Dempo Sports Club sealed a comeback to the elite I-League after scoring a convincing 3-1 win over Minerva Academy FC to top the Second Division I-League at the Nehru Stadium,
In the 2nd match of the day, Dempo Sports Club and Namdhari settled for a draw after a frantic final few minutes in Fatorda, Goa.
Suley Musah's powerful header in the 87th minute helped Air India snatch a rousing 2-2 draw with the NFL leaders.
Sporting Clube de Goa on Saturday trounced rivals Dempo Sports Club 6-4 in a penalty shoot-out to lift the Super Cup.
Dempo Sports Club appear to carry too big an artillery for the comfort of the revamped Mumbai FC when the two clash in their opening I-League fixture at the Cooperage football ground on Saturday.
Brazilian Ranti Martins scored the only goal of the match in the 87th minute.
Dudu Omagbemi, Edeh Chidi and Adewusi Adebayo scored a goal each as Sporting Clube de Goa won 3-2.
Sporting Clube de Goa came from behind to hold Kolkata outfit Chirag United to a 1-1 draw to split points in the sixth round I-league encounter at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Monday.
United Sporting and State Bank of Travancore (SBT) played out a 2-2 draw to share points in their last league match from Group A in the 30th Federation Cup Football championship in Barasat on Tuesday.
Miranda had worked as assistant coach of FC Goa, Odisha FC, Mohun Bagan Super Giant and Mumbai City FC in the past.
Brisbane Roar to 5-1 win over Dempo FC in their opener at the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy on Saturday.
Dempo put up an improved performance in the second half to hold Salgaocar Sports Club 1-1 in a second round I-League match at the Tilak ground in Panaji, Goa, on Wednesday.
Bengaluru FC showed no sign of protective-approach, when they trounced Shillong Lajong FC 2-0.
Mohun Bagan moved up to the third spot with a solitary goal victory over wooden spooners Salgaocar Sports Club, who put up a good fight, in an I-League engagement in Kolkata on Monday.
The 20-year-old Nigerian was named best player and best forward of the ninth National Football League.
Brazilian Roberto Mendes Silva's second half goal gave the NFL champions a 1-0 victory over Sporting Club de Goa in the ONGC I-League.
Mahindra United beat Dempo via the tie-breaker in the semi-finals of the Federation Cup.
With the relegation battle over, the inaugural ONGC I-League is poised for a thrilling finale, as Goa teams Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers play the final round of championship at two different venues on February 23, hoping to emerge India's new football powerhouse.
The Mumbai champions beat Tollygunge Agragami in their concluding match in the National Football League.
All matches of the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy 2024 will be broadcast live on Sportscast India's YouTube channel and live-streamed on FIFA+.
JCT kept up the pressure over table-toppers Dempo Sports Club with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the fourth round of the ongoing ONGC I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Dempo finished their league engagements with a solitary goal win over Mohun Bagan at the Nehru Stadium on Friday.
Mboyo Iyomi's spectacular strike enabled Churchill Brothers, Goa, edge out ten-man East Bengal and catch up leaders Dempo Sports Club on points in the I-league on Sunday.
First-timers Bengaluru FC wrote a new chapter in Indian football by clinching the I-League title in their debut season, courtesy a 4-2 away victory over Dempo Sports Club in Margao, Goa, on Monday, with captain Sunil Chhetri fittingly netting the final goal.
The 11-time champions edged out Dempo Sports Club 5-4 via sudden death to scrape into the final.
Dempo failed to qualify for the AFC Cup quarter-finals after suffering a 1-3 defeat to Kuwait Sports Club in the round of 16 match in Kuwait City. Dempo, without key defender Mahesh Gawli, who had to sit out because off a booking, were the second-best team for most part of the single-leg pre-quarter-final at the Kuwait SC Stadium on Tuesday night.
Minutes after the club bowed out of the Federation Cup with a 0-1 quarter-final loss to Dempo Sports Club, East Bengal fans went on the rampage abusing the coach and officials.
The defending champions' quest towards retaining the NFL crown suffered a setback after a goalless draw.
Goa's Dempo did more than enough to lay claim to the tag of champions for the second time.
According to the Asian Football Confederation statistics, Indian fans turned out in larger numbers than those in other countries.
East Bengal will open their campaign with a home match against Muktijoddha of Bangladesh on March 9.
The Brazilian died of cardiac arrest following over-exertion and excitement, the final post-mortem report confirmed, a top police official said.
Mohammed Rafi and Murritala Ali scored two goals each to guide Mahindra United to a convincing 4-1 win over defending champion Churchill Brothers in the 14th round of the I-League football tournament played at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Wednesday.
East Bengal crushed Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0 to set up a semi-final clash with JCT Mills, Phagwara in the Durand Cup football tournament.
The I-League kicks-off on November 24 at the Nehru stadium in Goa, with champions Dempo Sports Club taking on promoted Salgoacar in a local derby.
He scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Dempo in the National Football League.
East Bengal rallied from an early deficit to beat the defending champions in the semi-final of the Federation Cup.
East Bengal regained the top spot in the NFL by defeating State Bank of Travancore 2-0.
The All India Football Federation named Mahindra United's Shanmugam Venkatesh as the player of the year.
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