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AFC Cup 2008 | Group A | Round 5 | Sports City Stadium, Beirut | 19.30 IST: Al Ansar, LEBANON 1-1 Dempo SC Goals: 0-1 Ranty Martins Soleye (27'), 1-1 Hussain Hamdan (84') AL ANSAR: 22-Lary Mehanna; 2-Imad Miri (72' 23-Hussein Hamdan), 5-Mohamad Mechlebmatar [C], 6-Mohamad Matar (46' 11-Mohamad Atwi), 7-Nabil Baalbaki, 13-Hussein Amin (58' 20-Nasrat Al Jamal), 14-Ahmad El Khodor, 16-Abdul Kader Deka, 18-Paul Rustom, 21-Mohamad Hammoud, , 25-Edilson Da Silva. Unused Substitutes: 1-Ziyad El Samad, 8-Sami El Choum, 9-Hassan Danash, 19-Mootazbellah Eijounaidi DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal; 18-Valeriano Rebello (82' 4-Cressan Antao), 23-Dominic Noronha, 3-John Charles Dias, 16-Samir Naik; 17-Joaquim Abranches, 8-Climax Lawrence, 11-Roberto Mendes Silva, 22-Nicolau Borges; 9-Ranty Martins Soleye [C], 30-Chidi Edeh. Unused Substitutes: 21-VP Satish Kumar, 5-Marcus Peixoto, 6-Peter Carvalho, 20-Riston Rodrigues, 24-Melwyn Rodrigues, 29-Clifton Gonsalves YELLOW CARDS: Hussein Amin (42', Al Ansar); Joaquim Abranches (15', Dempo). REFEREE: Tan Hai (China). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Dequan Zhou (China), Qingwei Liu (China). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Kakabay Seydov (Turkmenistan). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Alisher Nikibaev (Uzbekistan). ATTENDENCE: 1.950 Match Report: ...

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AFC Cup 2008 | Group B | Round 5 | Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta | 15.00 IST: East Bengal Club 0-0 Safa SC, LEBANON Goals: none EAST BENGAL: 1-Subrata Pal; 27-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 12-Anupam Sarkar, 3-Majekodumni Bolaji, 5-Debabrata Roy; 23-Mehtab Hussain, 26-Mehraj din Wadoo, 7-Jayanta Sen, 15-Ike Ibe Gift, 9-Alvito D'Cunha (84' 10-Dipendu Biswas); 19-Syed Rahim Nabi (69' 6-Snehashish Chakraborty). Unused Substitutes: 24-Arup Debnath, 8-Poibang Pohshna, 16-Madhab Kumar Das, 20-Vinu Jose, 28-Vanlal Rova SAFA: 1-Nazih Tay; 2-Ali Al Saadi, 3-Pierre Ploycarpe Milat, 8-Mohamad Korhani, 10-Rony Azar (78' 7-Mahmoud El Zoughbi), 11-Bernard Raphail Mbassi (63' 9-Hussein Tahan), 12-Rami Kaddoura, 15-Prince Bobby, 16-Ramez Dayoub, 18-Hamze Abboud (82' 6-Nour Mansour), 20-Khodr Salame [C]. Unused Substitutes: 5-Omar Quaida, 21-Hamzeh Salameh, 23-Youssef Baalbaki, 30-Mohamad Mokhtar Neemani YELLOW CARDS: Debabrata Roy (60'), Dipendu Biswas (90+3', both East Bengal); Prince Bobby (45+1', Safa). REFEREE: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan), Aleksey Mironov (Uzbekistan). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Berdimurat Niyazdurdyev (Turkmenistan). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Junko Egawa (Japan). ATTENDENCE: 10.000 Match Report: AFC report: East Bengal saw their chances of a place in the AFC Cup quarterfinals recede after the Indian side could only manage a goalless draw with Group B leaders Safa at Salt Lake Stadium on Wednesday. Defences dominated in a game of few chances with Safa coming closest to breaking the deadlock near the end of the first-half when Mohamad Khorhani deceived keeper Subrata Pal only for Anupam Sarkar to produce an excellent clearance. The result means the Lebanese side top the standings on nine points with one game to go while East Bengal trail their rivals by two points. Syed Rahim Nabi had the game's first chance with just two minutes gone but the East Bengal striker's header from Ibe Gift's left-wing cross flew wide by a whisker. Alvito D'Cunha was next to try his luck for the home side after quarter of an hour as the skipper worked an opening for himself but his shot was weak and Safa keeper Nazih Tay easily collected. Ghanaian Bobby Prince then struck a long-range effort that flew narrowly over the bar for Safa before Tay did well to beat away Surkumar Singh's 25-yard volley. Sarkar then came to the rescue just before the interval when midfielder Khorani's goal-bound effort eluded Paul but the defender was on hand to prevent Safa taking the lead. The second-half continued in much the same vein as the first with chances at a premium and Nabi limped out of the action with 20 minutes to go to be replaced by Snehashis Chakraborty. And the substitute immediately tested Tay with a low right-footed drive that was well blocked by the keeper after being put through by D'Cunha. The skipper, far and away East Bengal's best player, again forged another chance for Chakraborty with a cross from an overhead kick but the latter could not convert the header. That proved to be D'Cunha's last meaningful contribution as he was replaced by veteran Dipendu Biswas due to a hamstring strain. East Bengal now travel to Yemen to take on Ahli Sana'a in their final Group B game knowing they need a victory and hope other results go their way if they are to progress to the last eight.

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 4 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-1 Chirag United SC Goals: 0-1 Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (46'), 1-1 Mike Okoro (57') MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: 1-Naseem Akhtar; 30-V Premkumar, 23-Rajib Ghosh, 15-Tapan Giri, 5-Mir Farooq Hyder, 12-Prasanta Chakraborty, 7-Roque Barreto, 26-Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi, 19-Kalia Kulothungan, 9-Subair Muritala Ali, 10-Mike Okoro [C]. Unused Substitutes: 22-Tungshang Tharngachan, 11-K Shyju, 14-Basudeb Mondal, 16-Mohammad Muneer KP, 18-Mohammed Mukhtar, 21-Seby Martins, 27-A Jyothi Kumar CHIRAG UTD: 21-Somnath Khara; 2-Louis Nigi Ebami, 8-Sasthi Duley, 9-Surajit Chakraborty, 15-Dulal Biswas, 19-Anjan Dey, 20-Barun Oraon, 22-Muzaffar Rehman, 24-Theodore Sunday Wrobeh [C], 25-Shankar Oraon, 29-Achinta Saha. Unused Substitutes: 12-Subhash Singha Roy, 4-Kingshuk Debnath, 5-R Dhanarajan, 6-Ejike Chika Chime, 16-Arnab Mondal, 27-Lalmalswama, 30-Gouranga Datta YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Deepak Kumar Dey (Assam). ASSISTANT REFEREES: PK Bose (Madhya Pradesh), Pratap Singh (Services). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Nazir Ahmed (Jammu&Kashmir). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: Mohammedan Sporting Club held Calcutta rivals Chirag United SC to a one-all draw in the I-League Division 2 at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati to also confirm their place in next seasons I-League proper. Chirag United dropped their first points of the final round, while Mohammedan Sporting earned the one point they needed to confirm their promotion. Chirag United are top of the league with 10 points from four matches, while Mohammedan Sporting are second with seven points from as many matches with more goals scored against Mumbai FC, who have a match in hand. Today's score results in Calcutta having four teams in the I-League next year!

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Final | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Ferroviaria FC, BRAZIL 0-1 Air-India Goals: 0-1 Surojit Roy (10') FERROVIARIA: 1-Jaciel Segala [C]; 2-Caio Cesar, 3-Alan Henrique Costa, 4-Rodrigo Rizo, 5-Jucimar Lima, 6-Fabricio Stela, 7-Frederico Oliveira (46' 15-Waleer Cunha Ferreira), 8-Reinaldo Jr, 11-Robinson Michel, 16-Dennis Augusto (73' 9-Samuel Demelo), 17-Washington Luis. Unused Substitutes: 12-Guilhermeivo, 10-Harrison Marino, 13-Felipe Mendes, 14-Rodrigo Cruz, 18-Danilo Caccelli AIR-INDIA: 30-Sarath EC; 29-Santosh Singh (87' 18-Hamza Zaheer Abbas), 2-Haobijam Napoleon Singh [C], 24-Ravinder Singh, 6-L Uttam Singh, 19-Santosh Koli; 23-Surojit Roy, 12-Michael Segum Tayo, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree Mohammed Abbas, 8-Kumar Samson Singh (50' 11-Hringsolal Thomte). Unused Substitutes: 21-Subir Sinha, 5-Vijith Shetty, 10-T Narender Meetei, 14-Subhash Singh MAN OF THE MATCH: Michael Segum Tayo (Air-India). RED CARD: Reinaldo Jr (Ferroviaria). YELLOW CARDS: Jucimar Lima (24'), Robinson Michel (31'), Rodrigo Rizo (32'), 2-Caio Cesar (37', all Ferroviaria); Ravinder Singh (66'), 27-Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (70'), Hringsolal Thomte (86', all Air-India). REFEREE: Edigio D'Costa (Goa). ASSISTANT REFEREES: VN Aravindakshan (Kerala), Denny Jacob (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: S Sasikumar (Kerala). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: I-League side Air-India scored a memorable 1-0 victory against Brazilian club Ferroviaria FC in the finals of the 2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup at the floodlit Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur infront of over 35,000 spectators. Winger Surojit Roy scored an early winner in the 10th minute to decide the match for the Mumbai Airmen. A memorable victory for an Indian club against that from the south American football giants.

::: Champions Youth Cup draw made :::
The draw for the 2nd edition of the Champions Youth Cup was made today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our INDIA U19 boys have been drawn in a tough Group A along with PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona and Flamengo Rio de Janeiro with matches to be played in Kuantan.
The 16-team U19 youth tournament would be played from August 5 to 16 across Malaysia and will see four Asian teams - India, Qatar, China and hosts Malaysia - taking on giants of world football like defending champions Manchester United, FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich, among others.
The groupings:
Group A - Kuantan: PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona, Flamengo, India.
Group B - Penang: Ajax Amesterdam, FC Chelsea London, AC Milan, Malaysia.
Group C - Malacca: Olympique Lyon, FC Bayern Munich, River Plate, Qatar.
Group D - Kuala Terengganu: FC Porto, Manchester United, Juventus Turino, China.

::: Chandigarh Football: Johny Chand and Balihar net brace each :::
St Stephen's Club blanked Sher-e-Punjab (White) by 3-0 in their Group D fixture of the Chandigarh Senior State Football Championship for Sher-e-Punjab Trophy being conducted by the Chandigarh FA at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today. Johny Chand Singh's brace paved the way for Stephen's facile victory. Amanpreet Singh netted the third goal for Stephen's Club.
In another Group D outing Maruti FC 'A' team recorded a 3-1 verdict over Citi Club. Balihar netted two for the winners while Ashish Arora scored one. Ravi, in a solo effort, reduced the margin for Citi Club in the 50th minute.
Had Sher-e-Punjab (White) scored earlier in the match, it could have been a close affair. Showing proper coordination among their forwards they had a golden chance to forge ahead in the ninth minute. Yadvinder sent a perfect floater to well-positioned Gurjeet whose sharp header was collected by alert St Stephen's goalkeeper Sudhir Saini. Immediately, in a counter-attack, Stephen's striker Bhupinder, with only Sher-e-Punjab goalkeeper to beat, unleashed a wild shot. However, Stephen's could not be denied a goal in the 19th minute. Bhupinder Singh sent a centre to Johny Chand Singh who beat advancing Sher-e-Punjab custodian Abhishek Arora with a perfect grounder. Stephen's maintained their pressure and in the 26th minute, Sher-e-Punjab defender handled the ball inside the proscribed area and umpire Amrik Singh had not hesitation in awarding a penalty which Johny Chand Singh converted it by catching the goalkeeper on the wrong foot. One minute later, Amanpreet Singh rounded of the winners' tally with a fine goal.
Earlier, Maruti FC 'A' Team from Manimajra and Citi Club played a goalless draw in the first half. On resumption, four goals were scored within a span of 25 minutes. Fed by Naresh Ashish Arora got the better of Citi Club goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh to put Maruti FC into the lead. Then came the brace by Balihar. In the 40th minute, Balihar dribbled past a couple of defenders before scoring with a solo effort. Five minutes later, Sunil sent a measured pass to Balihar to do the rest for the winners' third goal. A solo effort in the 50th minute saw Ravi scoring the consolaiton goal for Citi Club.
Youngsters FC defeated Crazy Club of Sector 41 by 2-0 after played a goalless draw in the first session in a group A encounter. On crossing over, Youngsters Club attacked their rivals with redoubled vigour. Their efforts bore fruits when Dharmenderjit Singh struck in the 38th minute. Gaurav sealed Crazy Club's fate with a goal in the 58th minute.
In another Group A outing, Sher-e-Punjab prevailed over Punjab Engineering College Club by 2-1. In the 14th minute, Manpreet dribbled his way into the box side-stepping two defenders before putting Sher-e-Punjab ahead. Manjit Singh doubled the margin in the 40th minute. Manju Parmar scored the lone goal for PEC Club in the 45th minute.

