East Bengal rallied to hold Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 in Margao on Wednesday.
Ogba Kalu Nnanna scored five minutes from the final whistle to hand Churchill Brothers a come-form-behind 2-1 victory over JCT in a 17th round match of the ONGC I-League football championship in Ludhiana on Thursday. The victory took the Goa side to second place on the 12-team table. They have 33 points from 17 outings, the same as Mohun Bagan, but are placed a run above the Kolkata side because of a superior goal difference of plus-21 to Bagan's plus-8.
Odafe Onyeka Okolie scored a double hat-trick as Churchill Brothers whipped cellar team Vasco 9-1 in a 16th round match of the ONGC I-League football championship in Goa on Friday to stay in the hunt for the title. The victory kept Churchill in third place, with 30 points, behind league leaders Mohun Bagan (33) and Sporting Clube de Goa (31).
A second-half strike by skipper Bhaichung Bhutia helped Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 for their ninth consecutive win in the Round XIV match of the ONGC I-League at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Friday.
With this result, Sporting Clube de Goa took their tally to nine points from eight matches while Bagan have eight from as many games.
Mohammedan Sporting and Sporting Clube de Goa had to settle for a goalless draw in their National Football League match.
The beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 on Sunday to take an unassailable lead with one round to go.
The Mumbai outfit beat Sporting Clube de Goa via the tie-breaker to make the grade.
Sporting Clube De Goa rallied from a goal down to quell a spirited challenge from Air India and register a 2-1 victory to maintain the top spot in the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday.
The draw enabled Mohammedan Sporting end their run of defeats in the National Football League.
The cancellation is a sequel to Fransa Pax failing to turn up for the match against Air India on Friday.
JCT became the first team to move into the semi-finals of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup with a 3-1 win over Tata Football Academy (TFA) at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. This was the millmen's second victory in as many matches following their 3-1 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their first match of the Group B quarter-final league stage.
A 4-0 victory gave Churchill Brothers their first victory in the Goa Professional League.
The Mumbai teams undoubtedly took the honours in the third round of matches.
Odafa Okonji scored a brace to guide Churchill Brothers to a 2-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their opening National Football League encounter on Sunday.
The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 via the tie-breaker in the final.
Sporting Clube de Goa demolished Army XI 4-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup.
The 20-year-old Nigerian was named best player and best forward of the ninth National Football League.
The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 in the semi-finals.
It did not announce a fresh date, but said Fransa will play Sporting Clube and Salgaocar on March 5 and 8 respectively.
In the semi-finals, Dempo beat Mohun Bagan while JCT got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa.
Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube-de-Goa while Mahindra United got the better of Air India in their opening league matches of the Durand Cup football Tournament.
Sporting Clube De Goa's title aspirations hit a speedbreaker as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Tollygunge Agragami
Francis Andrade's double strike from penalties guided Salgaocar to a hard fought 3-1 victory over spirited Vasco in the quarter-finals of the 27th Federation Cup football tournament.
The bottom-placed former champions were held 1-1 by Sporting Clube de Goa in the National Football League.
S Venkatesh's goal gave the Mumbai side a 1-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa, their ninth win in 13 matches in the National Football League.
The Nigerian striker led Sporting Clube de Goa to a 3-0 win over Fransa Pax
The defending champions take on Sporting Clube de Goa in the inaugural match of the National Football League.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat their state mates 4-0 to move up to the third place in the NFL table.
The tenth edition of the National Football League, featuring the ten best teams of the country, kicks-off on, January 10.
The Goa side won the title on a better goal difference.
Substitute Khalid Jamil scored five minutes from time to help Mahindra United hold Sporting Clube de Goa to a 1-1 draw.
The Services team shocked fancied Sporting Clube de Goa 5-4 via the tie-breaker in the final.
In another match in the Second Division NFL, Sporting Clube de Goa rallied to beat Allwyn Hindustan.
Dudu Omagbemi's hat-trick helped Sporting Clube de Goa score an emphatic 4-1 victory over Fransa in the eighth round of the NFL.
Sporting Clube de Goa edged past Salgaocar 5-4 in the penalty shootout to enter the final of the 27th Federation Cup.
The Goa team beat Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube to register their third victory in four matches in the National Football League.
The fixtures for the first phase of the tournament, which gets underway on November 28.
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