A superb goal by Robert Lalthlamvana in the 70th minute helped Churchill Brothers force a 1-1 draw against the Bangalore side in the sixth round of the National Football league.
It was Fransa's first defeat in the final phase of the Second Division National Football League after back-to-back victories.
After a lacklustre first half at Nehru stadium in Goa, Churchill got the all-important goal in the 62nd minute through Raju D.
The former champions now have 27 points, while relegation blues continue to haunt HASC, who have just seven points.
An injury-time goal handed the defending champions a 1-0 defeat in a 14th round match.
Dempo beat HASC, Bangalore 1-0 to move into the quarterfinals of Fed Cup football tournament.
A high-powered British parliamentary committee has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking if he was consulted over a controversial plan to introduce a hefty 3,000 pounds cash bond for 'high-risk' visitors from India.
Lal Kamal Bhowmick netted the only goal of the match as Mohun Bagan beat Hindustan Aeronautics Sports Club.
Mohd. Sporting, Air India, Hayward Sporting and SBT will battle for two places in the first division.
The India striker scored thrice in a 5-3 victory over HASC in the\n\nNational Football League.
Finding massive irregularity during "standard fraud checks", the White House has removed at least 85,000 signatures from an on-line petition which asked US President Barack Obama to cancel his planned meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month.
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