April 29

RESULTS & NEWS

::: AIFF Executive Committee takes key decisions :::
The AIFF Executive Committee met today at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi to discuss and decide numerous issues relating to the upcoming season and the future of Indian football.

::: The AIFF calendar for the 2008/09 season was approved.
- 2nd I-League: September 12, 2008 to April 15, 2009 (with a break in December for the Federation Cup) - matches to be mainly played on Saturday's & Sunday's.
- I-League Division 2: January to March, 2009.
- 30th Federation Cup (under a new format): 1st Phase: August/September 2008; 2nd Phase: October 2008; 3rd & 4th Phase: December 2008.

::: The AIFF hasn't decided yet if 12 or 14 teams would be part of the 2nd I-League. The AIFF has named a two member committee - SR Dev (Madhya Pradesh) and Atuo Mezhur (Nagaland) - to examine the recommendations made by FIFA and the AFC experts that visited India and submit a report.

::: A venue inspection committee has been formed to inspect the new venues suggested by the Goa FA And IFA (West Bengal). A expert from the AFC will be invited to be part of this committee. They will visit the proposed venues (Duler ground, Mapusa & Tilak Maidan, Vasco in Goa; Mohun Bagan ground & Kalyani Stadium, Calcutta) and submit their recommendations by the end of May 2008. In case venues are not found suitable to conduct the matches, it was decided to shift the matches to a neutral venue. The committee will also visit the proposed neutral venues.

::: The Executive Committee reviewed the progress of implementation of the Club licensing regulations. They found that most of the clubs had made satisfactory progress. However progress made by a few clubs was unsatisfactory.

::: The Executive Committee decided to form a private limited company to conduct the I-League from the 2008/09 season as per recommendation from FIFA and the AFC. The separate I-League entity would be modelled on the J-League and the German Bundesliga. This committee will have equity from AIFF and the I-League Clubs.

::: Financial assistance programme to ten selected state FA's was approved. It was decide to give each FA computers and other equipment worth Rs. 100,000. It was also decided to conduct coaching, administration and other courses in these states.

::: An amount of Rs. 500,000 was sanctioned towards education of the daughter of the late VP Sathyan. Financial help of Rs. 100,000 was given to Mr. Kannan who had to undergo an emergency heart operation recently.

::: It was decided to charge a levy of Rs. 100,000 to the match organisers, Bengal Peerless, of the between FC Bayern Munich and Mohun Bagan AC match.

::: It was decided not to entertain requests for conduct of exhibition matches or tournament involving foreign teams unless the procedures laid down in the AIFF circulars as well as the FIFA, AFC and AIFF regulations and Sports Ministry directives were strictly followed.

::: Barreto gets back his passport :::
IANS report: Brazilian striker Jose Ramirez Barreto received his passport back Tuesday, more than a month after he was arrested at Calcutta airport for carrying undeclared cash.
"I am relieved to get back my passport today. I have an open air-ticket and will fly to my family in Brazil by Wednesday. A long rest is needed before I return to the field," the footballer told reporters.
The player Monday filed a contempt-of-court petition in the Calcutta High Court against Calcutta Customs Commissioner Gautam Roy alleging that the official refused to return his passport despite the order of Barasat additional chief judicial magistrate's (ACJM) court in North 24-Parganas district.
Barreto's lawyer Biswabrata Basu Mallik said: "We have withdrawn the case after Barreto got back his passport."
Justice Asim Kumar Roy had directed Barreto to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs.1.5 million and a bond of Rs.10,000 as a condition to reclaim his passport from the lower court. He was also asked to return to India within six weeks.
The high court asked the 31-year-old Brazilian striker to re-deposit his passport to the Barasat ACJM court within two days of his return. Senior Mohun Bagan Club official Anjan Mitra was the guarantor for Barreto.
The footballer was arrested at the airport here March 20 on the charge of travelling with excess foreign exchange totalling $20,500. He was arrested under the Customs Act prior to his boarding a Dubai-bound flight en route to Brazil.

::: Uttranchal FC, Youth Club-30 score wins :::
Uttranchal FC (Group C) and Youth Club, Sector 30 (Group B) began their campaign with victories on the opening day of the Chandigarh Senior State Football Championship for Sher-e-Punjab Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh FA at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here today.
Uttranchal FC prevailed over Dream United of Sector 38 by 5-4 in the sudden death tie-breaker session after the teams were locked goalless in the regulation period. Both teams were evenly balanced and played a good game. However, defenders of both teams rose to the occasion to deny their rival forwards a close look at their respective goala in the stipulated period. In the regular tie-breaker session, Uttranchal and Dream United were tied four-all. Parteek of Uttranchal and Ashok of Dream United failed to convert their spot kicks. Jaswinder, Ajay Bhatt, Ashutosh and Vijay Bhatt converted their spot kicks for Uttranchal. Ravi Senior, Bablu, Nikhil and Parminder scored for Dream United. As the deadlock continued, the organisers applied the sudden death rule to resolve the dispute. Dream United's Ravi Junior and Mukesh failed to convert their spot kick. For Uttranchal, Mukul frittered his try while Saurav clinched victory by converting this spot kick.
In a Group B match, down by an early goal, Youth Club of Sector 30 rallied smartly to down Maruti FC 'B' by 3-1. The Maruti FC players took the lead in the fourth minute. Following a throw from the right flank, Ankur trapped the ball and scored a fine goal. Youth Football Club reorganised their game and 12 minutes later they neutralised the lead when Navi banged home off a pass from Golu. Maintaining their pressure, Youth Club struck again in the 19th minute. Golu stopped Maruti FC goalkeeper's kick and gave a forward pass to SS Rawat to do the rest for his team's second goal. A solo effort of Pankaj culminated into the third goal for Youth Club in the 40th minute.
In the evening session, New Public School FC, Sector 18 outclassed United FC of Sector 47 by 7-0 in Group B fixture. The star performer for the winners was Jasanpreet who pumped in three goals in the 40th, 42nd and 50th minutes. However, a three-in-a-fow feat eluded him. NPS FC got the lead in the 13th minute a Milan Sharma of United FC scored a 'self' goal. NPSFC dominated the proceedings and Harmanpreet scored a brace with goals in the 47th and 56th minutes. Simran contributed a goal in the 45th minute.
Deepak Hooda struck a brace as Chandigarh FC defeated Blue Star FC by 4-0 in a Group C match. Aneesh put them ahead with a goal in the third minute. Two minutes later, Deepak Hooda doubled the score. Hooda himself made it 3-0 with a goal in the 32nd minute. Amit Kapoor rounded of the winners' tally in the 42nd minute.

April 28

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 3 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mumbai FC 1-1 Vasco SC Goals: 1-0 Papiah Jagadish Kumar (20'), 1-1 Luciano Sabrosa (67' pen) MUMBAI FC: 13-Kalyan Chaubey; 14-Anthony Michael Fernandes, 3-James Cobblah Dissiramah, 5-Selwyn Fernandes, 19-Sanjay Parte [C]; 21-Aseem K, 25-Papiah Jagadish Kumar, 7-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani, 26-Nishant Mehra; 11-Michael George Osei, 10-Felix Aboagye. Unused Substitutes: 22-Amit Singha Roy, 2-Anas Edathodika, 6-Khalid Jamil, 9-Abhishek Yadav, 12-Alex Mario Ambrose, 24-Subhas Chakraborty VASCO: 1-Juje Siddi, 2-Luciano Sabrosa [C], 3-Caitan Costa, 4-Kamal Thapa, 7-Roberto Bressa da Silva, 9-Jefferson Rocha, 10-Agnelo Colaco, 11-Donald Rocha, 24-Fulgenio Cardozo, 29-Jose Colaco, 30-Menino Fernandes. Unused Substitutes: 22-Laxmikant Kattimani, 6-Joy Ferrao, 12-Libu Phillip, 14-Joel Sequeira, 17-Agnelo D'Souza, 23-Sujay Mondal, 28-Lalnun Puia YELLOW CARDS: Felix Aboagye (25, Mumbai FC); Sujay Mondal (49', Vasco). REFEREE: Rizwan ul-Haq (Delhi). ASSISTANT REFEREES: A Arjunan (Services), Magho Singh (Manipur). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Rathin Mukherjee (West Bengal). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: Mumbai FC were held to a one-all draw by Vasco SC in the final round of the I-League Division 2 being played at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati but that point was enough to confirm Mumbai FC's promotion to the I-League proper. After three matches Mumbai FC now have seven points, which means fifth and sixth placed Pune FC and Indian Bank are still pointness so those two clubs cannot catch-up with the Mumbai-based start-up. Vasco meanwhile moved to four points and would ideally need another win from their two remaining matches to confirm promotion.

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Semifinal | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Air-India 1-0 Sporting Clube de Goa Goals: 0-1 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (21') AIR-INDIA: ... Unused Substitutes: ... SPORTING CLUBE: ... Unused Substitutes: ... MAN OF THE MATCH: Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (Air-India). YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

::: Bengal Peerless making preparations for the Bayern Munich :::
Things are being put in place for Oliver Kahn's farewell match in Calcutta on May 27. The Bengal Peerless Housing Development Company Limited, who are organising the Bayern Munich trip to Calcutta, have appointed event management company Percept D'Mark to handle things on the ground.
Bengal Peerless has received the necessary clearances from the AIFF and the IFA for the match, but they could be asked to pay a match organising fee by the national body. Many in Calcutta question why the AIFF have since the announcement of the match been trying to create such problems for the friendly game.

::: Manipur announce their Santosh Trophy squad :::
The All Manipur FA has named a 20 member squad for the 62nd Santosh Trophy to be played in Jammu&Kashmir from May 25 to June 15. S Ekendra Singh has been named state coach, which will miss all their star players who are at the India camp.
MANIPUR: Goalkeeper: Lalit Thapa (Churchill Brothers SC), S Basanta Singh (NEROCA); Defenders: L Dhanachandra Singh (Air-India), Uttam Leishangthem Singh (Air-India), I Khelemba Singh (Viva Kerala), Benjamin Kamson (NEROCA), H Devan Singh (TRAU), S Thomas Singh (NEROCA), Y Raju Singh (NISA); Midfielders: S Dharamjit Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Lukram James Singh (Mohun Bagan AC), Mutum Bijen Singh (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Mashangva Genius Zenith (Churchill Brothers SC), Charan Rai (NISA), W Ngouba Singh (NISA), W Ajitkumar Singh (NISA); Strikers: Chanambam Jatin Singh (Viva Kerala), Kumar Samson Singh (Air India), N Jimmy Singh (Southern Sporting Union), I Nilakumar Singh (Manipur Police SC).

::: Goa Santosh Trophy team to be sponsored by Budweiser :::
The Goa state team will be sponsored by US beer company "Budweiser" for this seasons 62nd Santosh Trophy to be held in Jammu&Kashmir from May 25 to June 15. Budweiser will not only kit the Goa team but will also sponsor the teams flight tickets from Goa to Srinagar.

