 in an international friendly at Shizuoka. Zico isn't too bothered about India after his experiences were good in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in 2004.

Note-2: A 'The Telegraph' report: Fransa Club on Monday did reply to All India Football Federation’s letter of ultimatum, but chose to put the ball in AIFF’s court with a cleverly worded letter. While they avoided the call for tendering an apology, they also made it a point to remind AIFF that the Fransa-Air India match should be replayed.
The letter, signed by club secretary George Fernandes, says that Fransa are “eager to return to the NFL, but would like to continue from the fifth round against Air India. ... If we do not get to play the fifth round encounter, we will be in a disadvantageous position. Our players will be disheartened and will not be able to give their best for the remainder of the NFL.”
The club chairman, Micky Pacheco, who was in the Capital, told The Telegraph, “we are not going to field the side unless they replay the Fransa-Air India match. We have not put it in writing, but that’s going to be our stand.”
Calling the AIFF president Priya Ranjan Das Munshi as the one who is ‘ruining’ the game in India, Pacheco said “What’s going on in the name of refereeing is simply disgusting.”
On the AIFF demand of tendering an apology, the Fransa letter said: “We would like to place on record that our manager Anthony Fernandes, coach Norbert Gonsalves and goalkeeper Virender Singh have already apologised before the disciplinary committee for whatever happened on the field.”
The AIFF secretary, Alberto Colaco said, “We have received a letter from Fransa. A decision, however, will be taken only on Wednesday.”

Note-3: The INDIA U19 Girls' will face Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan in the Central/South Asia leg of the AFC U19 Women's Championships qualifying round from March 5 to 9 in Delhi

Note-4: The Mohun Bagan-SAIL Football Academy, Durgapur will be holding trials on March 5/6, 2006 for their U15 and U19 sides.
U15 Team: eligible are players born after 01.01.1991
U19 Team: eligible are players born after 01.04.1988
Interested players MUST mail their aplications to info@mohunbaganclub.com mentioning their Name, Date of Birth and their Position. They must also clearly mention their previous appearances in any matches for any club/team (if any). A letter of referral from an ex-player or coach is also needed. Selected applicants will be notified by mail and will have to arrive at Durgapur by March 4, 2006. Preferred postions: Goalkeeper, Sideback, Center Half, Striker.

19. February
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 0-2 Sports Authority of India, South - Goals: 0-1 Prakash B (34'), 0-2 Arokiaraj Kenneth (67').
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 0-0 Karnataka State Police - Goals: none.
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Quarterfinal: Kochin Port Trust 1-2 Titanium XI - Goals: 0-1 KP Shabir (52'), 0-2 Jackson Sebastian (67'), 1-2 Harris (80').

Note-1: by Xavier Rutsa: The 16th Sekrenyi Football Trophy, organised by Dolphin Club, Kohima is scheduled from March 15 to April 8 in Kohima, Nagaland. The tournament that is normally held annually in the month of February to coincide with the Sekrenyi festival, but had to be postponed owing to non-availability of the local ground due to various wrestling meets, informs a release. In a release organising committee secretary Kethosituo Mepfhu-o stated that as notified earlier, the tournament will be played in a professional league format, comprising of 10 teams. The teams will be ranked according to the performance in the round-robin league and the two top teams will get through to the ultimate cup final match. Based on the points, the lowest ranked teams will be relegated and two new teams will replace them for the next year's edition. The release also informed that since the tournament is connected with the Sekrenyi festival, special attractions will be added to give football lovers a festive spirit. Hence some match day specials have been planned which include cultural programmes, sale of traditional delicacies, match-break concerts, band display etc.

18. February
Friendly Match - National Stadium, Hong Kong: Hong Kong 2-2 India - Goals: 1-0 Gerard Ambassa Guy (3'), 2-0 Law Chun Bong (17'), 2-1 Syed Rahim Nabi (61'), 2-2 Baichung Bhutia (67',pen).
The Indian national football team came back from a 2-0 deficit at half-time to level the score after 90 minutes. The Baichung Bhutia-led team suffered the first goal of the match in the 3rd minute through Hong Kong's Ghanian born striker Gerard Ambassa Guy. Hong Kong increased the lead in the 17th minute, when Law Chun Bong got past Indian goalkeeper Sandip Nandy.
A Syed Rahim Nabi goal in the 61st minute and captain Baichung Bhutia's penalty in the 68th minute leveled the score.
The Indian team will now go on to face Japan in a 2007 Asian Cup qualifier on February 22.
HONG KONG: 19-Fan Chun Yip, 2-Szeto Man Chun (46' 11-Cheung Sai Ho), 3-Lee Wai Lun (61' 5-Sham Kwok Fai), 4-Law Chun Bong (75' 25-Chu Siu Kei), 8-Poon Yiu Cheuk, 9-Ng Wai Chiu (53' 26-Chan Wai Ho), 14-Sham Kwok Keung (46' 12-Lo Chi Kwan), 15-Lai Kai Cheuk, 16-Lee Wai Man (C), 23-Ambassa Guy Gerard, 28-Chan Ho Man (46' 21-Chan Siu Ki).
INDIA: 1-Sandip Nandy, 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 14-Mahesh Gawli, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 5-Sanjeev Kumar Maria (77' 19-MA Abdul Hakkim), 2-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, 4-Mehraj Din Wadoo (60' 9-Manjit Singh), 7-Mehtab Hussain (87' 16-James Lukram Singh), 18-Krishnan Nair Ajayan (83' 6-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani), 10-Syed Rahim Nabi (90'+2 11-Parveen Kumar), 15-Baichung Bhutia (C).
Yellow Cards: Lee Wai Man (75', Hong Kong); Mehtab Hussain (82', India).
Refeere: Jae Yong Bae (Korea Republic)
Assistent Referees: Poon Ming Fai, Yeung Chi Ming (both Hong Kong)
Fourth Official: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 3.672

Bangalore Super Division: BEL SC 1-0 Royals Sports Club - Goal: 1-0 Archan (83').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Government Press 2-1 Oriental FC - Goals: 1-0 Kumar (13'), 2-0 Sudhakar (55'), 2-1 Hussain (82').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: PSFC, Palakkad 0-4 Titanium XI - Goals: 0-1,0-3,0-4 P Usman (16',55',66'), 0-2 Abdul Hameed (45').

Note-1: Zee Sports will be telecasting live the Asian Cup qualifer Japan vs India on February 22. The coverage will start at 15.30 (IST).
Further the match will be shown again on the same day at 19.30 and one day later, on February 23, at 00.00, 08.00 and 14.00 IST.

Note-2: The referees committee vice chairman Milan Datta has expressed his disappointment after the decision taken by the AIFF disciplinary committee to allow the Fransa Club goalkeeper, coach and the manager to get away without any punishment even after manhandling referee Vikramjeet Singh in the NFL.
Datta: "It has been happening too regularly for the past couple of years. Referees like Balu, Saji Kurian or Vikramjeet have been unofficially banned by the AIFF, but absolutely no action has been taken against the erring players. We are certainly not setting a healthy precedent."
An unnamed refree: "After Junior's death, no one was pulled up except for Balu, who was one of India's top referees. In the Santosh Trophy, Manipur players pushed around the referee. Same did the Fransa footballers in the Federation Cup. Was any of these footballers ever punished? The only person to be sidelined was Saji Kurian even though the match commissioner's report went in his favour."

Note-3: AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco will not continue beyond his term which expires in 2008. This was disclosed by Colaco during a press gathering in Goa.
Colaco: "There is also a need for young blood to come. My association with football, however, will continue with Salcete Football Club, where all I begun and I have a well designed plan for a youth development programme."

Note-4: The Goa Football Association has announced its Under-16 football probables.
Goa U-16 probables: Bruno Colaco, Sugeetesh Mandrekar, Hensan D'Sa, Samroy Cardozo, Mariano Fernande, Keenan Almeida, Nikhil Fernandes, Joel Dias, Ryan Mergulhao, Savio Gomes, Xamaro Rodrigues, Lyriston Moraes, Neville Cardozo, Anoj Fernandes, Freddy Faria, Aliston Mesquita, Vishnu Taboskar, Eliston Fernandes, Valencio Peixate, Tausif Gaude, Traven Silva, Gauresh Jadhav, Agnelo Fernandes, Aliston Fernandes, Ronald Rodrigues, Mevil Almeida, Bruno Colaco.

17. February
Bangalore Super Division: CIL 2-1 LRDE - Goals: 1-0 Shyam Kumar(54'), 1-1 Stalin (75'), Kanikaraj (71').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Nationals FC 1-2 Railway Wheel Factory - Goals: 1-0 Venkatesh (51'), KL Lana(59',81').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Kochin Port Trust 3-1 Young Challengers - Goals: 0-1 Issam (8'), 1-1 Sameer (18'), 2-1,3-1 Anoj (57',80').

