Illegal Asian betting syndicates are swooping down on English football and the Premiership and other English leagues could be susceptible to match rigging, the bane of football the world over, a top investigative journalist warned at an international sports conference in England.
The point from the 21st round I-League match was a good enough result for the Mumbai side, who made sure they are safe from relegation. It took their tally to 28 and moved them up to fifth position, while Chirag, with 23 points, have not ensured safety and will have to hope for the best in their last round match against already-relegated Vasco Sports Club in Goa.
Churchill Brothers' surge to their inaugural I-League title was put on hold as they were held to a 1-1 draw by relegation threatened Air India in a bitterly contested 21st round match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Saturday.
Goa's Churchill Brothers leapfrogged to the top of the I-League table with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Mumbai FC in a thrilling 19th round tie at the Cooperage ground on Sunday.
Mahindra United went into overdrive to rout their perennial nemesis Air India 3-1 in the 19th round I-League local derby at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Saturday. The winners led 2-0 at half time.
Subhasish Roy Choudhury's game ending heroics helped Mahindra United escape to a nerve tingling 2-1 victory against a rampaging East Bengal in the 18th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Friday.
Mohammed Rafi scored two goals, once in each half, as Mumbai giants Mahindra United thrashed cellar Goan outfit Vasco 4-0 in the 17th round I-League football tie at the Cooperage ground on Sunday.
Emmanuel Ovieghara finally opened his account in the I-League, scoring a vital equaliser in the 64th minute to help Air India hold a dominant Mumbai FC to a 1-1 draw in the 17th round match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Saturday.
Three goals and three red cards besides a couple of yellows marked a fairly exciting 16th round I-League clash as Sporting Clube de Goa downed Mumbai FC 2-1 at the Cooperage on Sunday to zoom to the top of the table back again.
A jinx seems to have descended upon the Cooperage in Mumbai with a drought of goals continuing to plague the spectators like an incurable epidemic. The 16th round encounter between Mahindra United and Mohammedan Sporting on Saturday was the fourth consecutive I-League match at the venue where the scorer was not disturbed at all.
A ten-man Air India battled grimly to hold fancied Dempo Sports Club to a goalless draw in a 16th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Friday. The visitors won the first leg encounter 3-1. The defending champions, who move up to 23 points now, displace Mumbai FC, who have the same tally, from the fourth spot due to superior goal difference.
If anybody needed any confirmation why Mahindra United and JCT continue to inhabit the lower rungs of the I-League table, today's 15th round encounter between the two former champions provided the requisite proof.
The solitary point from the I-League match swelled Mumbai FC's tally to 23. They continue to remain in fourth place, while Mahindra have 16 points, the same as JCT, but move up to seventh position as they have scored more goals than the Punjab side despite having the same goal difference.
Jose Ramirez Barreto scored both goals as Mohun Bagan notched a hard-fought 2-1 win over plucky Air-India in a 13th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Sunday.
Mumbai FC pulled out all the stops to score a well-merited come-from-behind 2-1 victory over a listless East Bengal in a 13th round I-League match at the Cooperage inMumbai on Saturday. They had earlier beaten the same opponents by a 1-0 margin in the first leg in Kolkata.
Churchill Brothers beat Mahindra United 3-1 in an I-League encounter on Saturday.
Karim Bencherifa's team beat Mumbai FC 3-0 and registered their seventh triumph on the trot in the I-League to go just one behind leaders Sporting Clube de Goa.
Mumbai FC carried their good form into the New Year, registering a facile 3-0 win over Mohammedan Sporting in a 11th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Tuesday. They led 2-0 at half-time. With this fifth victory, the local outfit soared two places to fourth position with a creditable 19 points, while the Kolkata outfit, who slid to their sixth defeat, remain in 11th position with nine points.
The former champions went into overdrive to rout the defending champs 3-1 in a delayed (due to the Mumbai terror attacks) 11th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Monday evening. Mahindra, who led 1-0 at half-time, got their goals through Mohammed Rafi (39th minute), sriker Chidi Edeh (78th) and midfielder Pierre Douhou (83rd minute).
Elijah Obagbemiro Junior's seven goals helped the 'Flaming Orange' accumulate 25 points from 11 matches, four ahead of a resurgent Mohun Bagan and five in front of their Goa mates Churchill Brothers.
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