::: 19 teams for Chandigarh's Sher-e-Punjab Trophy :::
As many as 19 teams are taking part in the Chandigarh State Senior Football Championship for the Sher-e-Punjab Trophy being organised by the Chandigarh FA at the Sector 17 Football Stadium here from April 29 to May 4. The teams have been divided into four groups and winners of each group will qualify for the semifinals. Group A winners will face Group C winners in the first semifinal and Group B winners will be pitted against Group D winners in the second semifinal.
According to CFA General Secretary Rakesh Bakshi, preliminary round matches will be played in morning and evening session. The tournament will kickoff with a match between Dream United-38 and Uttranchal FC tomorrow at 6 a.m. The second match billed for tomorrow morning is between Maruti FC (B) and Youth Club-30 at 7.30. The evening matches are: New Public School Football Club-18 vs United FC-47 (4 p.m) and Uttranchal FC vs Chandigarh FC (5.30 p.m.).
Chandigarh Police (group B) , Accountant General Haryana (Group C) and Golden Club (Group D) have been given bye in the first round on the basis of their last year's performance.
Rakesh Bakshi said that two committees had been formed for the smooth conduct of the tournament. These committees were formed in the meeting of the participating teams. The scrutiny committee will comprise Sukhwant Singh, Shiv Kumar, Viney Kumar Amit Kapoor and Sukhwinder Singh. This committee will scrutinize the registration forms of the teams.
The Technical and Disciplinary Committee members are Ravinder Bhanot, Surinder Kumar, Amrik Singh, Madan Lal and Surjit Singh. CFA General Secretary Rakesh Bakshi will be the convener of the committees.
Teams taking part are: Group A: Youngsters FC, Crazy Club-41, PECF Club, Sher-e-Punjab. Group B: Chandigarh Police, Maruti FC (B), Youth Club-30, NPS FC-18, United FC-47. Group C: AG Haryana, Dream United-38, Uttranchal FC, Chandigarh FC, Blue Star FC. Group D: Golden Club, Maruti FC (A), Citi Club, St Stephen's Club, Sher-e-Punjab (White).

April 27

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 3 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Indian Bank 0-1 Chirag United SC Goals: 0-1 Louis Nigi Ebami (47') INDIAN BANK: ... Unused Substitutes: ... CHIRAG UTD: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Nazir Ahmed (Jammu&Kashmir). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Pratap Singh (Services), Deepak Kumar Dey (Assam). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Rizwan ul_haq (Delhi). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: Calcutta's Chirag United SC gained promotion to the I-League proper by beating Indian Bank from Chennai by a lone goal in the I-League Division 2 final round at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati. While for Chirag United it was the third win in as many matches, it was the third loss for the Chennai Bankmen which reduced their chances of promotion to a minimum.

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Semifinal | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Ferroviaria FC, BRAZIL 2-0 Bayelsa FC, NIGERIA Goals: 0-1 Frederico Oliveira (5'), 0-2 Washington Luis (27') FERROVIARIA: 1-Jaciel Segala [C]; 2-Caio Cesar, 3-Alan Henrique Costa, 4-Rodrigo Rizo, 5-Jucimar Lima, 6-Fabricio Stela, 7-Frederico Oliveira (83' 14-Rodrigo Cruz), 8-Reinaldo Jr, 11-Robinson Michel, 16-Dennis Augusto, 17-Washington Luis (68' 15-Waleer Cunha Ferreira). Unused Substitutes: 12-Guilhermeivo, 9-Samuel Demelo, 10-Harrison Marino, 13-Felipe Mendes, 18-Danilo Caccelli BAYELSA: 1-Fegor Fidelis; 12-Godgift Y Osain, 3-Inemo Wokoro (31' 7-Ebibo Fekeie), 2-Felix O Orji, 5-Attah Yakubu, 6-Kenneth S Bassey, 14-Ebi Thomas Ayah (55' 15-Michael Okafor), 18-James Eberiko (35' 9-Bigjohn England), 8-Okpose Martins, 16-Operete Okara [C], 11-Diseye Nwankwe. Unused Substitutes: 21-Beredugd Damblessed, 10-Favour Ditimaya MAN OF THE MATCH: Jucimar Lima (Ferroviaria FC). RED CARD: Felix O Orji (80', Bayelsa). YELLOW CARDS: Reinaldo Jr (54'), Caio Cesar (71', both Ferroviaria); Kenneth S Bassey (2'), Diseye Nwankwe (87'), Bigjohn England (88', all Bayelsa). REFEREE: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Egidio D'Costa (Goa), PS Sasikumar (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: VN Aravindakshan (Kerala). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Final: BEML (EM) 1-3 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Martin Frederick Okwagbe (28',78'), 1-1 Khalender (64'), 1-2 M Satish Kumar (88').

April 26

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 3 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mohammedan Sporting Club 3-2 Pune FC Goals: 1-0 Roque Barreto (21'), 1-1 Bungo Thokchom Singh (23'), 2-1 Subair Muritala Ali (38'), 2-2 Lal Rozama (40'), 3-2 Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi (62') MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: 1-Naseem Akhtar; 30-V Premkumar, 6-Sheikh Azim, 15-Tapan Giri, 5-Mir Farooq Hyder, 23-Rajib Ghosh, 7-Roque Barreto, 26-Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi, 19-Kalia Kulothungan, 9-Subair Muritala Ali, 10-Mike Okoro [C]. Unused Substitutes: 22-Tungshang Tharngachan, 11-K Shyju, 12-Prasanta Chakraborty, 14-Basudeb Mondal, 16-Mohammad Muneer KP, 21-Seby Martins, 27-A Jyothi Kumar PUNE FC: 1-Narshiman Balaji [C]; 21-Umesh Sharma, 23-Javed Akhtar Ansari, 20-Bounoufou Edoa, 13-F Lal Rozama, 10-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 14-E Mahendra Mani, 8-Silvester Inyang, 9-Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus, 7-James Effiong, 24-Jeje Lalpekhlua. Unused Substitutes: 22-Amit Naharkar, 2-Mohammed Bin Hassan, 3-Gift Rai Khan, 6-Aditya Chatterjee, 11-I Raman Singh, 17-Nitin Kumar Ghosh, 19-Abhishek Yadav YELLOW CARDS: Subair Muritala Ali (68', Mohammedan Sporting); Bounougou Edoa (65', Pune FC). REFEREE: Magho Singh (Manipur). ASSISTANT REFEREES: A Arjunan (Services), MA Siddiqui (Madhya Pradesh). FOURTH OFFICIAL: PK Bose (Madhya Pradesh). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

::: Coca-Cola announces football talent hunt :::
UNI report: Coca-Cola yesterday announced the launch of the 'Coca-Cola Football Champs', a talent hunt initiative it grassroots level, to discover promising young footballers in the country.
The talent hunt, targeting 3,000 young footballers will span across eight cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Goa, Chennai, Bangalore and Cochin. Inter school tournaments will be organised in these cities and the winning teams from the eight participating cities would play against each other. As part of the initiative, 16 young talented footballers, identified from within the tournament would be selected to train at a week-long Coca-Cola Football Camp in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from July 7 to 12, a release issued here stated.
Coca-Cola India President and CEO Atul Singh said, "Coca-Cola India has always believed in promoting a healthy, active lifestyle through sports. Now, with the launch of the Coca-Cola Football Champs initiative, we have further demonstrated our intent to promote healthy active living. The thought is to also discover and encourage grass root football talent in India and to make sports a way of life in the country."
Coca-Cola Football Champs programme is open to all young footballers in the age group of 12- 15 years. Each participating school is required to nominate sixteen players. The matches would be conducted in a round-robin format between the participating schools, which would be clubbed into pools. The winning schools from each pool would then play against each other where the city winners would be selected. A neutral referee would supervise each match. All matches would be of 50 minutes duration - two halves of 20 minutes each with a 10 minute break. In the event of a draw, winners would be decided based on penalty kicks, the release further stated. The winning teams from the eight participating cities would play against each other and eventually two teams would enter the finals that would be played here, in the second week of May.
Selectors would be present during the final matches to identify 16 promising players. The camp in Rio De Janerio, is being organized in partnership with Brazilian Football Academy. At the camp, 312 children from 26 countries including India would be trained in football skills, the release added.

April 25

RESULTS & NEWS

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: NISA, Thangmeiband 0-2 Air-India Goals: 0-1,0-2 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (15',34') NISA: 22-L Ashok Singh, 5-W Ngouba Singh, 2-N Indrakumar, 4-Abhiraj Singh, 21-M Bidyasagar (30' 18-M Bijen Singh), 20-Surash Tonsing, 15-S Manimohan, 14-Kh Ramesh Singh, 11-O Pritam Singh [C] (67' 19-Sachidananda), 16-P Meikinlung, 13-Ch Dhanakumar (55' 12-K Sanjeev). Unused Substitutes: 1-Y Surchandra Singh, 3-S Rojen Singh, 24-O Naba Singh AIR-INDIA: 30-Sarath EC; 18-Hamza Zaheer Abbas, 2-Haobijam Napoleon Singh [C] (54' 26-Amrit Pal Singh), 6-L Uttam Singh, 19-Santosh Koli; 23-Surojit Roy (90+3' 29-Santosh Singh), 24-Ravinder Singh), 12-Michael Segum Tayo, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree Mohammed Abbas, 14-Subhash Singh (72' 11-Hringsolal Thomte). Unused Substitutes: 21-Subir Sinha, 5-Vijith Shetty, 8-Kumar Samson Singh, 10-T Narender Meetei MAN OF THE MATCH: Sharat EC (Air-India). YELLOW CARDS: M Bijen Singh (40', NISA). REFEREE: Andrew Shekar (Karnataka). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Minangshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal), Denny Jacob (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: PS Sasikumar (Kerala). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Semifinal: BEML (EM) 0-0,5-4 MEG [penalties] - Goals: none.
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Semifinal: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC 1-1,5-4 Army Service Corps [penalties] - Goals: 1-0 Martin Frederick Okwagbe (28'), 1-1 A Ramesh (69').

::: Goa's Nehru Stadium unavailable for I-League matches in October/November :::
Goans clubs in the second edition of the I-League will not be able to host their matches in in the Nehru Stadium in Margao due to a One-Day International Cricket match in November 2008. The ground will be blocked from October for a few weeks to prepare the wicket for the Cricket match as the ground has been booked by the Goa Cricket Association.
The Goa FA will try and make arrangements at their own Duler ground in Mapusa and the Tilak Maidan in Vasco as alternative venues within the state of Goa.
Goan team might be also scheduled to play more away then home matches in the period, while also neutral venues could be an option.
Sadly this once more shows that a football crazy state like Goa needs at least one football only venue of international standard.

::: Krishnendu Roy to coach West Bengal :::
Krishnendu Roy, a former Indian international, has been named coach of the West Bengal state team for the upcoming 62nd Santosh Trophy to be played in Srinagar and Jammu, Jammu&Kashmir. Roy will have former India goalkeeper Tarun Bose to work with as goalkeeping coach. As last seasons runners-up West Bengal has been seeded into the quarterfinal league. The probables have still to be named.

::: 14th Youth Soccer Tournament postponed to August :::
by Xavier Rutsa: The 14th Youth Soccer Tournament 2008 organized by Classic Club, Kohima has been postponed from April 29 to the month of August 2008 due to a three week long sudden and avoidable State Programme to be held from Local Football Ground in Kohima. The inconveniences caused to the participating teams is regretted. Organising General Secretary Zakiekhotuo Kiso has requested the teams who have already submitted their forms to contact M/S Kohima Tele Service.