Friendly - Calcutta: East Bengal U19 0-3 Malaysia U20 - Goals: 0-1 Mohd Khyril Muhymeen (48), 0-2 Shahrizal Mohd Saad (76'), 0-3 Mohd Fakri Saarani (90+1').

Note-1: The Hong Kong vs India match at the National Stadium, Hong Kong will kick-off at 15.00 local time (12.30 IST/08.00 CET). The match will be officiated by Jae Yong Bae (Korea Republic). He will be assisted by compatriots Ming Fai Poon and Chi Ming Yeung, while Yau Fat Fong has been given post of the fourth official.
Tickets will be available at the National Stadium ticket counter for $20 and $40.

Note-2: The AIFF has announced, that each team member of the Indian national team would receive an amount of Rs 100,000, if they pull of an upset victory over Japan in the Asian Cup qualifiers. A draw against the defending champions would secure the team Rs 50,000. This was promised by AIFF president Priya Ranjan Das Munshi to the India squad before leaving for Hong Kong on Thursday morning.
An AIFF release says: "The AIFF president paid a courtesy visit to the players and promised that each one of them would get Rs 1 lakh if the team beats Japan."

Note-3: The AIFF rejected Fransa-Pax FC's plea to scrap the controversial NFL match against Mahindra United and upheld the result of the tie. Fransa was also asked to give an undertaking to the AIFF by February 20 that it would abide by national and international rules.
On Friday AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco has send another letter to Fransa FC asking them to express regret for withdrawing from three matches of the NFL. The club has also been told "that any request from Fransa-Pax FC should be without pre-conditions."
The letter further said: "Your reply shall reach us by February 20, 2006 at 4pm. If you do not respond to this letter or do not adhere to the above conditions, the AIFF president will take appropriate decision based on the powers vested on him by the (executive) committee."

Note-4: Churchill Brothers SC is facing though action by world-governing body FIFA for duping a Nigerian John Kingsley and not paying his salary. FIFA's 'Dispute Resolution Chamber' has directed Churchill to pay $4,800 to Kingsley and further stated that the Goan club has made false and contradictory statements to cover up for their own faults.

16. February
Here exclusively on IndianFootball.Com are the first pictures of the new INDIA home and away kits made by US sportwear giants Nike, the No.1 sportswear brand in the world. Nike is the new INDIA kit sponsor from January 1, 2006 and INDIA will officially for the first time wear one of the jersey's in their away international friendly against Hongkong on Saturday.
On Monday Nike launched in Berlin, Germany the 2006 FIFA World Cup kits for the eight national teams being kitted by them. The eight jersey's where launched by international stars Adriano (Brazil), Luis Figo (Portugal), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Ji Sung Park (South Korea), Jared Borgetti (Mexico), Mark Bresciano (Australia), Dado Prso (Croatia) and DaMarcus Beasley (USA) at the floodlit historic Berlin Olympic Stadium. But Nike not only launched those eight kits but also those of six other national teams, which are currently being kitted by Nike and one of them is our INDIAN national team.
The new INDIA jersey's show a connection between the established sporting inheritance and latest sports clothing technology.
Like for other national teams Nike decided to use conformity with the cultural use of jewel colours for INDIA with the traditional blue Indian sapphire as the main color of the home jersey, which has reef-blue set off at the collar and at the sleeve band. Further the jersey has a strong white strip, which runs from the shoulder to the seam on the left side with the AIFF logo and AIFF written on it at chest level. White shorts and sapphire blue stockings complete the new INDIA home kit. Nike says the jersey mediates a cool, but noble look; and from what we can see the jersey contains certain elements from the Brazilian and USA jersey's.
The away jersey has another juwel colour as the main colour, this time red. The jersey has blue set off at the collar and at the sleeve band. The kit is complete with sapphire blue shorts and white stockings. Another simplistic jersey with a good feel.
The new lettering of the players numbers make a simple and clear statement. The rounded off corners suggest movement, while the outlines of the actual numbers are salient and uncomplicated.
Also these jersey's are made from Nike Sphere Dry, in order to offer the players best quality for matches under subtropical conditions which prevail in our country. The jersey's are said to take the sweat towards the outside and avoid stickiness, another positive aspect for the players.
We will try and find out when and where you can buy the jersey's in India and abroad.

Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 2-0 Sports Authority of India, South - Goals: 1-0 Lokeshwar Singh (60'), 2-0 Santhosh (85').
Bangalore 'A' Division: BEML (EM) 3-1 BWSSB FC - Goals: 1-0 Gopinath (21'), 2-0 Vinod (29'), 2-1 Somesh (32'), 3-1 Manoj Kumar (78').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Round 1: Young Challengers, Calicut 2-1 COSMOS, Kottayam - Goals: 1-0 Sunil Kumar (13'), 2-0 Salman (38'), 2-1 Uamesh P (80').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Gymkhana, Thrissur 0-4 EverGreen, Manjeri - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-4 Fakrudeen (45'+2,49',80'), 0-3 Nishad (52').

15. February
India retains the 118th spot in the latest FIFA World Rankings released today. The February edition of the ranking is heavily influenced by the CAF African Cup of Nations, while next month's rankings will be influenced by the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers and tons of international friendlies.
India's next opponents Hong Kong are placed 117th, while Japan slipped 3 places to 18th.

Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 3-1 AGORC, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0 Satish (37'), 2-0 Kenneth Onu (41'), 2-1 Muthu (43'), 3-1 Nandakumar (57').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Dharmaraja Union 1-4 Postal Department - Goal: 0-1,0-2 Xavier (5',17'), 0-3 Einstein (23'), 1-3 Mukilan (35'), 1-4 Kothandapani (39').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Round 1: EverGreen, Manjeri 5-1 G Sugunan VFC, Alleppey - Goals: 1-0 Shaji (10'), 2-0,4-0 Firoz (20',60'), 3-0 Sadik (50'), 4-1 Salim Kumar (70'), 5-1 Riyas (76').

Note-1: 36 probables have been called to attend a preparatory and selection camp ahead of the forthcoming AFC U19 Women's Championships qualifying round from March 5 to 9 in Delhi. The players will train under coaches Harjinder Singh and Chitra Gangadharan at the Devilal Sports Complex, Sector 38 in Gurgaon, Haryana.
INDIA U19: Goalkeepers: W Thabal Devi (Manipur), Madhurima Naidu (Maharashtra), Arshy Sharma, S Frangtether Eliza, Jaskaram Kaur, Mannuti Passi.
Defenders: Th Ranjita Devi, A Romi Devi (both Manipur), S Gokia, R Balarmati, Jobone Gope, Bijay Laxmi Sahu, Alochona Senapati, Sunita Minz, Rani Devi, Tuli Goon, Khusurbala Devi.
Midfielders: Pinki Bompal (Orissa), Annu Kumari, Manpreet, Gracy D'Costa, Poonam Chauhan, Neha Kapoor, Sunita Demo, Thunki Munda, L Ashrani Devi, Chingtham 'Sanathoi' Chanu, Manpreet Kaur.
Forwards: Lalbarmoi Hmar (Manipur), Sasmita Malik, Sapna Guria (both Bengal), Bhanumati, J Rani Prasana, Dornina Gormendes, L Pramesware Devi, Bala Ngangom.
Chief Coach: Harjinder Singh.
Assistent Coach: Chitra Gangadharan.

14. February
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Quarterfinal: Soccer Malappuram 0-6 Viva Kerala, Kochi - Goals: 0-1,0-6 Wilson N (13',79'), 0-2 Mohammad Munir (25'), 0-3 Javed PA (38'), 0-4 Arun Appukuttan (50'), 0-5 Rajesh (74').

Note-1: Bangladesh's Argentine coach Diego Cruciani has been suspended for two matches after attempting to assault Indian referee Rizwan ul-Haq during his team's 2007 Asian Cup qualifying match against Pakistan in Dhaka on December 22, 2005. The punishment was handed down by the Asian Football Confederation, on the recommendation of FIFA. Cruciani has been debarred to sit on the bench for Bangladesh in their upcoming Asian Cup qualifiers against Uzbekistan (February 22) and Hongkong (March 1).

13. February
Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 2-0 ADE - Goals: 1-0 Ramu (56'), 2-0 Irudayaraj (63').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Government Press 5-3 Railway Wheel Factory - Goals: 1-0,2-1,3-1 Vijay Babu (5',20',23'), 1-1,3-2 M Karthik (15',30'), 3-3 John (42'),4-3 Vincent (56'), 5-3 Venkatesh (70').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Viva Kerala, Kochi 6-1 EverGreen, Kannur - Goals: 1-0 Shine Raj (1'), 1-1 Rajesh Kumar (19'), 2-1,3-1,4-1 Javed PA (42',45',?'), 5-1,6-1 Wilson N.

