Defending champions Dempo's I-League title hopes went up in smoke after they went down 2-3 to Pune FC in Pune on Friday.
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.
The beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 on Sunday to take an unassailable lead with one round to go.
Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers registered convincing victories at the Federation Cup football tournament.
The Nigerian striker scored twice as Dempo moved to the top of the league.
Dempo have refused to release Joaquim Abranches after they were requested by the AIFF to send him for the national camp in Dubai less than 15 days prior to the Asian Cup 2011.
Dempo were virtually crowned as I-League champions after they scored a resounding 2-0 win over Air India in a 24th round match at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, on Wednesday. In a match they dominated completely, Dempo scored through Joaquim Abranches (63rd minute) and Ranty Martins (67th).
Dempo Sports Club scored a comfortable 5-0 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa in the second round match of the I-League at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Friday.
In the semi-finals, Dempo beat Mohun Bagan while JCT got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa.
JCT play Group I runners-up Sporting Clube de Goa while Dempo take on Group I winners Mohun Bagan in Saturday's semi-finals.
Struggling for form in recent times, Mohun Bagan on Thursday put up a spirited display to hold defending champions Dempo 2-2 in a fourth round I-League match at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Ranty Martins scored a goal in each half to guide Dempo to 2-1 victory over JCT to remain at the top of the pole position in the 18th round of the I-League, played at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
An injury time goal by Climax Lawerence helped Dempo hold a ten-man Mahindra United to a 2-2 draw and take a point from the fourth round I-League match, at the Nehru stadium, in Margao, Goa, on Friday.
Dempo have their tasks cut out when they meet Mahindra United in a fourth round encounter of the I-League football championship at Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Panaji.
Dempo beat East Bengal through Tolgay Ozbey's 75th minute goal in the 18th round encounter of the I-League, played at the Nehru Stadium, Margao on Sunday.
Dempo Sports Club took a major step towards winning the I-League when they got the better of Churchill Brothers 4-2 in an exciting 23rd round match at the Nehru Stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Wednesday.
Injury time goal by substitute Peter Carvalho helped defending champions Dempo to come from behind and hold ONGC to a 1-1 draw in the 18th round of the I-League played at Duler stadium, Mapusa, on Sunday.
Dempo Sports Club lost a potentially title deciding 19th round I-League clash after Pune FC stole their thunder 1-0 at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa, on Sunday.
Churchill Brothers ended Dempo's dream run of seven straight wins as they overcame a second half challenge to edge past the city rivals 2-1 in an eighth round I-League clash at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday.
Dempo's Coach Armando Colaco said if Junior had been taken to the nearby Mallya hospital, he could have been saved.
Two second half strikes by Ranty Martins enabled Dempo to beat Mahindra United 3-2 in the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru Stadium, in Margao on Monday.
Dempo SC began their 30th Federation Cup campaign in style, thrashing State Bank of Travancore (SBT) 3-0 in a one-sided affair at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Kolkata on Thursday.
Round up of the I League matches being played in various parts of the country.
The Nigerian striker scored the only goal of the match against State Bank of Travancore in the National Football League.
Dempo played out a goalless draw with East Bengal in a 12th round match of the I-League, at the Nehru stadium, in Margao, Goa, on Friday.
A 2-1 victory kept Dempo in contention for the National Football League title.
Dempo continued their unbeaten run to remain on top of the table in the eighth National Football League.
India Inc seems to have regained its appetite for mergers and acquisitions. In the second-largest acquisition in India's iron ore industry, Sesa Goa, a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources, on Thursday acquired Goa-based Dempo group's mining and maritime businesses for Rs 1,750 crore in an all-cash deal.
Down by three goals, Dempo fought back superbly through Mboyo Iyomi's hat-trick, the second of the league, to hold Churchill Brothers to an exciting 3-3 draw in an ONGC I-League match at the Nehru stadium, in Margao, Goa, on Wednesday. Churchill Brothers, who played aggressively in the first half, scored through Felix Chimaokwu (14th, 20th minutes) and Okolie Odafa (32nd). Dempo fought back in the last quarter of the first half and equalised through goal from Iyomi.
A goalless draw with Churchill Brothers in a 11th round match in the National Football League saw them finsh with 22 points, one more than East Bengal.
English striker Rohan Ricketts has been signed for the I-League Champion, Dempo SC for the 2012-13 season.
Dempo Sports Club began their season with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Air India while defending champions Mahindra United were held to a goalless draw by new I-League entrants Lajong FC in the 122nd ONGC Durand Cup football tournament in Delhi on Monday.
HAL defied form and name to upset former champions Dempo 4-2 to move out of the I-League's relegation zone and stay afloat for the next season.
Dempo FC kept their unbeaten run intact, scoring once in each half to beat Salgaocar FC 2-0 and enter the final of the 36th Hero Federation Cup football tournament in Margao, Goa, on Friday. Dominating the match in both sessions, they scored through Francis Fernandes(11th minute) and Tolgay Ozbey(59th), and could have won by bigger margin had rival 'keeper Subrata Paul not effected three brilliant saves.
Dempo lead the league standings with 21 points from 10 matches.
A 3-2 victory kept the IFA Shield winners on top of the National Football League.
Their three-goal lead did not seem enough but Dempo survived an Al Faisaly onslaught for an impressive 4-3 victory in the AFC Cup football tournament at the Amman International Stadium.
I-League champions Dempo Sports Club began their AFC Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over Yemen's Al Tilal in Pune on Tuesday. Dempo scored through Brazilian midfielder Roberto Mendes Silva (53rd minute) and Nigerian striker Ranti Martins Soleye (67th minute), while Al Tilal striker Tafese Tesfaye pulled one back in the 75th minute of the Group A encounter.
The victory took Dempo to the second place in the National Football League
Dempo conceded a last-minute goal against Al Muharraq of Bahrain and missed out on a chance to set one foot into the last 16 stage of the AFC Cup Group E football tournament, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, on Tuesday. Substitute Madhkoor headed home a well-directed cross by Leandson in the 90th minute to give Al Muharraq their first win and hand the hosts their first defeat.
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