April 24

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 2 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Vasco SC 0-1 Chirag United SC Goals: 0-1 Gouranga Datta (16') VASCO: 1-Juje Siddi, 2-Luciano Sabrosa [C], 3-Caitan Costa, 4-Kamal Thapa, 6-Joy Ferrao, 7-Roberto Bressa da Silva, 9-Jefferson Rocha, 10-Agnelo Colaco, 14-Joel Sequeira, 23-Sujay Mondal, 29-Jose Colaco. Unused Substitutes: 22-Laxmikant Kattimani, 11-Donald Rocha, 12-Libu Phillip, 17-Agnelo D'Souza, 24-Fulgenio Cardozo, 28-Lalnun Puia, 30-Menino Fernandes CHIRAG UTD: 1-Arindam Ghosh; 2-Louis Nigi Ebami, 4-Kingshuk Debnath, 5-R Dhanarajan, 6-Ejike Chika Chime, 7-Denson Devadas, 8-Sasthi Duley, 15-Dulal Biswas, 24-Theodore Sunday Wrobeh [C], 27-Lalmalswama, 30-Gouranga Datta. Unused Substitutes: 21-Somnath Khara, 10-Ashim Das, 16-Arnab Mondal, 20-Barun Oraon, 22-Muzaffar Rehman, 25-Shankar Oraon, 29-Achinta Saha YELLOW CARDS: Roberto Bressa da Silva (20'), Kamal Thapa (52'), Juje Siddi (85', all Vasco); Lalmalswama (9'), Gouranga Datta (30'), Sasthi Duley (77'). REFEREE: PK Bose (Madhya Pradesh). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Nazir Ahmed (Jammu&Kashmir), Deepak Kumar Dey (Assam). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Pratap Singh (Services). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: NISA, Thangmeiband 1-7 Instituto Buenos Aires de Futbal, ARGENTINA Goals: 0-1 Dario Batalla (28'), 1-1 O Pritam Singh (33'), 1-2 Federico Rodriguez (40'), 1-3 Adrian Martinez (45'), 1-4 Miguel Giles (53'), 1-5,1-7 Maximiliano Ractoret (61',86'), 1-6 Federico Gatti (79') NISA: 1-Y Surchandra Singh; 5-W Ngouba Singh, 2-N Indrakumar (64' 16-P Meikinlung), 4-Abhiraj Singh, 3-S Rojen Singh, 21-M Bidyasagar (46' 13-Ch Dhanakumar), 7-Th Sangkar Singh, 20-Surash Tonsing, 15-S Manimohan, 14-Kh Ramesh Singh, 11-O Pritam Singh [C] (58' 18-M Bijen Singh). Unused Substitutes: 22-L Ashok Singh, 12-K Sanjeev, 19-Sachidananda, 24-O Naba Singh IBAF: 1-Marcos Juarez; 12-Gustavo Moure Jr (60' 14-Martin Rico), 8-Hernan Gibelli, 5-Ivan Schivlaz, 3-Lucas Pinar, 4-Adrian Martinez, 10-Dario Batalla, 7-Maximiliano Ractoret, 11-Bruno Conti, 9-Federico Rodriguez (73' 17-Federico Gatti), 15-Ignacio Bunge (17' 13-Miguel Giles). Unused Substitutes: 2-Gracieliano Mosquera, 16-Kevin Roberts MAN OF THE MATCH: Dario Batalla (IBAF). YELLOW-RED CARD: Th Sangkar Singh (44', NISA) YELLOW CARDS: Surash Tonsing (27'), Th Sangkar Singh (35'), S Rojen Singh (79', all NISA); Adrian Martinez (36'), Maximiliano Ractoret (44'), Federico Gatti (90', all IBAF). REFEREE: V Ravindran (Kerala). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat), VN Aravindhakshan (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Egidio D'Costa (Goa). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

::: 62nd Santosh Trophy groups & fixtures released :::
The AIFF today released the groups and fixtures for the 62nd edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy which will be played in Jammu&Kashmir from May 25 to June 15. 29 States plus the Services and Railways will be taking part with matches to be played in Srinagar and Jammu.
Defending champions Punjab, runners-up and record champions West Bengal along with last years two semifinalists Kerala and Maharashtra have been seeded into the quarterfinal group stage.
For the 62 Santosh Trophy - complete fixtures .

::: 1st International GOALKEEPER CONGRESS took place in Nuremberg, Germany :::
From April 18 to 20 the 1st International GOALKEEPER CONGRESS under the patronage of Andreas Koepke (Germany's goalkeeping coach) and Michael Fuchs (Germany Women's goalkeeping coach) took place in the VIP rooms of the Nuremberg FIFA World Cup Stadium in Germany. The three-day congress was organized and hosted by the GERMAN GOALKEEPER SCHOOL™ which cumulated with 100 goalkeepers, goalkeeping coaches, instructors and invited speakers attending to discuss the latest trends, perspectives and future potentials in the goalkeeper's position. On the Sunday the delegates joined in practical Workshops with children of the goalkeeper's school on the training facilities of the modern FIFA World Cup stadium.
Not only coaches, goalkeeping coaches and goalkeepers attended, but also field players, media and football enthusiasts from around the world. Besides, a large part of the income from the participant fees of the GOALKEEPER CONGRESS will go to the "SOUTH AFRICAN GOALKEEPER SCHOOLS 2010" which is building goalkeeper schools for unprivileged kids in all nine host cities of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
You find all information reviewing the event on www.GoalkeeperCongress.com .

::: Wanderland Inc to organise Intensive Football Clinic in Goa :::
Delhi's Wanderland Inc is organising an intensive five day football clinic with inputs from the Goa FA for Under-15 players from May 25 to 30 in Goa. The players will be coached by a foreign coach under a scientifically designed programme, while it is a unique chance to play with other youth teams of Goa.
It is also a unique chance to learn important life skills, develop mental and physical agility, teamwork and coordination and experience the sheer gratification of a sport which thrills as much as it fulfills!
The five day programme costs Rs 16,450/- which includes: football training, equipment, coaching fees, ground charges, match charges, accomodation, all meals, watersports, transfers, transport plus airfare Delhi-Goa-Delhi.

April 23

RESULTS & NEWS

In the latest IndianFootball.Com Editor's Column our Harmit Singh Kamboe looks at the influence the new Indian Premier League in Cricket could have on Indian sports.
Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Editor's Column .

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 2 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mumbai FC 1-0 Pune FC Goals: 1-0 Felix Aboagye (17') MUMBAI FC: 13-Kalyan Chaubey; 14-Anthony Michael Fernandes, 3-James Cobblah Dissiramah, 5-Selwyn Fernandes, 19-Sanjay Parte; 21-Aseem K, 8-Noel Anthony Wilson [C], 7-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (25-Papiah Jagadish Kumar), 26-Nishant Mehra (24-Subhas Chakraborty); 11-Michael George Osei, 10-Felix Aboagye. Unused Substitutes: 22-Amit Singha Roy, 2-Anas Edathodika, 6-Khalid Jamil, 9-Abhishek Yadav, 12-Alex Mario Ambrose PUNE FC: 1-Narshiman Balaji [C]; 21-Umesh Sharma, 5-K Rahul, 20-Bounoufou Edoa, 13-F Lal Rozama (11-I Raman Singh), 10-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 14-E Mahendra Mani, 8-Silvester Inyang, 9-Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus, 7-James Effiong, 24-Jeje Lalpekhlua. Unused Substitutes: 22-Amit Naharkar, 2-Mohammed Bin Hassan, 6-Aditya Chatterjee, 17-Nitin Kumar Ghosh, 19-Abhishek Yadav, 23-Javed Akhtar Ansari RED CARD: K Rahul (42', Pune FC). YELLOW CARDS: Noel Anthony Wilson (63', Mumbai FC); Bounoufou Edoa (57'), E Mahendra Mani (74', both Pune FC). REFEREE: MA Siddiqui (Madhya Pradesh). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Rizwan ul-Haq (Delhi), Rathin Mukherjee (West Bengal). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Deepak Kumar Dey (Assam). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Bayelsa FC, NIGERIA 1-1 Air-India Goals: 1-0 Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga (36'), 1-1 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (45+1') BAYELSA: 21-Beredugd Damblessed; 2-Felix O Orji, 3-Inemo Wokoro, 4-Robinson Kingdom, 5-Attah Yakubu (46' 12-Godgift Y Osain), 6-Kenneth S Bassey, 14-Ebi Thomas Ayah (88' 8-Okpose Martins), 18-James Eberiko (65' 9-Bigjohn England), 13-Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga, 16-Operete Okara [C], 7-Ebibo Fekeie. Unused Substitutes: 1-Fegor Fidelis, 10-Favour Ditimaya, 11-Diseye Nwankwe, 15-Michael Okafor AIR-INDIA: 30-Sarath EC; 2-Haobijam Napoleon Singh [C], 6-L Uttam Singh, 26-Amrit Pal Singh, 29-Santosh Singh (34' 18-Hamza Zaheer Abbas), 19-Santosh Koli; 23-Surojit Roy (90' 24-Ravinder Singh), 12-Michael Segum Tayo, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree Mohammed Abbas, 14-Subhash Singh (36' 11-Hringsolal Thomte). Unused Substitutes: 21-Subir Sinha, 5-Vijith Shetty, 10-T Narender Meetei MAN OF THE MATCH: Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (Air-India). YELLOW-RED CARD: Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga (90+3'. Bayelsa). YELLOW CARDS: Beredugd Damblessed (1'), Robinson Kingdom (56'), Felix O Orji (82'), Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga (86', all Bayelsa). REFEREE: PS Sasikumar (Kerala). ASSISTANT REFEREES: K Ravindran (Kerala), Denny Jacob (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Minangshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Kozhikode District Football League - Final: Chandini FC 1-0 KTC Football Team - Goal: 1-0 Sameer (47').
Chandini FC defeated KTC Football Team 1-0 to retain their "Videocon" Kozhikode District Football League title. It was Sameer in the 47th minute of the game, who scored the winner for the champions.
The winners Chandini FC received Rs.10,000 and the Father Vergothni Memorial Shield, the runners-up KTC football Team received Rs.7,500 and the Subhramanian Memorial Trophy. Guruvayoorappan College finished third as Farook College didn't played in the third place playoff also they received Rs. 3,000 and secured the Fair Play Trophy. Kozhikode Mayor M Bhaskaran and Videocon Area Sales Manager gave away the awards.
Noushad of Farook College was adjuged the Best Player of the Tournament and he received Rs. 3,000.

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Army Service Corps 3-4 BEML (EM)
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Postal Department 4-4 ADE

::: Football & seven other sports back to "Priority" status :::
Indian Hockey is in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment, but there was something to cheer about for hockey, football and six other sports as the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has recategorised eight sports disciplines and has upgraded them to the "Highest" to the "Priority" category. Besides the named hockey and football the other sports are Volleyball, Cycling, Swimming, Basketball and School Games.
"The recategorised sports disciplines will be eligible for greater international exposure. For the games, which have been upgraded from "Others" category to "Priority" category can now engage foreign coaches," the release said.
A small step for the Sports Ministry but a good one for Indian sports...

::: Barreto allowed to travel abroad :::
IANS report: Calcutta High Court Wednesday allowed Brazilian footballer Jose Ramirez Barreto, arrested at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport last month for carrying undeclared cash, to travel out of India for six weeks. Justice Asim Kumar Roy directed Barreto to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs.1.5 million and a bond of Rs.10,000 as a condition to reclaim his passport from the lower court. He was also asked to come back to India within six weeks.
The High Court asked the 31-year-old Brazilian striker to re-deposit his passport to the Barasat Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Calcutta's adjoining North 24-Parganas district within two day of his return. A senior Mohun Bagan Club official, Anjan Mitra, was the guarantor for Barreto.
The footballer was arrested at the airport here March 20 on the charge of travelling with excess foreign exchange totalling $20,500. He was arrested under the Customs Act prior to his boarding a Dubai-bound flight enroute to Brazil. Barreto was allowed to travel abroad by a West Bengal lower court April 7 on condition that he had to appear before the court May 25 to facilitate legal proceedings. Later, customs officials filed a revision petition in the Calcutta High Court last week, claiming that the district sessions judge did not have the authority to order the release of Barreto's passport.
Barreto, who plays for India's premier Mohun Bagan club, enjoys an iconic status in Kolkata. He reportedly gets Rs.6 million annually, making him the highest paid overseas footballer.