Note-1: Star striker Baichung Bhutia has been named captain of a 20 member INDIA squad for the 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Japan on February 22 in Yokohama. Four standby players have also been named and they would make the trip with the squad to Hongkong for the friendly there on February 18 as a number of selected players have smaller injuries. The 20 plus four were chosen from a group of 28 probables who have been training in Delhi for a week.
Earlier in the day the India probables played a practice match against Amity United FC, a newly founded professional club from neighbouring Haryana. Amity United FC caused a lot of problems to the national team, who won in the end through a Kuttimani goal, but lost Abhishek Yadav in the process due to an injury. Who will replace him in the 20 member squad was unknown with Parveen Kumar a likely candidate.
INDIA:
Goalkeepers: 1-Sandip Nandy (Mahindra United), 22-Kalyan Chaubey (JCT Mills), 28-Israt Kamal (Central Railway).
Defenders: 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 14-Mahesh Gawli, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju (all Mahindra United), 23-Sanjeev Kumar Maria (Mohun Bagan AC), ??-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (State Bank of Travancore).
Midfielders: 7-Mehtab Hussain, 4-Mehraj Din Wadoo, 9-Manjit Singh, 25-Dharamjit Singh (all Mohun Bagan AC), 16-James Lukram Singh, 15-Krishnan Nair Ajayan (both Mahindra United), 13-Xavier Vijayakumar (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC).
Forwards: 15-Baichung Bhutia (Captain), 10-Syed Rahim Nabi (both East Bengal Club), 11-Abhishek Yadav (Mahindra United), 19-MA Abdul Hakkim (State Bank of Travancore), 31-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC).
On Standby: 20-Subrata Pal (GK, Mohun Bagan), 12-Steven Dias (MF, Mahindra United), 27-Parveen Kumar (FW, JCT Mills), 8-Saji D'Silva (FW, Indian Navy - Mumbai).
Officials: Chief Coach: Syed Nayeemuddin; Assistant Coach: Gabriel Joseph, Goalkeeping Coach: Atanu Bhattacharya; Manager: PK Banerjee; Project Director: Captain Sukhdev Singh Virk; Team Doctor: Dr. PSM Chandran; Physio: Gagan Kapoor.

Note-2: The AIFF has short listed 44 boys for the INDIA U14 probables camp to be held in Chandigarh from February 15 to March 23. The INDIA U14 Boys will take part in the AFC U14 Football Festival in Iran in late-March. Satheevan Balan (Kerala) has been named as coach with Carlos Gomes (Goa) appointed as the assistant coach. Chandigarh FA secretary Rakesh Bakshi has been appointed the camp coordinator. The training would be provided in morning and evening sessions at the Sector 17 Football Stadium. The campers will stay in the DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 Hostel.
INDIA U14 Probables: Baljinder Singh, Harshpreet Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Harshpreet Bedi, Vikas Gulia, Jonny Kumar, Sajandeep Singh (all from Chandigarh), Bishwajit Dutta, Sudipta Banerjee, Abhishek, Titankar Sarkar (all West Bengal), Laldinpuia, Malshanfila, PC Lalruatefela (all Mizoram), Alywin George, Shilton D'Silva, Karan Sahawney (all Maharashtra), Sanchit Subra, Ashish Chetri, Sujan Rai (all from Sikkim), Rajesh S, Charles, S Rajiv (all Tamil Nadu), Sunit Rawat, Aditya Awasti, Vivian Singh Sahi (all Delhi), Shalun Pires, Raymond Rodrigues (both Goa), Shenaj Singh, Manpreet Singh (both Punjab), Vivek Kumar, Mandeep (both Haryana), Dowansan, Samuel (both Meghalaya), Nikil Rekni, Gourav Sharma (both Uttaranchal), Jatin Raj (Kerala), Mohan Herbon (Jharkhand), Subash Pal (Uttar Pradesh), Shaid SK (Orissa), Jhutandev (Tripura), Krishnan Sunaini (Rasjasthan).

12. February
The latest IndianFootball.Com Guest Column Lector Mascarenhas. Lector Mascarenhas is a former Goan state level footballer and he in his write-up titled "Man in Black" looks at the scenario surrounding the referees and their plight.
Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - Lector Mascarenhas .

10th Assam Club Championships - Final: Assam Police Blues 1-0,0-0 2nd Assam Special Reserve Force [extra time] - Goal: 1-0 Amulya Das (96').
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 0-0 CIL - Goals: none.
Bangalore 'A' Division: BWSSB FC 1-3 Southern Blues FC - Goals: 0-1 Bhuvaneshwar (2'), 1-1 Kiran (16'), 1-2 Satish (69'), 1-3 Vijay Kumar (86').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Quarterfinal: Central Excise, Kochi 0-4 Kerala State Electricity Board - Goals: 0-1 Donel Keny (14'), 0-2 Ramesh (38'), 0-3 Renjith (60'), 0-4 Girish (71').
14.Women Nationals - Preliminary League Group ?: Delhi 1-1 Tripura - Goals: 1-0 Vineeta Baloni (10'), 1-1 ? (60').

Note-1: Kerala have named their state Women's team for the 14th Senior National Women's Football Championship to be held at the Bhilai Steel Plant ground (Chhattisgarh) from February 10 to 26. The team will be coached by VA Narayana Menon.
KERALA: Adolf Angel (Captain), Subitha P (Vice-Captain), MS Preethakumari, Christi Rachel, PP Usha, Femin C Charles, P Sunitha, Jubi C Chacko, VV Sheeba, Rini Samuel, P Sreelatha, CN Ajitha, CV Seena, Raji A Sunny, PV Nisha, A Rishma, Jeeva Kurian, S Shija, T Geetha, Fathima Mary. Coach: VA Narayana Menon; Assistant Coach: M Fausia; Manager: Rajan Jacob.

11. February
Bangalore Super Division: BEL SC 2-1 AGORC, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0 Dennis Kumar (14'), 1-1 Raju (27'), 2-1 Arvind (55').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Nationals FC 0-3 Postal Department - Goals: 0-1 Venkatesh (66th), 0-2 Santosh Kumar (74'), 0-3 Einstein (88').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Mogral, Kasargod 1-3 Kerala State Electricity Board - Goals: 0-1 Naushad Pari (16'), 0-2 Donel Keny (43'), 1-2 Mohammad Salim (66'), 1-3 Ramesh PB (73').
Mumbai Super Division - Super Six: Union Bank of India 1-2 Central Railway (Mumbai Division) - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Ammiruddin Ansari (39',62'), 1-1 Denis Menezes (45').
Mumbai Super Division - Super Six: Akbar Travels 1-0 ONGC - Goal: 1-0 Dhanraj Sumesh (73').

Note-1: As part of their preparation to face INDIA in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers, Japan faced the United States away in California yesterday. The US boys won 3-2 against the Nippon Blues at the Giants Baseball Stadium, San Francisco. The USA went into a 3-0 lead through Eddie Pope, Clint Dempsey and Taylor Twellman, but Japan reduced the deficit through late goals from Seiichiro Maki and Yuji Nakazawa. Both sides played only with local players, as none of their Europe-based players were available due to ongoing league action. For Japan coach Zico it was a chance to see his J-League players in action.

Note-2: Akbar Travels of Mumbai beat ONGC by a solitary goal in what was the title deciding and final game of the H2K MDFA Super Division. ONGC finish second in the league, and are thus the second team promoted to the Mumbai Elite Division, along with Akbar Travels. ONGC's promotion was confirmed before their match against Akbar Travels, as Union Bank blew their chance for a last-gasp promotion claim when they fell by the odd goal in three to Central Railways (Mumbai Division) in the earlier match of the day.

Note-3: Andhra Pradesh as the erstwhile Hyderabad used to be one of the hotbeds of Indian football talent. Until the 1970s Hyderabad was at the top of Indian football along with Bengal with teams like Hyderabad City Police and numerous players. Current national coach Syed Nayeemuddin is one of them.
But there has been no quality club or top talent coming from Andhra lately. This is due to internal troubles within the Andhra Pradesh Football Association. Currently two factions are fighting for control of the APFA, which has led to the FA being unfunctional. Now the AIFF has asked the APFA to form an ad-hoc committee, which comprises of two members each from the rival factions or otherwise the APFA would face disassociation from the APFA. Both sides have presented their case to the AIFF to strenghten their position, but the interest of football should come first, as always.

Note-4: Defending champions Manipur have named their state Women's team for the 14th Senior National Women's Football Championship to be held at the Bhilai Steel Plant ground (Chhattisgarh) from February 10 to 26. The team will be coached by S Ekendra Singh.
MANIPUR:L Ronibala Chanu, S Ibeyaima Devi, H Thoi Devi, M Surmala Chanu, A Sakhitombi Devi, Ph Momota Devi, W Robita Devi, K Rebika Devi, W Sachirani Devi, N Malemnganbi Devi, Th Monika Chanu.

