Odafe Okolie struck once in each half to end Sporting Clube De Goa's winning streak as Churchill Brothers scored an emphatic 3-0 victory in an ONGC I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday. Besides Odafe, who scored in the 15th and 54th minutes, Thokchom Naoba Singh found the target in the 68th minute for Churchill, who led 1-0 at half time.
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Former Nigerian world cupper Emeka Ezeugo has signed in as the head coach of Churchill Brothers Soccer Club.
JCT staged a strong second half rally to hold formidable Churchill Brothers 1-1 in an exciting ONGC I-league match, at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, on Sunday. Churchill Brothers took the lead in the 27th minute. JCT substitute Amandeep Singh restored parity in the 48th minute. Churchill Brothers now have 11 points from five games while JCT have nine from six.
Man of the match Odafe Onyeka Okolie capitalised on the sloppy Salgaocar defence to slam in four goals as Churchill Brothers came from behind to register a resounding 5-1 win in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Monday.
Mahindra United have an opportunity to avenge their Durand Cup defeat to Churchill Brothers when the two teams clash in an I-League football tie on Thursday
Mohun Bagan held Durand Cup champions Churchill Brothers to 2-2 draw.
Churchill Brothers coach Drago Mamic, who failed to guide the team to I-League triumph, has been shown the door by club president Churchill Alemao.
Odafe Okolie's late goal gave the Goa team a 3-2 victory and took them to fourth place on the league table.
Odafe Onyeka Okolie's 78th minute goal earned Churchill Brothers a 1-1 draw.
Yusuf Yakubu and Marcos Pereira each scored a brace as Churchill Brothers beat Tollygunge Agragami 4-2.
Churchill Brothers Technical Director Subhash Bhowmick, who was not happy with the club management interfering with the team's affairs, has stepped down from his post.
"We do not mind Yakubu moving over to another club, but the transfer fee has to be settled", Churchill Bros manager Denzil Ferrao said.
The 'Goan Supremacy' in Indian football continued as Churchill Brothers comfortably won their second I-League football title with a match to spare by playing out a 1-1 draw with Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan.
The 2-1 victory kept them in the title race in the National Football League.
The Kolkata team did well to snatch a point from their away match in the National Football League.
Table toppers Churchill Brothers suffered a shock solitary goal defeat at the hands of Sporting Clube de Goa in a 19th round match of the I-League at Duler Stadium in Mapusa.
The Goa team played out a 1-1 draw in the National Football League match.
After a lacklustre first half at Nehru stadium in Goa, Churchill got the all-important goal in the 62nd minute through Raju D.
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Defending champion Churchill Brothers today defeated Viva Kerala 2-0 in the second round of the third edition of the I-league football at Tilak Ground, Vasco.
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Two late second-half goals gave the Goa side a 2-0 victory over ITI, Bangalore, in the national Football League.
The 2-2 draw kept Churchill in second place in the National Football League standings on better goal difference.
The Goa side routed Indian Bank 5-0 in the National Football League.
Churchill Brothers secured full points from their 18th round encounter against Air India on Thursday and placed themselves in a position to threaten Dempo SC in the race to the top in the I-League football championship.
Churchill Brothers midfielder Ogba Kalu Nnanna was injured when a missile hurled by an irate Mohun Bagan fan hit him as mayhem broke out at the Vidyasagar Krirangan after Friday's I-League match in Basarat. Minutes after Churchill held Bagan to a 2-2 draw, furious Bagan supporters hurled bricks and bottles and abused the Churchill players.
10-man Churchill Brothers fought valiantly but had to be content with a 1-1 draw against Mahindra United in the last of the quarter-final group league matches at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Reisangmi Vashum beat Mahindra goalkeeper Mahindra United Amit Nandi as early as the eighth minute to give Churchill the lead. Churchill Brothers held on to the lead till the 75th minute, when Edeh Chidi scored the equaliser.
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A fine show by goalkeeper Vinay Singh enabled Churchill Brothers hold the defending champions goalless.
Salgaocar Sports Club and Churchill Brothers were locked 1-1 in a seventh round I-League match at the Nehru stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Thursday. ND Opara drew first blood for Churchill in the 49th minute only for Chidi Edeh to pull it back for Salgaocar in the 71st.
Defending champions Dempo Sports Club put up a dazzling display to beat formidable Churchill Brothers 4-1 and maintained their unbeaten run in the 10th round of the ONGC I League championship match played at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday.
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.
Mohun Bagan on Thursday defeated Churchill Brothers 2-1 in their 14th round tie of the I-league in Kolkata.
Title aspirants Churchill Brothers scored a convincing 3-1 victory over East Bengal in an ONGC I-league match at Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday.
A goal each by Clifford Miranda and Ranty Martins enabled Dempo win the battle between Goa teams.
Runners-up Churchill Brothers and former title holders Mohun Bagan settled for a goalless draw in their 16th round I-league soccer match at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday.
Languishing at the bottom of the heap in the ongoing I-League, Churchill Brothers showed remarkable resilience as they outclassed a formidable Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 to win their maiden Federation Cup title at the floodlit Nehru Stadium in Kochi.
The Goa team, in a letter to the AIFF, said the officials for their Federation Cup match against Mahindra United adopted a casual approach.
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