April 22

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 2 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-0 Indian Bank Goals: 1-0 Mike Okoro (8'), 2-0 A Jyothi Kumar (35') MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: ... Unused Substitutes: ... INDIAN BANK: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: Kalia Kulothungan (55'), Mohammed Mukhtar (88', both Md Sporting); M Subhash Singh (22'), S Santha Kumar (59', both Indian Bank). REFEREE: Pratap Singh (Services). ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Air-India 5-1 Instituto Buenos Aires de Futbal, ARGENTINA Goals: 1-0 Surojit Roy (18'), 2-0,3-0,5-1 Paresh Shivalkar (26',37',89'), 4-0 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (55'), 4-1 Federico Rodriguez (62') AIR-INDIA: 30-Sarath EC; 2-Haobijam Napoleon Singh [C], 6-L Uttam Singh, 26-Amrit Pal Singh, 29-Santosh Singh (66' 18-Hamza Zaheer Abbas), 19-Santosh Koli; 23-Surojit Roy (75' 11-Hringsolal Thomte), 12-Michael Segum Tayo, 20-Paresh Shivalkar; 27-Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (87' 14-Subhash Singh), 8-Kumar Samson Singh. Unused Substitutes: 21-Subir Sinha, 5-Vijith Shetty, 10-T Narender Meetei, 24-Ravinder Singh IBAF: 1-Marcos Juarez; 6-Ramiro Rotello, 4-Adrian Martinez, 3-Lucas Pinar, 8-Hernan Gibelli, 5-Ivan Schivlaz (56' 13-Miguel Giles), 11-Bruno Conti, 10-Dario Batalla, 7-Maximiliano Ractoret, 9-Federico Rodriguez, 16-Kevin Roberts (37' 12-Gustavo Moure Jr). Unused Substitutes: 2-Gracieliano Mosquera, 14-Martin Rico, 15-Ignacio Bunge, 17-Federico Gatti MAN OF THE MATCH: Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India). RED CARDS: Kumar Samson Singh (41', Air-India); Ramiro Rotello (25', IBAF). YELLOW CARDS: Amrit Pal Singh (74', Air-India); Maximiliano Ractoret (32'), Gustavo Moure Jr (40'), Bruno Conti (79', all IBAF). REFEREE: Denny Jacob (Kerala). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Minangshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal), Egidio D'Costa (Goa). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Andrew Shekar (Karnataka). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

April 21

RESULTS & NEWS

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: NISA, Thangmeiband 0-1 Bayelsa FC, NIGERIA Goals: 0-1 Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga (84') NISA: 22-L Ashok Singh; 4-Abhiraj Singh, 3-S Rojen Singh, 2-N Indrakumar, 5-W Ngouba Singh, 15-S Manimohan, 7-Th Sangkar Singh, 21-M Bidyasagar, 11-O Pritam Singh [C] (57' 18-M Bijen Singh), 14-Kh Ramesh Singh, 20-Surash Tonsing (65' 13-Ch Dhanakumar). Unused Substitutes: 1-Y Surchandra Singh, 21-K Sanjeev, 16-P Meikinlung, 19-Sachidananda, 24-O Naba Singh BAYELSA: 1-Fegor Fidelis; 2-Felix O Orji, 3-Inemo Wokoro, 4-Robinson Kingdom, 5-Attah Yakubu, 6-Kenneth S Bassey, 16-Operete Okara [C], 8-Okpose Martins (89' 15-Michael Okafor), 9-Bigjohn England (49' 13-Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga), 10-Favour Ditimaya (64' 7-Ebibo Fekeie), 11-Diseye Nwankwe. Unused Substitutes: 21-Beredugd Damblessed, 12-Godgift Y Osain, 14-Ebi Thomas Ayah, 18-James Eberiko MAN OF THE MATCH: L Ashok Singh (NISA). YELLOW CARDS: Abhiraj Singh (44', NISA); Robinson Kingdom (1'), Diseye Nwankwe (7', both Bayelsa). REFEREE: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat). ASSISTANT REFEREES: PS Sasikumar (Kerala), K Ravindran (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: VN Naravindhakshan (Kerala). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: ADE 0-5 Karnataka State Police
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Postal Department 0-1 BEML (EM)

April 20

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 1 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Chirag United SC 4-2 Pune FC Goals: 1-0,2-1,3-1 Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (13',58',64'), 1-1 Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus (43'), 4-1 Shankar Oraon (67'), 4-2 L Raman Singh (85') CHIRAG UTD: ... Unused Substitutes: ... PUNE FC: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: Gift Rai Khan (22'), K Rahul (23'), Bungo Thokchom Singh (38', all Pune FC). REFEREE: Rizwan ul-Haq (Delhi). ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group B | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Bayelsa FC, NIGERIA 2-0 Instituto Buenos Aires De Futbal, ARGENTINA Goals: 1-0 Robinson Kingdom (83'), 2-0 Okpose Martins (90'+3') BAYELSA: 1-Fegor Fidelis; 2-Felix O Orji, 3-Inemo Wokoro, 5-Attah Yakubu, 6-Kenneth S Bassey, 4-Robinson Kingdom, 7-Ebibo Fekeie [C] (84' 16-Operete Okara), 8-Okpose Martins, 9-Bigjohn England (61' 13-Ebin Epreye Tobi Gariga), 10-Favour Ditimaya, 11-Diseye Nwankwe. Unused Substitutes: 12-Godgift Y Osain, 14-Ebi Thomas Ayah, 15-Michael Okafor, 17-Beredugd Damblessed, 18-James Eberiko IBAF: 1-Marcos Juarez; 2-Gracieliano Mosquera [C] (46' 17-Federico Gatti), 6-Ramiro Rotello (86' 14-Martin Rico), 4-Adrian Martinez, 3-Lucas Pinar, 8-Hernan Gibelli, 5-Ivan Schivlaz, 11-Bruno Conti, 10-Dario Batalla, 7-Maximiliano Ractoret (82' 15-Ignacio Bunge), 9-Federico Rodriguez. Unused Substitutes: 12-Gustavo Moure Jr, 13-Miguel Giles, 16-Kevin Roberts MAN OF THE MATCH: Maximiliano Ractoret (IBAF). YELLOW CARDS: Kenneth S Bassey (53'), Favour Ditimaya (55'); Hernan Gibelli (40', IBAF). REFEREE: Minagshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal). ASSISTANT REFEREES: K Denny Jacob (Kerala), Egidio D'Costa (Goa). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Andrew Shekar (Karnataka). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group B: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC 2-1 MEG

April 19

RESULTS & NEWS

In the latest IndianFootball.Com Guest Column lecturer Dr. Th. Nandalal Singh under the title "Technique is Everything" looks at the importance of technical knowledge to achieve something on the football field.
Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - Dr. Th. Nandalal Singh .

I-League Special with lots of news, stats, pictures and more click here

1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 1 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mohammedan Sporting Club 0-1 Mumbai FC Goals: 0-1 Felix Aboagye (14') MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: 22-Tharngachan; 30-V Premkumar, 6-Sheikh Azim, 4-Subhas Mondal, 5-Mir Farooq Hyder, 23-Rajib Ghosh, 7-Roque Barreto, 26-Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi, 19-Kalia Kulothungan, 9-Subair Muritala Ali, 10-Mike Okoro [C]. Unused Substitutes: 1-Naseem Akhtar, 12-Prasanta Chakraborty, 14-Basudeb Mondal, 15-Tapan Giri, 16-Mohammad Muneer KP, 21-Seby Martins, 27-A Jyothi Kumar MUMBAI FC: 13-Kalyan Chaubey; 3-James Cobblah Dissiramah, 4-Balpreet Singh, 5-Selwyn Fernandes, 19-Sanjay Parte; 14-Anthony Michael Fernandes, 24-Subhas Chakraborty, 8-Noel Anthony Wilson [C], 7-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani; 11-Michael George Osei, 10-Felix Aboagye. Unused Substitutes: 22-Amit Singha Roy, 2-Anas Edathodika, 6-Khalid Jamil, 9-Abhishek Yadav, 12-Alex Mario Ambrose, 18-John Benedict, 25-Papiah Jagadish Kumar YELLOW CARDS: Mike Okoro (63'), V Premkumar (90'+4', both Mohammedan Sporting); Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (36'), Selwyn Fernandes (45'), Kalyan Chaubey (57', all Mumbai FC). REFEREE: A Arjunan (Services). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Deepak Kumar Dey (Assam), Pratap Singh (Services). FOURTH OFFICIAL: MP Siddiqui (Madhya Pradesh). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Mohammedan AC, Calcutta 0-4 Ferroviaria FC, BRAZIL Goals: 0-1,0-2 Washington Luis (11',39'), 0-3,0-4 Robinson Michel (53',74') MOHAMMEDAN AC: ... Unused Substitutes: ... FERROVIARIA: ... Unused Substitutes: ... MAN OF THE MATCH: Robinson Michel (Ferroviaria) YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Postal Department 2-4 Army Service Corps
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: BEML (EM) 1-1 Karnataka State Police

::: AIFF revise I-League Division 2 fixtures :::
The AIFF has revised the I-League Division 2 fixtures after last night fiasco with power problems with the floodlights at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati. The local organisers, the Assam FA, are in an embarassing position and the national body decided to do away with evening matches of the final round to avoid further such instances. Matches would now kick-off at 15.15 IST each day with matches to be played upto May 4. Only on May 1 and either May 3 or 4 would there be two matches a day, which will be held at two separate venues. The dates and scheduling of the final round of matches would only be decided after Round 4 is played depending on the importance of matches.
For the revived fixtures of the I-League Division 2, click the following link I-League Division 2 - statistical coverage .

April 18

RESULTS & NEWS

I-League Special with lots of news, stats, pictures and more click here

1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 1 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Mumbai FC (match abandoned due to problems with the floodlights) Goals: ... MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: ... Unused Substitutes: ... MUMBAI FC: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Final Round | Round 1 | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati: Vasco SC 3-2 Indian Bank Goals: 0-1 S Santha Kumar (5'), 0-2 M Subash Singh (73'), 1-2 Luciano Sabrosa (81'), 2-2 Donald Rocha (88'), 3-2 Joy Ferrao (90+') VASCO: 1-Juje Siddi, 2-Luciano Sabrosa, 3-Caitan Costa, 4-Kamal Thapa, 7-Roberto Bressa da Silva, 9-Jefferson Rocha, 10-Agnelo Colaco, 11-Donald Rocha, 17-Agnelo D'Souza, 24-Fulgenio Cardozo, 29-Jose Colaco. Unused Substitutes: 22-Laxmikant Kattimani, 6-Joy Ferrao, 12-Libu Phillip, 14-Joel Sequeira, 23-Sujay Mondal, 28-Lalnun Puia, 30-Menino Fernandes INDIAN BANK: 1-S Felix Edward [C]; 3-T Karthikeyan, 29-Joseph Anandavasan, 12-Nanao Yomnam, 6-A Suman Raj, 28-Sayantan Das Roy, 24-M Karthikeyan, 9-S Santha Kumar, 5-M Subash Singh, 18-M Ramesh, 27-S Parthiban. Unused Substitutes: 21-A Vimal Raj, 4-Chanchal Saha, 8-Vokozo Zhotso, 11-Lalchhan Chhauaha, 17-Thingnam Roshan Singh, 22-S Sathish Kumar, 23-DC Joseph Anthony Noel YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Rathin Mukherjee (West Bengal). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Rizwan ul-Haq (Delhi), Nazir Ahmed (Jammu&Kashmir). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Magho Singh (Manipur). MATCH COMMISSIONER: BNG Neogi (Chhattisgarh). Match Report: ...