10. February
10th Assam Club Championships - Semifinal: 2nd Assam Special Reserve Force 1-1,4-3 Assam State Electricity Board [on penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Sanjiva Rongpi (9'), 1-1 78 Rabiram Mushahary (78').
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 3-1 Royals SC - Goals: 1-0,3-1 Satish Kumar (13',79'), 1-1 Wilfred (20'), 2-1 Sunil Kumar (59').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Dharmaraja Union 1-6 BEML (EM) - Goals: 0-1 Prabhu (7'), 0-2 Manoj (31'), 0-3 Vinod (45'), 0-4 Arun Stanley (60'), 0-5 Christopher (63'), 0-6 Gopinath (72'), 1-6 Karthikeyan (82').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Central Excise, Kochi 5-2 Periyar Valley, Idduki - Goals: 1-0,3-1,5-2 Naushad (3',41',57'), 1-1 Radish (21'), 2-1 Sosh Mon (33'), 3-2 Shibu (52'), 4-2 Shabbir Ali (54').

Note-1: With defender Samir Naik (Dempo SC) plus midfielders Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United) and Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC) forced to pull out of the India camp due to serious injuries, national coach Syed Nayeemuddin has called on defenders Deepak Kumar Mondal (Mahindra United) and NP Pradeep (State Bank of Travancore) and striker Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) as replacement. Also the injury to captain Baichung Bhutia is a worry to the camp, but all hope Baichung will join normal practice by Monday.

Note-2: The INDIA U20 team left for Sri Lanka today on an eight day exposure tour. The Islam Akhmedov coached 20 member squad will play two matches against the Sri Lanka U20 national team and the senior Lanka side. The side will be led by midfielder Ong Tshering Lepcha from Sikkim. The tour is part of the teams preparations for the AFC U20 Youth Championships to be hosted by India in October 2006.
INDIA U20 Probables: Goalkeepers: Arindam Bhattacharjee (Tata Football Academy), Avijit Ghosh (Tata Football Academy); Defenders: Hirohito Elangbam (Tata Football Academy), Rino Anto (Tata Football Academy), Rakesh Masih (Tata Football Academy); Midfielders: Ong Tshering Lepcha (Sikkim; Captain), Lavino Fernandes (Dempo SC), Bimal Minz (Tata Football Academy), Lalramluaha Hmar (Tata Football Academy), Baldeep Singh (JCT Football Academy), Baljit Singh Sahni (JCT Football Academy); Forwards: Branco Vincent Cardozo (Tata Football Academy), Beevan D'Mello (Salgaocar SC), Lakshmikant Kattimani (Goa), Khangembamthoi Singh (Manipur), Pulparambil Shafeeq (Kerala); Unknown positions: John Francisco Rodrigues (Goa), Lalmalswama Hmar (Mizoram), Reisenga Vasum (Manipur), Jagabandhu Modi (Orissa).
Chief Coach: Islam Akhmedov; Goalkeeper Coach: Hemant Dora; Physio: Tapan Bhattacharya; Manager: Ravi Kumar David.

Note-3: The 2.Division National League will kickoff on February 22 simultaneously in Jamshedpur and Bangalore. The 12 participating clubs have been split into two groups of six teams each. Group A, which will be played in Jamshedpur, has Churchill Brothers SC, State Bank of Travancore, Punjab Police, EverReady SA, Tata Football Academy and Simla Youngs (Delhi). The Group B matches will be played at Bangalore were Vasco SC, Tollygunge Agragami, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Bank, Army XI and Assam Rifles (Tezpur) face each other.
Unlike in earlier seasons none the champion clubs from across India get a chance to play in the 2.Division. This year the AIFF picked and chose the participating clubs with Army XI and Assam Rifles as sirürise entrants, while no club from Mumbai has been invited nor have clubs from Goa and Kerala been invited, who are not in NFL or were relegated last season.

Note-4: The Punjab FA has announced it's state Women's team for the 14th Senior National Women's Football Championship to be held at the Bhilai Steel Plant ground (Chhattisgarh) from February 10 to 26.
PUNJAB: Rupinder Kaur, Amandeep, ranjit kaur, Simranjit Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Mona, Sukhvir Kaur, Manjinder Kaur, Baljit kaur, Amritpal Kaur, Ramandeep Kaur, Amanjot Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Navdeep Kaur, Manjit Kaur Butahari, Baljit Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur.

9. February
The Disciplinary Committee of the 10th National League met at 'Football House', New Delhi today to discuss and decide about a number of pending issues. The committee comprosing off SR Dev (Madhya Pradesh) as it's president plus SA Hamid (Jammu&Kashmir) and Captain SS Virk (Services Sports Control Board).
The committee rejected the demand of Fransa-Pax to replay their match against Mahindra United or award a point each to both clubs on the ground that "the protest is on a decision of the referee, based on a point of fact."
About disciplinary action against Fransa-Pax players and officials the committee has asked the concerned persons to appear infront of the Disciplinary Committee at the earliest, so the committee could take a fair decision on whatever punishment, fees where needed or not.
Meanwhile the Committee decided to hand back decision on the Fransa-Pax vs Air-India match, which was not held, to the NFL Emergency Committee. It felt the matter was not under it's jurisdiction.
In other decisions. The committee turned down a protest by Sporting Clube de Goa against the result of their Round 2 match against JCT Mills. It was turned down on the same grounds as the Fransa-Pax protest.
Also Mohammedan Sporting Club's protest against Air-India fielding an "ineligible player" was turned down. Air-India defender Binoy Kuruvilla was on a one match suspension ahead of the Fransa-Pax FC match, but the match was not played though Air-India was at the venue and Kuruvilla was left out of the Air-India squad for that match. He was then fielded in the matcha against Mohammedan Sporting. The Disciplinary Committee agreed to the logic and explanation of the Mumbai club.

Goa Women's League: SAI Hostel 1-0 Sporting Clube de Goa
Goa Women's League: Mangor SC 0-0 Curtorim Gymkhana
Mangor Sports Club from Vasco have won the four team Goa Women's League title!

Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 1-2 Sports Authority of India, South - Goals: 1-0 Satish (37'), 1-1,1-2 Prakash (46',69').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Government Press 1-0 BWSSB FC - Goal: 1-0 Venkatesh (26').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Round 1: Periyar Valley, Idduki 3-3,8-7 MES College, Mampad [on penalties] - Goals: 1-0 Cyril (30'), 1-1 Ahmed (32'), 1-2 Shihas (52'), 2-2 Vargheese B (60'), 2-3 Sajeer (64'), 3-3 Shajahan (66').
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Pre-Quarterfinal: Soccer Malappuram 7-1 Town SC, Pathanapuram - Goals: 1-0 Afzaal (8'), 2-0 Rafique (11'), 3-0,4-0,5-0 Rashid (26',36',37'), 5-1 Somu (46'), 6-1 Jaffer Khan (65'), 7-1 Asif (75').

8. February
10th Assam Club Championships - Semifinal: Assam Police Blues 2-0 Oil India Limited - Goals: 1-0 Amulya Das (44'), 2-0 Manoj Boro (49').
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 3-0 BEL SC - Goals: 1-0 Benedict, 2-0 Karthik, 3-0 Shyam.
Bangalore 'A' Division: Nationals FC 3-2 Oriental FC
31st Kerala State Club Football Championship - Round 1: Soccer Malappuram 5-0 Assosicated FC, Pathanamthitta - Goals: 1-0,4-0,5-0 Afzaal (42',82',84'), 2-0 Jaffer Khan (71'), 3-0 Fakurdeen (76').
Mumbai Super Division - Super Six: Union Bank of India 3-0 Bank of Baroda - Goals: 1-0 Dean Pereira (38'), 2-0 Walter Lui (53'), 3-0 Dean Pereira (57').

Note-1: Captain Baichung Bhutia has joined the India camp today and will start practising on Thursday. The team has already started its training from last Monday at the Nehru Stadium under the watchful eyes of coach Syed Nayeemuddin ahead of their match against Japan on February 22. Praveen Kumar of JCT and Dempo's Samir Naik are the other players who are yet to join the camp as they are busy with their club assignments.

Note-2: Vineeta Baloni of IGIPES (Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports) will lead a 20-member Delhi state team in the 14th Senior National Women's Football Championship to be held at the Bhilai Steel Plant ground (Chhattisgarh) from February 10 to 26. Defender Priyanka Singh of Kamla Nehru College has been named as the vice-captain.
DELHI: Madhvi, Kanta; Suchita Bisht, Priyanka Singh (vice-Captain), Jyoti Mann, Anjani Singh, Bindu Negi, Pushpa Rana; Luke, Jyoti Tripathi, Sushila Devi, Anju Gossain, Dipika Garwang; Shabnam, Vineeta Baloni (Captain), Nargis, Shanti Negi, Anuradha Joshi, Momita, Sonia Gaur. Coach: Preeti Arora; Manager: Nagender Singh.

Note-3: Bachan Singh Negi, a former Delhi state player, died at his ITO office in an accident today. He was 57 and had played for current Delhi League champions Simla Youngs between 1966-76.

