The Brazilian striker scored both the goals as the champions beat Haywards Sporting in their concluding match.
The Goa side needs to beat already-crowned champions East Bengal in their last National Football League match.
They beat Mahindra nited 2-1 in their last match of the National Football League.
Alleging that there had been politicisation and criminalisation of government officers in the state, the BJP leader, who was on a two-day visit, said the TMC government had stopped sending crime statistics to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) after 2018.
The BCCI on Monday invited applications to replace one among the five senior national selectors and in all likelihood, former pacer Salil Ankola would be the one on his way out as West Zone is already represented by chairman Ajit Agarkar.
Priyank Panchal smashed an unbeaten 99 off 69 balls as West Zone coasted to a comfortable nine-wicket victory
East Bengal capitalised on the lapses to score a 2-1 victory over Indian Bank in the IFA Shield football tournament.
'Besides Ayodhya, the BJP lost in nine other constituencies with a Ramayana imprint; it tasted success only in Thrissur.' 'In Rameswaram, K Navaskani of the Indian Union Muslim League won with a 44% voteshare in a 84% Hindu constituency.' 'In the 21 seats in the Ayodhya and Varanasi regions, both crucial to the Hindutva project, the BJP won just 7.' 'It won just 3 out of 12 seats around Modi's constituency,' points out Krishna Prasad.
Is it is necessary to play divisive politics to succeed in the next general elections? asks Dr Sudhir Bisht.
The BJP, which has allied with a few smaller parties, has sought to upend the state's conventional politics, which has so far been indifferent to Hindutva politics, by taking the ruling DMK head-on for its alleged insult of Sanatan Dharma besides involvement in corruption.
The AIFF has requested FIFA to make an exception to enable Baichung Bhutia turn out for Malaysian side Perak FC.
He also accused her of nepotism by choosing to play the limited role of "bua" (aunt) to her "bhatija" (nephew) instead of becoming "Didi" (elder sister) to the people.
'I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,' the Sikkimese said.
West Bengal had witnessed violence and arson from December 13 to 17 during protests against the new citizenship law.
In the ASEAN tournament, twelve teams from South and East Asia are pooled in four groups.
Kuruniyan ACL tear sparks row, Mohun Bagan 'refuse' to release players for Asian Games
Triumphant East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick says the next target is winning the Asian Club Championship.
On Monday, the TMC leader had alleged that the returning officer of Nandigram did not order recounting of votes even after she demanded it as he feared for his life.
The win against Chennaiyin FC also meant FC Goa are the only team this season to take home all the six points on offer from the first two matches. As a result, the club are currently at the top of the standings as well.
India's football coach Stephen Constantine announced his preliminary squad of 38 probables for India's forthcoming back to back 2018 World Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification matches against Oman and Guam respectively.
The former I-League champions collected the Invitation To Bid document on the last day and Thursday is the submission deadline.
In the other semi-finals, East Bengal dominated the match with a 2-0 win over Dempo.
Indian football heavyweights Mohun Bagan clinched their second I-League title with a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC with four rounds to go in the season, in Kalyani, on Tuesday. Senegalese striker Baba Diawara scored the all-important goal for Mohun Bagan in the 80th minute to beat former champions Aizawl in their 16th round match and give their supporters a memorable Holi gift.
With the arrests of nine men, including four Bangladeshi nationals, the Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have busted an international racket that used to send people to European countries on the basis of illegal documents.
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The BJP spokesperson also alleged that it was not the first time that Gandhi has "spoken against India" overseas.
'In enacting the citizenship law, the BJP's focus has been so much on consolidating its Hindu vote bank all over the country to divert attention from the economic downturn that the party forgot that there are Hindus and Hindus and that one group of Hindus may not always be warmly embraced by another,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Churchill Brothers and East Bengal have a point to prove in Wednesday's IFA Shield final.
What some of our leaders were up to on Thursday, September 7, 2023.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fight again from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as it named 34 Union ministers in the first list of 195 candidates.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
'Our study finds that only about 20% of Indians are vegetarians and the rest of the 80% are non-vegetarians or meat-eaters.'
As the West Bengal chief minister was busy containing the fallout of an internecine feud in her TMC following a rebellion by a redoubtable Suvendu Adhikari, the Centre shot off a fresh letter to her government to immediately relieve three IPS officers for central deputation.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The TMC expects to emerge victorious by way of a majority of minority votes and a minority of majority votes, notes Arun Bhatnagar, a retired IAS officer.
The Dalai Lama's proximity to the Chinese border will anger the Communist dictators in Beijing, who despise the Tibetan spiritual leader who retains his influence in his homeland 64 years after he fled Tibet.
Several major cyclones have hit various parts of India over the last 10 years. Here is a look at the notable among them.
'If a player of the status of Bhaichung is nominated for the post of president of the AIFF, it will be a good thing'
National football coach Stephen Constantine named 32 probables on Wednesday for India's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup joint qualification Round 1 home and away matches against Nepal. India first host Nepal on March 12 at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Sajusarai, Guwahati, while the return leg is slated to be played in Nepal on March 17.
'Modi is trying avenues to convince people why they should vote for the BJP.'
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