EK Nayanar Gold Cup stats page click here

2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Kerala XI 1-2 Sporting Clube de Goa Goals: 1-0 Kaleesh KV (41'), 1-1 Freddy Mascarenhas (56'), 1-2 Micky Fernandes (89') KERALA XI: 22-KT Navas; 12-T Anuj, 3-Jaseer K [C], 4-Deepu K, 5-KS Joby, 6-Bijesh Ben, 7-Kaleesh KV, 8-Prasoon, 9-Shabaaz Shaleel (31' 15-V Lalu), 16-OV Javeed, 11-Jackson Sebastian. Unused Substitutes: 21-Anoop, 2-Ebin Rose, 10-T Usman, 13-CK Jitheesh, 14-PT Somy, 17-Kannan SPORTING CLUBE: 1-Felix D'Souza; 24-N Samananda Singh, 3-Mathew Gonsalves, 4-Chinta Chandrashekhar Rao, 12-Lavino Fernandes (46' 25-Terence Lobo), 34-Gnagnini Fulgence, 26-Micky Fernandes, 14-Wilton Gomes [C], 33-Khwai Singh, 9-Freddy Mascarenhas (73' 37-Chandra Singh), 35-Emmanuel (46' 23-Bibiano Fernandes). Unused Substitutes: 30-Luis Xavier Barreto, 6-Philip Gomes, 16-Godwin Diego Franco MAN OF THE MATCH: Kaleesh KV (Kerala XI). YELLOW CARDS: OV Javeed (63', Kerala XI); Gnagnini Fulgence (68'), Wilton Gomes (81', both Sporting Clube). REFEREE: Andrew Shekar (Karnataka). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat), Minagshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Egidio D'Costa (Goa). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group B: CIL 0-3 MEG

April 17

RESULTS & NEWS

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Ferroviaria FC, BRAZIL 0-0 Sporting Clube de Goa Goals: none FERROVIARIA: ... Unused Substitutes: ... SPORTING CLUBE: ... Unused Substitutes: ... MAN OF THE MATCH: ... YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: BEML (EM) 6-0 ADE
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Karnataka State Police 0-1 Army Service Corps

::: Emeka Ezeugo appointed new Churchill Brothers coach :::
Nigerian Emeka Ezeugo was today appointed the new chief coach of Churchill Brothers SC. Emeka, whose younger brother Valentino Ezeugo had played for the club in the past, replaces Karim Bencharifa who has had two very successful seasons with the Goan club.
The former World Cupper, who has played for East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting in India, had played in Europe and North America thereafter. Emeka had been coaching at the US College level and will return in June to Goa to start preseason training.

::: PIFA organize two more soccer camps to Europe this summer :::
The Premier India Football Academy has now planned two more camps in summer 2008 for college and international school students. The camp is open to all abilities of boys and girls aged 10-18 years. No matter what club you support, it is an experience of a lifetime. Train under highly qualified and experienced youth soccer coaches in the World.

The AC Milan's Camp in San Martino al Cimino - Viterbo, Italy will be held on 22 June to 1 July 2008. The Milan Junior Camps are the official youth camp of AC Milan. It is now accessible to Indian children only through PIFA.
Going to a Milan Junior Camp means to live a vacation that will guarantee sports, a healthy environment, security, entertainment and education, all at the same time. All these ingredients are put together in order to teach high quality soccer. Children get to train just like the AC Milan team. It is an opportunity to be seen by scouts from the club.
The camp will be hosted by AC Milan certified coaches. The children will train along with 80 children from all over the world. Each child will receive an official AC Milan Junior Camp Adidas Kit and a Milan Junior Camp diploma at the end of camp.
A tour of the city of Rome is included in the package and if possible, a visit to AS Roma stadium.

The London Tour - Arsenal will be held on 4 July to 13 July 2008. England, the home of football is the venue for this camp. The children will stay in London and visit Arsenal's - Emirates Stadium & Museum. They will be trained by the best youth academy coaches from Inspire Academy. The children will also get to play friendly matches with local teams and visit an amusement center - Thorpe Park.

Premier India Football Academy has already sold out the earlier two camps, 50 children will be participating in one of these 2 camps; The London Tour-Arsenal leaving on 27 April for England and the AC Milan Camp leaving on 12 May leaving for Italy. Both these camps featured a premiership game.
For more details on all the camps email info@pifacademy.com or call Anjali Shah on 98202 68365

April 16

RESULTS & NEWS

In the latest IndianFootball.Com Guest Column lecturer Dr. Maibam Chourjit Singh under the title "Warming Up & Warming Down" looks at the importance of warming up before training and matches plus also warming down thereafter.
Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - Dr. Maibam Chourjit Singh .

AFC Cup Special with lots of news, stats, pictures and more click here

AFC Cup 2008 | Group A | Round 4 | Bahrain National Stadium, Muscat | 20.00 IST: Al Muharraq, BAHRAIN 1-2 Dempo SC Goals: 0-1,0-2 Ranty Martins Soleye (11',62'), 1-2 Leandson Dias da Silva (77' pen) AL MUHARRAQ: 21-Sayed Mohamed Jaffar Sabt Abbas; 6-Jamal Brarou, 8-Rashed Abdulrahman Saif Abdulla Aldoseri, 10-Mohamed Ahmed Yusuf Salmeen, 11-Abdulla Bab Fatadi, 16-Ali Aamer Hasan Ali Amer Musaifer [C], 17-Abdulla Ismaeel Omar, 19-Leandson Dias da Silva, 22-Jyacee John Okwunwanne, 23-Ebrahim Ali Hasan Meshkhas, 28-Faouti Mubarak Aaish. Unused Substitutes: 30-Abdulla Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa Hazza Alkaabi, 7-Anwar Yusuf Hasan Ali Alarabi, 12-Ahmed Jasim Hamad Mohamed Ateeq, 13-Mahmood Abdulrahman Mohamed Noor Abdulrahman, 14-Mohamed Abdulla Mahmood Abdulrahman, 26-Abdulla Ahmed Saleh Abdulla Aman DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal; 4-Cressan Antao, 23-Dominic Noronha, 3-John Charles Dias, 16-Samir Naik; 17-Joaquim Abranches, 8-Climax Lawrence, 11-Roberto Mendes Silva, 22-Nicolau Borges; 9-Ranty Martins Soleye [C], 30-Chidi Edeh. Unused Substitutes: 21-VP Satish Kumar, 6-Peter Carvalho, 19-Johnny D'Cruz, 20-Riston Rodrigues, 24-Melwyn Rodrigues, 27-Avdesh Pal, 29-Clifton Gonsalves YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Awni Hassaouneh (Jordan), Mohammed Saleh (Jordan). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Mohamad Abu Loum (Jordan). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Amirhossein Karimpourardestani (Iran). ATTENDENCE: 2,000. Match Report: AFC report: Two goals from Nigerian striker Ranty Martins Soleye steered Indian League champions Dempo SC to a 2-1 AFC Cup Group A win against Bahrain League winners Muharraq at the Manama National Stadium on Wednesday. Soleye opened the scoring after 11 minutes before crucially doubling the lead two minutes after the hour mark before Brazilian striker Leandson Da Silva converted a 77th minute penalty for Muharraq. Dempo's second win of the competition sees the I-League side move to within a point of group leaders Muharraq and Al Ansar with just two games remaining after the Lebanon champions recorded a 2-0 victory over Sur. The visitors opened the scoring with just 11 minutes on the watch as Robert Silva's free-kick was flicked on by by Chidi Edeh for Soleye to net from close range. Muharraq came close to snatching an instant response as Leandson Da Silva volleyed over the crossbar four minutes later before Abdulla Omar also shot over midway through the first half. The home side continued to press for an equaliser and should have drawn level but Dempo's goalkeeper made several crucial interventions - the best coming in the first minute of stoppage time as he diverted Abdulla Omar's close range shot away from danger. Muharraq held a siege to the Dempo goal in the second half and came within a whisker of equalising a minute before the hour mark as Jaycee John's well-struck effort rattled off the crossbar before being scrambled clear by Dempo defender John Dias. The home side were made to pay for their wasted opportunities as Dempo doubled their lead three minutes later as Soleye's first time volley from Silva's free-kick found the back of the net. Muharraq continued to press for a breakthrough and a way back into the game and finally pulled a goal back with 13 minutes remaining as Da Silva made no mistake from the spot after Domnic Noronha had upended substitute striker Mohamed Jaafar. Dempo should have regained their two goal cushion in the first minute of stoppage time as Soleye wasted an opportunity to complete his hattrick as the Nigerian was denied by Muharraq goalkeeper Saye Mohamed Jaafar.

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AFC Cup 2008 | Group B | Round 4 | Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta | 15.00 IST: East Bengal Club 2-4 Al Wihdat, JORDAN Goals: 0-1,1-2 Rafat Ali Ahmad Jaber (6',24'), 1-1 Syed Rahim Nabi (12'), 2-2 Edmilson Marques Pardal (28'), 2-3,2-4 5-Hasan Abdel-Fattah Hasan Mahmoud (31',34') EAST BENGAL: 1-Subrata Pal; 27-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 2-Muttath Suresh [C] (56' 7-Jayanta Sen), 3-Majekodumni Bolaji, 5-Debabrata Roy; 23-Mehtab Hussain (42' 6-Snehashish Chakraborty), 26-Mehraj din Wadoo, 15-Ike Ibe Gift (70' 20-Vinu Jose), 9-Alvito D'Cunha; 19-Syed Rahim Nabi, 30-Edmilson Marques Pardal. Unused Substitutes: 24-Arup Debnath, 8-Poibang Pohshna, 22-Vimal Pariyar, 28-Vanlal Rova AL WIHDAT: 22-Mahmoud Ali Msallam Qandil; 5-Hasan Abdel-Fattah Hasan Mahmoud, 6-Basem Fathi Omar Othman (66' 3-Fadi Faris Nimer Shahin), 7-Musab Nabil Mahmod Al-Rifae, 8-Amer Deeb Mohammad Khalil (89' 12-Mosa Ibrahim Mosa Hammad), 10-Issa Husamaldean Issa Al Sapah (79' 27-Bamba Aboudramane), 13-Rafat Ali Ahmad Jaber, 16-Faisal Ibrahim Khalil Suleiman [C], 19-Haitham Hasan Saleh Semrin, 20-Mohammad Jamal Amin Jarrar, 22-Mahmoud Ali Msallam Qandil, 29-Hayder J Kadhem. Unused Substitutes: 2-Ahmed Moustafa Youssef Ali, 23-Wesam Ahmed Mohammad Ihzain, 26-Mohammad Ahmad Aref Al Maharmeh, 28-Mohammad Abdulraouf Abdelmo'ti Abdallah YELLOW-RED CARD: Edmilson Marques Pardal (76', East Bengal). YELLOW CARDS: Majekodumni Bolaji (54'), Edmilson Marques Pardal (74', both East Bengal); Hasan Abdel-Fattah Hasan Mahmoud (7'), Basem Fathi Omar Othman (51'), Fadi Faris Nimer Shahin (71'), Haitham Hasan Saleh Semrin (78', all Al Wihdat). REFEREE: Minh Tri Vo (Vietnam). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Manh Long Pham (Vietnam), Truong Xuan Nguyen (Vietnam). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Dinh Dung Phung (Vietnam). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Mahesh Bista (Nepal). ATTENDENCE: 10,000. Match Report: AFC report: Al Wihdat revived their AFC Cup chances with a crucial 4-2 Group B victory over East Bengal at Saltlake Stadium on Wednesday. All six goals came in the first-half as the visitors were pegged back twice before eventually establishing an advantage they would never relinquish. Rafat Ali gave Al Wihdat a fifth-minute lead before Syed Rahim Nabi equalised for Alok Mukherjee's side six minutes later. Ali netted his second of the game after 23 minutes only for East Bengal's Edmilson Marques to once again level the scores four minutes later. Parity did not last long, however, as Hassan Abdel Fattah bagged a quickfire brace to put Al Wihdat firmly in the ascendancy. Fattah gave the Jordanians the lead for a third time on the half-hour mark and bagged his second three minutes later. East Bengal could not find a way back into the contest after the break and their task was made even tougher with the 76th-minute dismissal of Edmilson after picking up a second yellow card. The result avenged Al Wihdat's 2-0 victory in Amman two weeks ago and throws the Group B qualification race wide open.