7. February
UNI report: Cracking its whip on Fransa Pax FC, the AIFF today asked the Goan club to reverse its decision of withdrawing from the ongoing 10th National Football League by tomorrow or face disciplinary action.
Addressing a press conference here, AIFF President Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said Pransa has been asked to respond by tomorrow evening, expressing regret for their behaviour and pledging total adherehnce to the rules of the NFL.
Earlier, miffed by allegedly poor refereeing standard, Fransa Pax president Mickey Pacheco had threatened to withdraw his team from the ongoing championship, if his side was denied a replay of the match against Mahindra United. Subsequently, Fransa did not turn up in the match against Air India.
"The Emergency Committees of the AIFF and NFL met here today and we examined the video clippings of the Fransa-Mahindra match and went through the reports of referee, match commissioner and the local organising committee during the three-hour-long meeting. Accordingly, we rejected Fransa's protest note," Mr Dasmunsi said.
"If Fransa fails to respond to the decision of the Emergency Committee by tomorrow evening, as AIFF President, I have been authorised to to take further steps in accordance with the existing rules," he said. >He described Fransa's decision to pull out of the NFL as "detrimental to league structure and our commitment to the spectators, sponsors and television".
Pressed what kind of action coulod be taken against the Goan outfit if they don't respond, Mr Dasmunsi said, "I will announce that only after they fail to meet the deadline tomorrow. We have given them an opportunity to mend ways and it's upto them to avail it or throw it away." "The decisions have been conveyed to the Goa Football Association (GFA) Secretary and the same would be sent to the club,' he added.
An AIFF source, however, informed UNI that Fransa is all set to rejoin te NFL and there is no question of replacing it with another team to maintain the 10-team league structure.
"Of course they can be slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakhs besides disciplinary actions in case they ignore this decision. But things have been settled and they are most likely to rejoin NFL," he said.
The matter pertaining to the abandoned Fransa-Air India match would be disposed by the AIFF Disciplinary Committee meeting on Thursday, he added.

The Fransa-Pax FC reply:
UNI report: Goa's Fransa-Pax FC, which was today directed by the AIFF to reverse its decision of withdrawing from the ongoing 10th National Football League by tomorrow or face disciplinary action, stuck to its guns, saying there was no question of "compromising with our dignity and self respect".
"We will never compromise with our dignity and self-respect both on the field and outside the field. We hereby reiterate our earlier decision to refrain from playing till justice is given to us," the Club Chairman Francisco Pacheco stated here. If the AIFF wants us out of the NFL, we would be glad to know the same from them and exit gracefully, he said.
Fransa Pax's response was in reply to AIFF President Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who regretted the behaviour of the Club and sought total adherence to the NFL rules during an emergency meeting of the top sport body and NFL today in New Delhi.
Miffed by allegedly poor refereeing standard, Mr Pacheco had threatened to withdraw his team from the ongoing championship, if his side was denied a replay of the match against Mahindra United.
The Club, in its letter, a copy of which was circulated to the media this evening, said the AIFF was "purposely" pretending to be blind and deaf to the reality and hence "we expect no justice from the Federation".
"It is evident that the AIFF has got a hidden agenda and that they are ready to go to any extent to achieve the same. It is all out to victimise our Club to give a back door entry to the clubs which were relegated (from NFL) last year," Mr Pacheco alleged in the letter.
The very fact the AIFF decided to withdraw/suspend P Bikramjit, who officiated the January 30 match between Fransca Pax and Mahindra United, Mumbai, proved beyond doubt that the referee's decision in awarding the 2-1 win to Mahindra was biased, he said.
The AIFF's decision to withdraw/suspend the referee in less than 48 hours of the match had also shown that "we were right in lodging our protest against the decision of the referee", Mr Pacheco said.
Though this corroborated our stand that we had been victimised, it was surprising that the emergency committee of the AIFF refused to "see any sense in our protest and has rejected the same", the Goa Club said.
"It is extremely disheartening and pitiful to read para 3 of the AIFF resolution which clearly shows that the Federation is more interested in their commitments to the sponsors and television rather than to the betterment of football," the club stated in the reply.

10th National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-0 Dempo SC - Goals: none.
Former champions JCT Mills and current champions Dempo SC battled out a goalless draw in a 10th National League match at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. JCT Mills are now in seventh place with six points from seven matches, while Dempo are a place ahead of them with seven points from also seven matches.
Dempo coach Armando Colaco took a defensive approach against the Phagwara Millmen with numerous of his midfielders still injured and Brazilian Roberto Mendes Silva a late casualty due to food poisoning.
JCT meanwhile wanted to keep the three points at home and played an attacking game but Dempo's strategy to keep their opponents in check worked on the day. JCT controlled the midfield, but didn't get to many chances on goal. JCT welcomed back inform striker Parveen Kumar, who had to sit out the earlier match due to a card suspension, and it was he who had the best chances. JCT coach Parminder Singh tried to infuse new life into his teams attack with bringing on new players, but it had little effect.
REFEREE: Julius Irabor Akpele (JCT).
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10th National League - Goa: Air-India 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Goal: 1-0 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (69').
Air-India scored a lone goal victory against Mohammedan Sporting Club in a match-up of the two promoted sides in the 10th National League at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Air-India now have seven points from five matches, while Mohammedan Sporting remain on 10 points from now seven matches after their second consecutive loss.
Air-India controlled proceedings in most of the match, while Mohammedan Sporting seemed to have lost the momentum which had made them the surprise package of the NFL so far. For the Airmen from Mumbai their Nigerian striker Bashiree Mohammed Abbas was the dangerman initially. Sporting keeper Gopal Das had another good match in goal and denied his former teammate Suley Musah a goal from a freekick at the half-hour mark.
The quality of the match improved in the second half with Air-India having the better of the exchanges. Narender Meetei could have given his team the lead in the 65.minute, but Air-India took the lead four minutes later. An Uttam Leishangthem Singh freekick was headed on by Narender Meetei for Bashiree Mohammed Abbas to slot home. Narender Meetei could have doubled the lead a few minutes later, but his shot was blocked by Gopal Das. Thereafter Sporting tried to get the equaliser but failed.
Air-India were forced to play their home match away from Mumbai in Goa due to the bad state of the Cooperage ground in Mumbai.
REFEREE: Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (Air-India).
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10th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: Moran Town Club, Charaideo 1-3 Assam State Electricity Board
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1-0 CIL - Goal: 1-0 Rajendra Prasad (32').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Dharmaraja Union 3-7 Southern Blues FC
Goa Women's League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1 Curtorim Gymkhana
Goa Women's League: SAI Hostel 0-0 Mangor SC

Note-1: Japan will host the Indian national team in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers on February 22 at the 72.370 seater Nissan Stadium, Yokohama. The match kick-off time is 19.20 h (local time).
For the Indian national team it will be a great honour to play in the stadium which hosted the 2002 World Cup final between Brazil and Germany on June 30, 2002, then stadium used to be called Yokohama International Stadium. Hopefully our Indian boys will not be overawed by the fact of playing at such a venue.
For Japan the match against INDIA is part of their 2006 World Cup preparations. Ahead of the match against INDIA the Japanese have travelled to the United States on Sunday to take on the USA in San Francisco on February 10. Japan then play Finland in Shizuoka on February 18, before taking on INDIA. On February 28 the Japanese travel to Germany to take on Bosnia-Herzegovina in Dortmund.

6. February
IndianFootball.Com would like to officially announce the addition of two new IFC correspondents. Somsubhra Das will be working along with Swagatam as our new Calcutta correspondents team; while SD Kumar joins us as our Bangalore correspondent to enable us to give you better coverage from Karnataka.
So welcome to the IndianFootball.Com team: SOMSUBHRA & KUMAR!!!

10th National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 0-1 Mahindra United - Goal: 0-1 Jose Ramirez Barreto (68').
What do you get when title contenders East Bengal cross swords with title favourites Mahindra United? A lip-smacking display of competitive football that boosts the glorious image of the game. The two teams faced each other at the Saltlake Stadium in Calcutta for the Round 7 clash in the 10th National League 2005/06. Although the match was being played in Calcutta, the visitors looked the dominant side for a better part of the match. The unrivaled Jose Ramirez Barreto scored the only goal of the match in the 68th minute to increase the gap between the teams to 4 points with Mahindra having one game in hand. Without the attacking prowess of Baichung Bhutia and Mike Okoro, the East Bengal side lacked firepower in the final third and this cost them the match.
The first half started off in breathtaking fashion as both sides got chances in the first 15 minutes. In the 6th minute, Gouranga Dutta just failed to reach a through pass from Jayanta Sen while Barreto experienced the same feeling when he failed to reach the ball in the 10th minute after East Bengal goalkeeper Naseem Akhtar sloppily spilt the ball. Debabrata Roy's shot in the 12th minute did not trouble the opposition goalkeeper. Yakubu returned the compliment when he misfired in the 13th minute. Kulothungan's free kick in the 19th minute also sailed over the bar. The Mahindra team looked unsettled in these opening minutes and this was later admitted by their coach in the post-match press conference. However, as the match progressed, the visitors tightened their grip on the match and would have taken the lead in the 26th minute had Barreto reached a superb cross from Subash Chakraborty. There was a flutter in the stands as Yakubu sent the ball past Naseem Akhtar in the 31st minute but the goal was ruled out because he was caught offside. Kulothungan had another chance in the 37th minute after a good run by Malswam Tulunga but his shot was off target. Steven Dias' shot in the 40th minute was also off target. So, the first half ended goalless with majority of the attempts on goal from both sides being off target.
The second half continued in the same fashion. Kulothungan sent another shot over the crossbar in the 51st minute. Surkumar Singh thundered a shot towards the goal in the 57th minute. The shot whizzed high over the crossbar but left a diving Naseem Akhtar injured on the field. However, he was soon up on his feet again and resumed his duties between the posts. Yakubu got a free header in the 61st minute but failed to punish East Bengal for the defensive lapse. The best chance for East Bengal fell to Nabi in the 67th minute. Mahindra United custodian Subhashish Roy Chowdhury punched the ball out after a Jayanta Sen shot on goal. The ball fell kindly to Nabi whose first shot was blocked by Mahesh Gawli. The ball fell at his feet again but his shot went high over the crossbar from point blank range. That was the moment the likes of Baichung Bhutia and Mike Okoro were missed the most. The East Bengal players were hit with a bolt from the blue in the next minute itself when Barreto received a ball from the midfield and scored the winner with aplomb. The last part of the match passed in a flurry of yellow cards as the referee cautioned four players within a space of twenty minutes. Substitute Sasthi Duley squandered a chance of scoring the potential equaliser when his shot went straight into the hands of Subhashish Roy Chowdhury in the first minute of added time. Alvito D'Cunha made a brief appearance towards the end and looked impressive but he was obviously not fit enough to play even for 45 minutes. Thus, the gulf between the two teams in the National League widened to four points (with Mahindra having one game in hand) and the East Bengal players can now surely feel the coveted title eluding them once more.
EAST BENGAL: 1-Naseem Akhtar, 12-Anupam Sarkar, 16-Covan Lawrence, 26-Ngassa Ewane Guy Martial, 29-Soumik Dey (82' 9-Alvito D'Cunha), 7-Jayanta Sen, 28-Shylo Malswam Tulunga, 11-Kalia Kulothungan, 22-Debabrata Roy, 32-Gouranga Dutta (75' 8-Sasthi Duley), 19-Syed Rahim Nabi.
MAHINDRA: 1-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, 27-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 4-Deepak Kumar Mondal, 14-Mahesh Gawli, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 23-Steven Dias, 16-James Lukram Singh, 19-David Adjei (41' 9-Surojit Bose), 11-Subash Chakraborty (90+2' 26-Hekmat Singh), 8-Jose Ramirez Barreto, 10-Yakubu Yusif.
MAN of the MATCH: James Lukram Singh (Mahindra).
YELLOW CARD: Ngassa Ewane Guy Martial (84' East Bengal); Nanjangud Shivananju Manju (41'), Mahesh Gawli (69'), Surojit Bose (78'), Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (89' all Mahindra).
REFEREE: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat).
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10th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: Oil India Limited 8-0 India Club, Silchar
Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 2-0 AGORC, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Trijit Das (66',75').
Bangalore 'A' Division: BWSSB FC 1-0 Railway Wheel Factory - Goal: 1-0 Suresh (26').

Note-1: The Hong Kong FA today confirmed to IndianFootball.Com that the Hong Kong national team will take on INDIA at the Hong Kong Stadium at 1500 h (local time) on February 18.
Meanwhile INDIA's planned international friendly against Sudan on February 9 in Delhi has been called-off due to non-availability of the Sudanese national team. Now alternatively the AIFF is trying to organise a match against a Foreigners XI on February 12 in Delhi. The Foreigners XI would be made-up of foreign players who play their football in India with Sporting Clube de Goa coach Clifford Chukwama as the Foreign XI teams coach. The match has to be still confirmed and if it is held, it should be a better practice match then against a local Delhi club side.

Note-2: The Karnataka State FA announced the Karnataka State Women's Team for the 14th Women's National Football Championship to be held in Bhilai, Chattisgarh. The Team is Lead by Nancy.
KARNATAKA: Nancy (Captain), Nesh Kumari (Vice-Captain), Jaishree, Praveena, Pravija, Latha, Tilakha, Shivashanthi, Priyanka,Rajeshware, Pooja, Ashwitha, Kartika, Bhagayashree, Jaishree, Sewatha, Tulishi, Pravija. Coach: Mary Victoria. Manager: Ramu.

Note-3: The Ashutosh Memorial All-India Inter-Varsity Football title was won by Punjab University, Chandigarh through a 2-0 win against home side HNB Garhwal University at Srinagar. Both goals were scored by striker Mandip Singh.

5. February
10th National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-1 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 1-0 Agnelo Colaco (15'), 1-1 Dipendu Biswas (80').
In a match between two former champions who are searching for their form and scoring boots, Salgaocar SC were held to a one-all draw by Mohun Bagan AC in a 10th National League match at the floodlit Nehru Stadium, Margao. Salgaocar now have five points from six matches, while Mohun Bagan also have collected five points but the Green-and-Maroon have played a match more.
From the word go both sides played attacking football, but they also proved on the day why they have had problems in scoring goals lately. Mohun Bagan's Nigerian striker Ibrahim Awudu shot was wide after just 10 minutes, but it was Salgaocar who had a couple of good chances through Manitombi Singh and Micky Fernandes in the first quarter before they took the lead. A Jerose Oliveira cross from the right was headed into the Bagan goal by defender Agnelo Colaco. Bagan could have equalised before the breather, but Ibrahim missed an easy chance infront of the Salgaocar goal shooting the ball over the crossbar.
After the break Salgaocar pulled their men back with Bagan starting a quest for the equaliser. The longer the match lasted the Bagan pressure grew stronger, still the Salgaocar defence stood tall with especially veteran Roberto Fernandes doing a good job, he later received the "Man of the Match" award. But Bagan got the equaliser in the 81.minute when substitute Dipendu Biswas headed in a freekick from another substitute Coffe Edem Agbessi from Benin.
The match did turn rough sometimes, but the good referee S Suresh had things under his control flashing eight yellow cards at the players, one of them saw it twice. Bagan were then reduced to 10 men in injury time when their Brazilian defender Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda received his second yellow card of the match for a foul on Samson Singh. Thereafter Bagan survived a Salgaocar onslaught in which the Goans could have won the match before the referee finally blew the whistle.
SALGAOCAR: 2-Arijit Sengupta, 12-Remus Gomes, 8-Agnelo Colaco, 22-Roberto Fernandes, 15-Manitombi Singh (55' 23-William Colaco), 14-Jerose Oliveira (65' 3-Selwyn Fernandes), 6-Micky Fernandes, 10-Fabio dos Passos, 25-Rocus Lamare, 11-Kumar Samson Singh, 28-Bruno Oliveira (76' 30-Ashim Biswas).
MOHUN BAGAN: 21-Imran Khan, 15-Dulal Biswas, 4-Anbalath Suliman Firoze, 20-Sanjeev Kumar Maria, 30-Manas Das, 28-Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, 7-Tomba Singh, 18-Dharamjit Singh (67' 19-Coffe Edem Agbessi), 23-Mehtab Hussain, 27-T Akum Ao (49' 10-Dipendu Biswas), 9-Ibrahim Awudu.
MAN of the MATCH: Roberto Fernandes (Salgaocar).
YELLOW-RED CARD: Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda (90+' Mohun Bagan).
YELLOW CARDS: Bruno Oliveira (28'), Micky Fernandes (31'), Arijit Sengupta (39', all Salgaocar); Mehtab Hussain (31'), Dulal Biswas (35'), Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda (63'), Sanjeev Kumar Maria (65', all Mohun Bagan).
REFEREE: S Suresh (Tamil Nadu).
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10th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: 2nd Assam Special Reserve Force 7-2 Nehru Athletic Club, Nalbari
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 0-1 Royals SC - Goals: 0-1 Wilfred (58').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Government Press 1-1 Postal Department - Goals: 1-0 Giri (21'), 1-1 Joseph (36').
Goa Women's League: Mangor SC 3-0 Sporting Clube de Goa
Goa Women's League: Curtorim Gymkhana 0-0 SAI Hostel

Note-1: The AIFF today informed the media that it had decided to cancel Fransa-Pax FC's two upcoming 10th National League matches - Sporting Clube de Goa vs Fransa-Pax FC (February 6) and Salgaocar SC vs Fransa-Pax FC (February 9). The federation took this decision in their own interest, the interest of the Goa FA, the broadcast Zee Sports and the fans to avoid any further hick-ups after repeated requests to Fransa-Pax to play their upcoming matches before a decision on the fate of the match against Mahindra United could be taken failed.
The AIFF's Emergency Committee Meeting on February 7 in New Delhi is set to decide the fate of Fransa-Pax FC.