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Kerala XI 2-0 Mohammedan AC, Calcutta Goals: 1-0,2-0 OK Javeed (18',66') KERALA XI: 22-KT Navas; 2-Ebin Rose (10' 12-T Anuj), 3-Jaseer K [C], 4-Deepu K, 5-KS Joby, 6-Bijesh Ben, 7-Kaleesh KV, 8-Prasoon, 9-Shabaaz Shaleel, 16-OV Javeed, 11-Jackson Sebastian. Unused Substitutes: 21-Anoop, 10-T Usman, 13-CK Jitheesh, 14-PT Somy, 15-V Lalu, 17-Kannan MOHAMMEDAN AC: 22-Anup Sewa (70' 1-Ananda Mondal); 8-Debabrata Das [C], 12-Sukhen Biswas, 4-Eric Samson, 2-Avijit Mondal, 14-Aman Mallick, 7-Bejoy Chettri, 18-Sheikh Mohammed Rakib (6' 6-Sheikh Rameez Hasan), 5-Sanjoy Kar, 9-Naba Kumar Ghosh (82' 11-Rathin Mondal), 10-Olowonilafe Saheed. Unused Substitutes: 3-Mohammed Abbus-Uddin, 15-Sheikh Jahangir Hosan, 16-Bilas Das, 17-Sajjad Ali Mondal MAN OF THE MATCH: OK Javeed (Kerala XI). YELLOW CARDS: KT Navas (10', Kerala XI). REFEREE: Egidio D'Costa (Goa). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Minagshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal), Andrew Shekar (Karnataka). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group B: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC 1-0 CIL
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group B: MEG - BEL SC = walkover for MEG as BEL SC didn't turn-up

April 15

RESULTS & NEWS

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 Mohammedan AC, Calcutta Goal: 1-0 Chandra Singh (90+1') SPORTING CLUBE: 1-Felix D'Souza; 6-Philip Gomes, 3-Mathew Gonsalves, 4-Chinta Chandrashekhar Rao, 33-Khwai Singh, 34-Gnagnini Fulgence, 12-Lavino Fernandes (37-Chandra Singh), 14-Wilton Gomes [C], 26-Micky Fernandes, 9-Freddy Mascarenhas, 35-Emmanuel. Unused Substitutes: 30-Luis Xavier Barreto, 24-N Samananda Singh, 23-Bibiano Fernandes, 25-Terence Lobo, 16-Godwin Diego Franco MOHAMMEDAN AC: 22-Anup Sewa; 8-Debabrata Das [C], 12-Sukhen Biswas, 4-Eric Samson, 2-Avijit Mondal, 15-Sheikh Jahangir Hosan, 7-Bejoy Chettri, 14-Aman Mallick, 5-Sanjoy Kar, 9-Naba Kumar Ghosh, 10-Olowonilafe Saheed. Unused Substitutes: 1-Ananda Mondal, 3-Mohammed Abbus-Uddin, 6-Sheikh Rameez Hasan, 11-Rathin Mondal, 16-Bilas Das, 18-Sheikh Mohammed Rakib, 17-Sajjad Ali Mondal MAN OF THE MATCH: Micky Fernandes (Sporting Clube). YELLOW CARDS: Khwai Singh (28'), Wilton Gomes (59', both Sporting Clube); Aman Mallick (70'), Debabrata Das (75'), Sanjoy Kar (82', all Md AC). REFEREE: VN Aravindhakshan (Kerala). ASSISTANT REFEREES: PS Sasikumar (Kerala), K Denny Jacob (Kerala). FOURTH OFFICIAL: K Ravindran (Kerala). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: ...

Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Army Service Corps 3-0 ADE
Puttiah Memorial Trophy, Bangalore - Group A: Karnataka State Police 7-1 Postal Department

Kozhikode District Football League - Semifinal: Chandini FC 1-0 Farook College
Kozhikode District Football League - Semifinal: KTC Football Team 2-0 Guruvayoorappan College

::: Customs moves High court on Barreto's passport :::
UNI report: The Indian Customs department has moved the Calcutta High court challenging a lower court's order to return the passport of Mohun Bagan's Brazilian footballer Jose Ramirez Barreto. Barreto's passport was confiscated after his arrest at Calcutta airport on March 20 for alleged violation of the Indian Customs Act as the city's popular soccer player was carrying undeclared foreign currencies over 20,000 dollars. Barreto was arrested before boarding a flight for Sao Paolo via Dubai. Though the Barasat court had released the player on bail on the same day, after being produced, but allowed the Customs officials to confiscate his passport.

April 14

The IndianFootball.Com Team wishes you all a Happy Bengali New Year (SHUBHO NABABARSHO) & also a Happy Vishu !

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2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup - Group A | Municipal Jawahar Floodlit Stadium, Kannur, Kerala: Kerala XI 0-1 Ferroviaria FC, BRAZIL Goal: 0-1 Jucimar Lima (34') KERALA XI: 22-KT Navas; 2-Ebin Rose, 3-Jaseer K [C], 4-Deepu K, 5-KS Joby, 6-Bijesh Ben, 7-Kaleesh KV, 8-Prasoon (70' 15-V Lalu), 9-Shabaaz Shaleel, 10-T Usman (78' 16-OV Javed), 11-Jackson Sebastian. Unused Substitutes: 21-Anoop, 13-CK Jitheesh, 14-PT Somy, 17-Kannan, 12-T Anuj FERROVIARIA FC: 1-Jaciel Segala [C]; 5-Jucimar Lima (46' 8-Reinaldo Jr), 2-Caio Cesar, 11-Robinson Michel, 14-Rodrigo Cruz, 16-Dennis Augusto, 4-Rodrigo Rizo, 9-Samuel Demelo, 6-Fabricio Stela (54' 3-Alan Henrique), 7-Frederico Oliveira (70' 17-Washington Luis), 10-Harrison Marino. Unused Substitutes: 12-Guilhermeivo, 15-Waleer Cunha, 13-Felipe Mendes, 18-Danilo Caccelli MAN OF THE MATCH: KT Navas (Kerala XI). YELLOW CARDS: Jaseer K (63', Kerala XI); Fabricio Stela (57', Ferroviaria FC). REFEREE: Minagshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Andrew Shekar (Karnataka), Egidio D'Costa (Goa). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Dinesh Nair (Gujarat). MATCH COMMISSIONER: SS Shetty (Maharashtra). Match Report: Brazilians Ferroviaria FC overcame Kerala XI by a single goal in the opening match of the 2nd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup here in Kannur today. It was Jucimar Lima who scored the winner for the Brazilan team in the 34th minute of the game infront of a crowd of over 20,000 fans. Goalkeeper KT Nawaz had a splendid game for the home team as he made some fantastic saves to deny the visitors doubling their lead.

April 13

RESULTS & NEWS

I-League Special with lots of news, stats, pictures and more click here

1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group A | Round 5 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex ground, Pune: Vasco SC 2-3 Chirag United SC Goals: 1-0 Joel Sequeira (31'), 1-1,2-3 Theodore Sundey Wrobeh (42',86'), 1-2 Shankar Oraon (43'), 2-2 Joy Ferrao (59') VASCO: ... Unused Substitutes: ... CHIRAG UTD: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: GH Chauhan. Match Report: ...

::: Kozhikode District Football League semifinals postponed :::
Guruvayoorappan College has issued a protest against Chandini FC player Sameer who has been alleged to be contracted to Tamil Nadu's Nilagiri Home Guards club this season. Kerala FA is conducting an enquiry with the help of the Tamil Nadu FA on this matter. If the player is found guilty he will face severe punishment and the club will be relegated to the 'B' Division. Only after the decision made by the KFA the league will continue in Kozhikode.

April 12

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group A | Round 5 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex ground, Pune: State Bank of Travancore 1-5 Pune FC Goals: 0-1,0-3 Jeje Lalpekhlua (31',40'), 0-2,0-4,1-5 Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus (33',57',76'), 1-4 T Asif Saheer (63') SBT: 30-Jean Christian; 4-Surjit VV, 6-Kabir AB, 8-TV Mohammed Harris, 14-Jeribe Kelechi, 15-KM Abdul Naushad, 16-Alex Emeke Okoro, 17-MA Abdul Hakkim, 18-Dennis Mark Afam, 19-T Asif Saheer [C], 20-D Sajin. Unused Substitutes: 1-PV Harshal Rehman, 2-Ajith Ferman, 5-Abhilash John, 11-Martyn John, 24-Faizal Rehman, 25-Sudheesh KR, 26-Paul Anthony PUNE FC: 22-Amit Naharkar; 2-Mohammed Bin Hassan, 5-K Rahul, 6-Aditya Chatterjee, 8-Silvester Inyang, 9-Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus, 10-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 13-F Lal Rozama, 14-E Mahendra Mani [C], 16-Rakesh Babu R, 24-Jeje Lalpekhlua. Unused Substitutes: 1-Narshiman Balaji, 7-James Effiong, 11-I Raman Singh, 17-Nitin Kumar Ghosh, 19-Abhishek Yadav, 21-Umesh Sharma, 23-Javed Akhtar Ansari YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: NJ Sundi (Jharkhand). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Mohammed Kamil (Delhi), SK Gupta (Bihar). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Pratap Singh (Services). MATCH COMMISSIONER: GH Chauhan. Match Report: ...

::: IFA & Everton FC launch Coaching Partnership programme :::
by Zafar Ali Khan: English Premier League club Everton FC today officially launched a 3 year partnership deal with the Indian Football Association (West Bengal). At a press conference in Calcutta today the IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli announced the deal. Everton will work on a grassroot football programme which will impart coaching services to football coaches under the IFA across West Bengal state. The local Association will receive 20 days of Coaching each year by the Everton Academy, while IFA coaches will visit the Academy at Everton's training headquarters in Finch Farm to receive expert coaching training. Evertion deputy Chief Executive Robert Elstone along with Torshe Farrell, Technical Co-ordinator of the Club were present on the occasion.

::: Ten Sports/Zee Sports buy UEFA club rights until 2012 :::
Sister channels Ten Sports and Zee Sports will be showing UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup until the end of the 2011/12 season on the Indian subcontinent.
The two channels have bought the rights from UEFA and would be showing 145 live games over 34 matchdays per season out of available 352 matches.
In the last couple of seasons the two channels have been showing numerous UEFA Champions League matches but now they would also show more UEFA Cup games.

April 11

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group A | Round 5 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex ground, Pune: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC 3-2 ONGC, Mumbai Goals: 1-0,2-0 Dada Nabeel (12',45+1'), 2-1 Chukwekere N Henry (54'), 2-2 Kaushik Bose (74'), 3-2 Xavier Vijayakumar (90+1') HAL: 1-Gumpe Rime; 5-Y Jaikumar, 7-Thiyam Raghuveer Singh, 8-Xavier Vijayakumar [C], 9-Dada Nabeel, 14-Rajendra Prasad, 15-B Prakash, 23-Martin Frederick Okwagbe, 25-Alesha Shameki, 26-Femi Joseph Adeola, 27-J Muralidharan. Unused Substitutes: 21-PJ Durai Joe Edwin, 3-Pawan Kumar, 4-R Sreekanth, 6-M Satish Kumar, 17-Karthigeyan, 19-Pradeep Kumar, 22-Bimal Minz ONGC: 1-Rajat Ghosh Dastidar; 4-Krishna Shirodkar, 5-Nwoko Chinedu John, 9-Chukwekere N Henry, 10-Nooruddin Saleh Olawale, 12-Gulidom Rongmoi [C], 14-Kaushik Bose, 18-F Lalmunpuia, 22-Amandeep Singh, 23-Kabijit Khotel, 28-A Naresh. Unused Substitutes: 30-Bilifang Narzary, 6-Debkumar Sashmal, 7-Rakshak Naik, 11-Sanjeeva Rongpi, 16-Gour Naskar, 19-Dhanesh MC, 25-Jatin Singh Bisht YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: S Shujauddin (Jharkhand). ASSISTANT REFEREES: BS Negi (Delhi), Pratap Singh (Services). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Minangshu Bhattacharya (West Bengal). MATCH COMMISSIONER: GH Chauhan. Match Report: A last-gasp goal by skipper Xavier Vijayakumar handed Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC a chance of making the final phase of the I-League Division 2 and while doing that also raised hope of local outfit Pune FC who with a win against State Bank of Travancore could make it to Guwahati, while today's opponents ONGC's run end in injury time. Playing against an equally determined ONGC, the Bangalore-based team aided by Dada Nabeel's solo efforts opened up a 2-0 advantage at half-time. Displaying fine skills Dada netted both his goals in identical fashion, dribbling past a charging ONGC custodian Rajat Ghosh Dastidar. ONGC returned charging in the second half. Eight minutes into the second half Nigerian Chukwekere N Henry pulled one back and in by the 74th minute HAL found all their efforts nullified through Kaushik Bose. A cracking shot by Bose ended up at the back of the net leaving 'keeper Gumpe Rime rooted to the ground. With the game seeming to end in a draw HAL had other ideas. With four minutes of injury time added Xavier Vijayakumar into the last minute of the game capitalized on a pass supplied by Alesha Shameki to dash ONGC's hopes. HAL finished their Group A engagements with 6 points the same as ONGC but due to a superior goal difference (11 goals to 6) are in the driver's seat. A win for Pune FC against SBT on Saturday would mean Pune FC moving on, while a draw would help HAL.