Note-2: The All-Manipur FA at its executive council meeting today in the state capital Imphal decided unanimously to decline the resignation offer of its A Santoshkumar Singh. The AMFA has asked Santoshkumar to continue in his position.
A Santoshkumar Singh had earlier said in the Manipur-Goa Santosh trophy dispute that he would resign, if the AIFF does not take a decision on the match referee Saji Kurien by January 31. The AIFF was unable to take a decision on the referee yet, as it is waiting for a reply from the AFC on their comments on the referee's decisions to restart the match while Manipur where still celebrating their goal. But Santoshkumar sticking by his words had earlier this week send in his resignation letter, which now has been rejected.
The meeting today also decided to allow the Manipur Women's team to defend their title at the 14th Women's National Football Championship to be played at Bhilai, Chattisgarh.

Note-3: The INDIA U14 Boys probables camp will be held from February 15 to March 23 in Chandigarh to select a squad for the AFC U14 Football Festival - South Asia Zone. 43 boys were selected for the camp from the 2nd U14 Football Festival held at the end of last year in Chandigarh.
Meanwhile the INDIA U19 Girls' Coaching camp will be held from February 12 at Gurgaon, Haryana in preparation for the AFC U19 Women's Championship qualifiers. The INDIA U19 Girls' play their qualifiers at home in Delhi March 5 to 9.

4. February
10th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: Sporting Union, Hailakandi - Assam Police Blues
Bangalore Super Division: CIL 1-3 Sports Authority of India, South - Goals: 0-1 Arogyaraj Kenneth (54'), 1-1 Thomas (67'), 1-2 Naveen Babu (79'), 1-3 Prakash B (90+2').
Bangalore 'A' Division: BEML (EM) 3-2 Oriental FC - Goals: 1-0 Arun Kumar (10'), 1-1,1-2 Jerry (12',33'), 2-2 Vinod (74'), 3-2 Suresh (85').

Note-1: Gley Yao Rodrigue today signed for Mohammedan Sporting Club at the IFA office in Calcutta. Rodrigue could sign for Sporting today after a "no objection" certificate was issued by his former club Mohun Bagan AC ending weeks of uncertainty and speculation.

Note-2: The 23rd PD Gupta Memorial Football Trophy title was won by Border Security Force against Jalandhar city rivals Punjab Police via a penalty shootout at Rurka Kalan yesterday. The match had ended in a 1-1 draw in regulation time.Earlier BSF won 1-0 against Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and Punjab Police beat YFC, Rurka Kalan by 2-0 to enter the finals. The winners bagged Rs 25,000, while the runners-up got Rs 20,000.
In village level championship Rurka Klan beat Shankar by 2-1. Thw winners got a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and the runners-up pocketed 8,000.

3. February
10th National League - Calcutta: Mohammedan Sporting Club 0-2 Dempo SC - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Ranty Martins Soleye (24',44').
Champions Dempo SC finally won their first match in the ongoing 10th National League, a 2-0 away win against an inform Mohammedan Sporting Club at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Meanwhile for promoted Mohammedan Sporting, the surprise package so far, the loss today ended their excellent run in the last four rounds where the club were able to pick-up 10 points. Mohammedan Sporting remain on 10 points from six matches, while Dempo moved out of the relegation zone with now six points from as many matches.
Dempo played like champions today and their Nigerian striker Ranty Martins Soleye proved his class with two crucial goals to win the match for the Men in Blue, while high flying Sporting came down crashing onto earth. Dempo controlled the midfield and didn't allow Sporting to play their natural game, also taking care of Sporting dangerman Patrick. Dempo's poor start into the NFL was forced by numerous injuries to key player and this seems to also becoming a problem for Sporting, where Zimbabwean defender David Mkandawire had to take the field with an injury and the end of today's match Patrick and some other players also didn't look 100% match fit.
Dempo took the lead in the 24.minute when a John Charles Dias cross from the right was headed down by Majekodunmi Bolaji for Ranty to score. A minute from the breather Ranty doubled the lead once again working in tandem with Bolaji to beat the Sporting defence. Ranty could have actually completed his hattrick at the hour mark, but he was denied by Gopal Das in the Sporting goal. With Patrick taken care off by the Dempo defenders it was left to Bijen Singh to try his luck, but he wasted two good chances. Sporting coach Habib did try to add some teeth to his teams attack with introducing veteran Raman Vijayan but it did not bring any results.
MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: 1-Gopal Das, 3-Madhab Das, 16-Wajid Ali (72' 9-Raman Vijayan), 24-David Mkandawire (46' ?-Surajit Chakraborty), 6-Bijoy Basfore, 2-Palash Karmakar, 8-Satyajit Bose, ?-Anit Kumar Ghosh (31' 20-Suman Dutta), 18-Mohammed Mukhtar, 7-Bijen Singh, 14-Okonji Onyelo Patrick.
DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal, 28-Dhanraj Ravanan, 4-Stanley Colaco, 3-John Charles Dias, 24-Melwyn Rodrigues, 6-Jules Alberto Dias, 2-Majekodunmi Bolaji, 7-Nacimento Silveira (89' 14-Mauricio Freeman Peixoto), 15-Clifford Miranda (85' 19-Johnny D'Cruz), 9-Ranty Martins Soleye, 22-Ishfaq Ahmed (77' 17-Joaquim Abranches).
MAN of the MATCH: Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo).
REFEREE: Bharat Mani (Karnataka)
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10th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: 2nd Assam Special Reserve Force (walkover) Assam Rifles
Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 5-0 BEL SC - Goals: 1-0,3-0,5-0 Satish (33',45',?'), 2-0 Karthik (44'), 4-0 J Muralidharan (79').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Dharmaraja Union 0-1 BWSSB FC - Goal: 0-1 Suresh (26').
Goa Women's League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-1 SAI Hostel
Goa Women's League: Curtorim Gymkhana 0-1 Mangor SC

Note-1: The 10th National League Round 6 match between Fransa-Pax FC - Air-India scheduled for today was not held as Fransa-Pax did not turn-up as they had said earlier. Air-India and referee K Shankar were present at the Nehru Stadium and the international referee called-off the match at 19.00 IST as Fransa-Pax failed to report. No decision was taken today by the match commissioner MG Suvarna, if the match would be awarded to Air-India. The AIFF would hold an emergency committee meeting on February 7 to discuss and decide on the scenario surrounding Fransa-Pax FC.

Note-2: (Gasper Crasto): Navelim Youth Centre sponsored by City International Exchange Co emerged champions from among 17 teams in the 9th edition of Bombay Boys Rolling Trophy one day 7 a-side football tournament beating AVC Overseas Association 3-2 in the final.
The tournament sponsored by Refreshment Trading Co - Coco Cola and organized by Bombay Boys Sports Club under the auspices of Kuwait Indian Football Federation was played on the first day of Eid at Soor Grounds. The games were witnessed by a large holiday crowd.
Seven a-side matches in Kuwait are played on a standard size ground with a 20-minute duration divided into two halves. A tie-breaker system (3 penalties each) is applied in an event of a draw.
The finals played between NYC and AVC couldn't have been better. With both the teams solid in defense and attacking at every opportunity, each moment of the match kept the crowds absolutely delighted. There were numerous attempts at goal either side of the half. Navelim goalkeeper Britto Pereira came up with point blank saves while Jose Fernandes under AVC bar parried away scorchers -- specially from NYC striker Cruz Rodrigues. The normal time, however, failed to clinch a goal. Stand-in goalkeeper Alfred Pires blocked one penalty and scored the final spot-kick with ease. Navelim were on target scoring through Gasper Crasto, Duarte Ferrao and Alfred Pires.
Earlier, in the semifinals, BBSC (B) gave away their title credentials by losing out the semis to AVC in the tie-breaker, while Navelim advanced to finals overcoming M&M sponsored Veterans, strong contenders DHL, and Kuwait Goans Association. Navelim were fortunate when star players of their opponents -- KGA goalkeeper Connie Rodrigues, and AVC striker Jimmy Goveiea were red-carded in earlier games for offensive language. IFRA (Indian Football Referees Association) officials have been strongly implementing laws on abusive language which has gained remarkable backing from spectators and club officials alike.

2. February
10th National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-1 East Bengal Club - Goal: 0-1 Narinder Singh (9', own Goal).
JCT Mills suffered a 0-1 home defeat in the 10th National League at the hand of East Bengal Club at the well-filled Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. For the Phagwara Millmen it was the third defeat in a row and they remain on five points from six matches. The unbeaten Red-and-Gold brigade meanwhile now have 12 points from three wins and three draws.
East Bengal started strongly in the first quarter as has been usual in the last few matches and got the lead in the 9.minute. Cameroonian midfielder Ndem A Guy Kiyeck Herve took charge of the ball on the right flank still in JCT's half. Seeing an advancing Baichung Bhutia, Ndem shot a curling ball for the India captain, but before the ball got to Baichung, JCT defender Narinder Singh deflected the ball into his own net past a helpless Kalyan Chaubey in goal. East Bengal could have doubled the lead thereafter with Cameroonian defender Ngassa Ewane Guy Martial heading a corner over the bar and a Shylo Malswam Tulunga shot cleared by a JCT defender. Thereafter it was JCT's search for the equaliser, which eluded them for the rest of the match. JCT did miss the services of in-form striker Parveen Kumar, who was out due to a double card booking. His replacement Sunil Chetri did his best, even earning the "Man of the Match" award, but his partner upfront Johnson Segun Banner had an off day. Either the JCT finish was not good enough or East Bengal keeper Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar was in the way. Especially after the breather JCT had some good chances through Chetri, Marcos and substitute Baldeep Singh, but the story was always the same: no goal scored. So it remained 1-0 for East Bengal until the end.
JCT MILLS: 22-Kalyan Chaubey, 2-Jaspal Singh, 24-Narinder Singh, 3-Julius Irabor Akpele, 12-Daljit Singh, 7-Sukhjinder Singh (29' 13-Baldeep Singh), 16-Marcos Pereira, 6-Sukhwinder Singh, 15-Renedy Singh, 11-Sunil Chetri, 20-Johnson Segun Banner (86' 30-Surjit Singh).
EAST BENGAL: 24-Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar, 12-Anupam Sarkar (85' 5-Habibur Rehman Mondal), 16-Covan Lawrence, 26-Ngassa Ewane Guy Martial, 29-Soumik Dey (81' 32-Gouranga Datta), 7-Jayanta Sen, 28-Shylo Malswam Tulunga, 20-Ndem A Guy Kiyeck Herve, 11-Kalia Kulothungan (69' 9-Alvito D'Cunha), 19-Syed Rahim Nabi, 15-Baichung Bhutia.
MAN of the MATCH: Sunil Chetri (JCT).
YELLOW CARDS: Ndem A Guy Kiyeck Herve (23'), Jayanta Sen (48', both East Bengal)
REFEREE: Deepak Bisht (Delhi).
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10th National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-2 Mahindra United - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Yakubu Yusif (4',26'), 1-2 Bruno Oliveira (90'+).
Title aspirants Mahindra United scored their fourth win in a row in the 10th National League. Also it was their third 2-1 win, this time they won away to Salgaocar SC at the floodlit Nehru Stadium, Margao. Mahindra United moved back to the top of the NFL table with now 13 points from five matches, while Salgaocar SC remain on four points from as many matches after their third consecutive defeat.
Mahindra took an early fourth minute lead when Brazilian Jose Ramirez Barreto through pass found his Ghanian strike partner Yakubu Yusif, who made no mistake to beat Salgaocar keeper Arijit Sengupta. It was once more the class of Barreto and Yakubu which gave Mahindra a 2-0 lead in the 26.minute. Barreto got the ball across to defender Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, who had moved-up, who played the ball to Yakubu for him to score his second goal. Salgaocar where missing regulars Remus Gomes, Roberto Fernandes and Manitombi Singh and the weakened defence had their problems with Barreto and Yakubu. Only goalkeeper Arijit Sengupta denied Mahindra a bigger lead with some good saves, but he also was a stand-in player as regular keeper Sangram Mukherjee is out injured. It remained 2-0 for the Mumbai Jeepmen at the break.
After the breather Salgaocar put up a better display, but they only were able to reduce the margin in injury time through a goal from their Brazilian striker Bruno Oliveira, who had come on for Ashim Biswas. Oliveira was able to put in a Jerose Oliveira cross.
MAN of the MATCH: Yakubu Yusif (Mahindra).
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10th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: India Club, Silchar 2-0 Global Academy, Gossaigaon
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 0-0 ADE - Goals: none.
Bangalore 'A' Division: Nationals FC 0-4 Southern Blues FC - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Satish (3'21'), 0-3 Uday Kumar (50'), 0-4 Bhuvaneshwar (79').

Note-1: The 10th National League Round 6 match between Fransa-Pax FC - Air-India scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled due to Fransa-Pax refusing to play the match.
Fransa-Pax had asked the AIFF to postpone their three remaining matches until the NFL break, but the AIFF did not bow to the pressure tactics, as they asked Fransa-Pax to play their matches and wait for a decision to be taken by the AIFF disciplinary committee on the issue. At today's pre-match manager's meeting Fransa-Pax did not attend as they had informed in writing before hand, so Match Commissioner MG Suvarna decided to call-off the match tomorrow.
Air-India Coach-cum- Manager Bimal Ghosh informed that his team would send a letter to the Match Commissioner and ask him to award the match to Air-India as per NFL rules as Fransa-Pax refused to play.
Match Commissioner MG Suvarna said he had talked to the AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco and that any decision would now be taken by the AIFF disciplinary committee.
Meanwhile the GFA secretary Savio Messias is been trying to convince Fransa president Mickky Pacheco not to disband his team in the interest of Goan football, which Pacheco has said was one of the options at his disposal, if the AIFF's decision was not in his clubs favour.

Note-2: With the state of the Cooperage ground in Mumbai staying as bad as it has been the Round 7 match Air-India vs Mohammedan Sporting Club has been shifted to Goa. The match would now be held a day later on February 7 at 19.00 IST at the Nehru Stadium, Margao.

Note-3: The book "Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation" (A Social History of Indian Football), written by Boria Majumdar and Kausik Bandyopadhyay was released today by the AIFF president Priya Ranjan Das Munshi at the Press Corner of the Calcutta Book Fair. The book has been commissioned by the Indian Football Association.
Talking to the press after the book launch the AIFF president said that Baichung Bhutia would lead the India team during their first two matches in the 2007 Asian Cup qualifiers. The president said that he had a meeting with team manager PK Banerjee about the preparations for the trip to Japan.

1. February
10th National League - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: none.
Super Cup champions Sporting Clube de Goa played out a goalless draw against former champions Mohun Bagan AC in a 10th National League match at the floodlit Nehru Stadium, Margao. After having played six matches Sporting Clube de Goa now have 10 points to remain unbeaten, while Mohun Bagan have four points from the same number of matches, but they remain winless.
It was one of those matches where the two teams tried to neutralise their opponents and the outcome was an unimaginative draw. Mohun Bagan took a defensive approach in trying to contain Sporting Clube's two dangerous Nigerian strikers MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi and Chidi Edeh. Mohun Bagan's Brazilian defender Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, who later earned the "Man of the Match" award, was instrumental in controlling Dudu throughout the match. Sporting Clube controlled major parts of the match, but this control was mainly contained to the midfield.
Bagan had two good chances in the first half through a long-ranger from Tomba Singh and Ibrahim Awudu, who effort was cleared by a Sporting Clube defender. Sporting Clube had their best chance before the break through Bibiano Fernandes, but his shot sailed over the bar. After the break Sporting Clube had a couple of good chances through Dudu and Chidi but their chances also went over the crossbar. Bagan had the best chance of the match through Ibrahim, but once more the Sporting Clube defenders defused the danger.
MAN of the MATCH: Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda (Mohun Bagan).
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10th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: 2nd Assam Special Reserve Force (walkover) Town Club, Titabor
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 2-0 AGORC, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Vinod (70',90').
Bangalore 'A' Division: Postal Department 3-0 Oriental FC - Goals: 1-0 Joseph (6'), 2-0 Einstein (51'), 3-0 Xavier(54').

Note-1: Fransa-Pax FC president Mickky Pacheco at a press conference today threatened to disband his whole team, if the AIFF did not take a decision which was favourable to his club.
Pacheco stated that the AIFF has replied to his club that a decision could only be taken in a couple of weeks, which Fransa-Pax wasn't willing to accept and that the club would then boycott their upcoming matches against Air-India (February 3), Sporting Clube de Goa (February 6) and Salgaocar SC (February 9). The club expects the AIFF either to award both teams a point or reply the match.
The AIFF would call a disciplinary committee meeting in a few days time and have asked Fransa-Pax to send a representative to the meeting, but the club are reluctent to do so.
Interesting to note is that as per FIFA's international laws of the game, a referee's decision is ultimate and cannot be overturned afterwards. One will have to wait and see what happens...

Note-2: Punjab Police; YFC, Rurka Kalan, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala; and Border Security Force have all entered the semifinals of the 23rd PD Gupta Memorial Football Trophy being played at Rurka Kalan. Punjab Police beat Mahilpur XI by 4-0 to enter semis. In a very keenly contested match YFC Rurka Kalan beat CRPF by 3-2 via penalty shootout. Both teams were locket in a 2-2 draw in full time. In the Village level matches Rurka Kalan, Shankar, Thalla and Domeli have reached the semifinals.