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group B | Round 5 | Police Ground, Kolhapur: New Delhi Heroes 1-3 Amity United FC Goals: 0-1 Praveen Arora (16' pen), 0-2 Malsawm Dawngliana (56'), 0-3 Sandip Chakraborty (77'), 1-3 Babathunde Oladele (90+') NEW DELHI HEROES: 12-Rashid Mehdi; 30-Amjad Ali Khan, 24-Prashant Jaggi, 3-Shariyat Raza, 18-Vanlalmawia Ralte; 7-Bhuvan Krishna Joshi, 21-Crispin Chetri, 6-Pradeep D Chopdekar, 28-Pradeep Gurung, 22-Nwaeke Harrison Nwabueze, 4-Babathunde Oladele. Unused Substitutes: 1-Rajat Guha, 9-Joe Colaco, 13-Amjad Hussain, 14-Gyan Moin Thapa, 15-Harvinder Singh, 23-Praveen Rawat, 27-Stanley AMITY UTD: 21-Pradeep Kumar; 2-Rotdingson Sangma, 6-S Sudhakar, 11-Praveen Arora [C], 12-Stanley Ikwuagwu, 18-Jatinder Singh, 20-Monday, 22-Danny Lalduhawna, 24-Deepak Kumar Singh, 26-Sandip Malik, 28-Malsawm Dawngliana. Unused Substitutes: 30-Yogesh Kumar, 4-Sumit Kumar Yadav, 7-Sandip Chakraborty, 17-Sanjeev, 19-Odogwu Henry Nonso, 25-R Amla Francis Nova, 27-D Samuel Dhinakaran YELLOW CARDS: Amjad Ali Khan (67', New Delhi Heroes). REFEREE: A Arjunan (Services). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Francisco Fernandes (Goa), Andrew Shekhar (Karnataka). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Amjad Khan (Maharashtra). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Inayatullah Khan (Karnataka). Match Report: The final matchday of the I-League Division 2 Group B saw two matches in Kolhapur being played simultameously. In the National Capital region derby Amity United FC defeated the New Delhi Heroes 3-1, but didn't make it to the final round as their rivals Indian Bank also won their match at another venue. At Police ground Amity United got a penalty stroke in the first half, on which their Praveen Arora scored the first goal of the match in the 16th minute. Immediately thereafter the New Delhi Heroes also got a penalty by main referee A Arjunan but unfortunately, ND Heroes's foreign import failed to score the equalizer. Amity's goalkeeper Pradeep Kumar saved the ball. In the second half, Malsawm Dawngliana scored the second goal. The good cross was given by Danny to him, while the third goal came by substitute Sandip Chakraborty's header. The ND Heroes could only reduce the deficit in injury time through Babathunde.

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group B | Round 5 | Chhatrapati Sahu Stadium, Kolhapur: Oil India Limited 0-2 Indian Bank Goals: 0-1,0-2 M Ramesh (45+1',90+1') OIL INDIA LTD: 1-Durlov Gogoi; 4-Manoj Gogoi, 5-Ratui Sonowal [C], 19-Biplab Sonowal, 12-Raju Konwar, 7-Marlanki Suting, 10-Durga Boro, 16-Jayanta Basumatary, 23-Mithun Basumatary, 15-F Wary, 24-Aaron Cole. Unused Substitutes: 21-Jitu Chetry, 6-Birjab Mushahary, 11-Mintu Boro, 13-Dhananjay Boro, 14-Dharani Chetia, 17-Khirod Das, 25-Felix Abayomi INDIAN BANK: 1-S Felix Edward [C]; 3-T Karthikeyan, 29-Joseph Anandavasan, 12-Nanao Yomnam, 6-A Suman Raj, 28-Sayantan Das Roy, 24-M Karthikeyan, 9-S Santha Kumar, 5-M Subash Singh, 18-M Ramesh, 27-S Parthiban. Unused Substitutes: 21-A Vimal Raj, 4-Chanchal Saha, 8-Vokozo Zhotso, 11-Lalchhan Chhauaha, 17-Thingnam Roshan Singh, 22-S Sathish Kumar, 23-DC Joseph Anthony Noel YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Om Prakash Thakur (Jharkhand). ASSISTANT REFEREES: A Rowan (Services), Benjamin D'Silva (Goa). FOURTH OFFICIAL: Yaima Singh (Manipur). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Inayatullah Khan (Karnataka). Match Report: ...

April 10

IndianFootball.Com celebrates its 10th anniversay!

::: IndianFootball.Com CELEBRATES ITS 10th ANNIVERSARY :::
IndianFootball.Com, India's Premier Football Site, celebrates its 10th ANNIVERSARY today.
IndianFootball.Com was founded on April 10, 1998 by Arunava Chaudhuri, an expatriate Indian born and bred in Germany. Since its start IndianFootball.Com has been the only real source for Indian football information on the web, not only focussing on a club or state but trying to bring as much as possible of football from across India to the footballing world.
The website started off with a single page with basic information on Indian football and a simple text headline in 1998.
From a one man team IndianFootball.Com has grown into an editorial team of 19 editors/correspondents based across the globe, led by Chaudhuri and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. The main base is still in Germany plus Bangalore, Calcutta, Kochi, Mumbai, New Delhi & Pune in India and international branches in Dubai and North America.
The site grew in its quality and quantity over the last 10 years and the logo made no exception! The current IndianFootball.Com logo was designed by our Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director Chris Punnakkattu Daniel in 2006. The logo is a combination of a traditional logo with elements of modern artwork and helped us to create a new professional corporate identity.
IndianFootball.Com does not only restrict itself to journalistic work, but is actively involved in the developing process of Indian football.
Among other things IndianFootball.Com has organised training camps for Indian national teams in Germany and helped European clubs with our expertise to tour India (e.g. FC Bayern Munich II). Further we arranged a Memorandum of Understanding between the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Deutsche Fußball-Liga (German Bundesliga).
On the occasion of our 10th ANNIVERSARY we would like to thank all of you - fans, players, administrators, journalists and friends around the globe - for your support and interest in IndianFootball.Com and its content!

Arunava Chaudhuri, Founder & Editor-in-Chief: "When I started the website in April 1998 I never thought that the site could become something as big as this. When I started the site my aim was to keep myself and others updated on Indian football. Through the website I have had experiences and been part of events in the last decade which I never thought I could have. I've gotten involved in numerous things in the development of Indian football which I hope we can enhance in the future. I would like to personally take this opportunity to thank all those of you who have helped us make IndianFootball.Com a success!"

Chris Punnakkattu Daniel, Editor-in-Chief & Creative Director: "We are delighted to complete 10 years in service. It's a great achievement for a non-commercial website in the fast growing world of the cyberspace! The 10 years were full of exciting experiences, lot of passion and a never-ending success story – IndianFootball.Com! IndianFootball.Com continues its run in the world of the beautiful game and we would like to contribute all our resources for the progress of Indian football like we did in the past! We would like to thank all supporters from the past to the present for helping us to achieve this landmark and we hope to even increase the quality and quantity of our coverage and services."

We have launched a special mirror site on the occasion of our 10th anniversary to review the long and interesting way of IndianFootball.Com. The main feature is the "MY STORY" section, where our editors/correspondents tell their own special story! We hope you will enjoy the small special coverage!
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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group B | Round 5 | Chhatrapati Sahu Stadium, Kolhapur: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-1 Mumbai FC Goals: 0-1 Aseem Kutty (15'), 1-1 Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi (16'), 2-1 Mike Okoro (85') MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING: 22-Tungshang Tharngachan; 30-V Premkumar, 6-Sheikh Azim, 4-Subhas Mondal, 5-Mir Farooq Hyder, 23-Rajib Ghosh, 7-Roque Barreto, 26-Adebayo Tokunbo Adewusi, 19-Kalia Kulothungan, 9-Subair Muritala Ali, 10-Mike Okoro [C] Unused Substitutes: 25-Sheikh Nasibul Haque, 12-Prasanta Chakraborty, 14-Basudeb Mondal, 16-Mohammad Muneer KP, 18-Mohammed Mukhtar, 21-Seby Martins, 27-A Jyothi Kumar MUMBAI FC: 22-Amit Singha Roy; 2-Anas Edathodika, 4-Balpreet Singh, 16-L Romenjit Singh, 18-John Benadick M, 19-Sanjay Parte; 21-Aseem K, 25-Papiah Jagadish Kumar, 26-Nishant Mehra; 9-Abhishek Yadav [C], 28-Jerome Sebastine Unused Substitutes: 13-Kalyan Chaubey, 5-Selwyn Fernandes, 7-Sampath Kumar Kuttimani, 10-Felix Aboagye, 11-Michael George Osei, 12-Alex Mario Ambrose, 14-Anthony Michael Fernandes YELLOW CARDS: ... REFEREE: Debratan Meetel (Manipur). ASSISTANT REFEREES: Benjamin D'Silva (Goa), Francisco Fernandes (Goa). FOURTH OFFICIAL: A Rowan (Services). MATCH COMMISSIONER: Inayatullah Khan (Karnataka). Match Report: ...

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup, Bangalore - Final: Rail Wheel Factory 2-0 BHEL (EPD) - Goals: 1-0 Satish (2'), 2-0 Srinivas (5', own Goal).

April 9

RESULTS & NEWS

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1st "ONGC" I-League Division 2 - Group A | Round 4 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex ground, Pune: Chirag United SC 2-0 Pune FC Goals: 1-0,2-0 Theodore Sunday Wrobeh (34',62') CHIRAG UTD: ... Unused Substitutes: ... PUNE FC: ... Unused Substitutes: ... YELLOW CARDS: Ejike Chika Chime, Sasthi Duley, Gouranga Dutta (all Chirag United); Narshiman Balaji, Bungo Singh, Bounougou Edca Marie Robin (all Pune FC). REFEREE: ... ASSISTANT REFEREES: ... FOURTH OFFICIAL: ... MATCH COMMISSIONER: GH Chauhan. Match Report: A goal in each half by Liberian striker Theodore Sundey Wrobeh ensured Chirag United's entry to the next round of the I-League Division 2. Wrobeh was today on fire, his speed and agility was just too much for the Pune FC to handle. Wrobeh opened his account in the first-half after Gouranga Dutta did the spade work. Changing ends, Pune FC desperate to make a match of a defeated situation conceded a penalty-kick. Setting off on his own Wrobeh ended up confronting goalkeeper Narshiman Balaji. The latter leaving charge, realizing that Wrobeh was smarter with a dodge that prompted Balaji to dive as a last ditch effort, which was to costly as Wrobeh hit the turf. While Balaji earned a yellow card, Wrobeh's got to his feet and score. The game saw six yellow cards flashed. Ejike Chika Chime, Sasthi Duley, and Gouranga Dutta from Chirag along w