The Nigerian striker scored his 12th goal as the Goa side beat JCT Mills 1-0 in the National Football League.
The Mumbai outfit are also negotiating with East Bengal's Baichung Bhutia.
Mahindra United moved to the third place in the National Football League with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa.
The West Bengal government has taken all precautionary measures to deal with Cyclone Yaas, likely to hit the state on May 26, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will stay at a control room set up for the purpose to monitor the situation, officials said.
East Bengal's coach has sharply criticised the association duirng the last few weeks.\n\n
Walmart-owned Flipkart on Wednesday said it has set up a new fulfilment centre (warehouse) in West Bengal, its second-largest in the state, that will help in creating nearly 3,500 direct jobs. Spread across an area of over 2.2 lakh sq ft, the new facility in Dankuni will cater to the needs of Flipkart and Myntra customers in the region and bolster the e-commerce major's efforts to ramps up supply chain infrastructure in the eastern part of the country. The facility will also help thousands of sellers offer a wider selection and enable faster deliveries of customer orders within the region and neighbouring states while also helping create national market access, according to a statement.
PK Banerjee was captain of the Indian team that last played the Olympics in Rome 1960. He retired as a player in 1967 after being laid low by recurring injuries. But then went on accumulate a staggering 54 trophies as a coach.
A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe.
All the results from the I-League and ISL matches played on Saturday
Minerva Punjab FC will take on Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC on April 2 in the inaugural Super Cup football tournament which begins in Bhubaneswar on March 31.
The defending champions beat arch-rivals East Bengal in the semi-finals via the penalty shoot-out.
Seen by political watchers as the favourite to retain power for a third straight term, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set itself an ambitious target of winning 370 Lok Sabha seats, a goal aimed as much at projecting its strength as at diminishing the opposition in popular imagination.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to people to maintain peace and calm and urged the protesters to refrain from taking law into own hands.
The West Bengal government's report to the Election Commission on Friday on the incident at Nandigram in which chief minister Mamata Banerjee was injured has no mention of the 'four-five persons', who she had alleged had attacked her, an official of the state CEO's office said.
Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy.
West Bengal and Odisha have evacuated lakhs of people from vulnerable areas to safety as severe cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is nearing the coast and is expected to make landfall near Dhamra Port in Bhadrak district early on Wednesday morning.
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.
The government declared Monday (Dec 4) a public holiday and urged private companies to encourage 'work from home' option for its employees in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts.
They beat Mahindra nited 2-1 in their last match of the National Football League.
Bhutia's nomination was proposed and seconded by Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan state associations. He did not get support from his state association.
East Bengal capitalised on the lapses to score a 2-1 victory over Indian Bank in the IFA Shield football tournament.
Indian football hero of '80s, Chibuzor dies
The AIFF has requested FIFA to make an exception to enable Baichung Bhutia turn out for Malaysian side Perak FC.
'I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,' the Sikkimese said.
In the ASEAN tournament, twelve teams from South and East Asia are pooled in four groups.
Triumphant East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick says the next target is winning the Asian Club Championship.
Besides Defence Minister Singh (Lucknow), Minister of Women and Child Development Irani (Amethi), those in the fray are Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishor (Mohanlalganj) and Minister of State of Consumer Affairs Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Fatehpur).
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.
In the other semi-finals, East Bengal dominated the match with a 2-0 win over Dempo.
Churchill Brothers and East Bengal have a point to prove in Wednesday's IFA Shield final.
'Usually the average rainfall per day is around 8 mm and India is receiving 10 to 11 mm per day since the last one week.' 'July seems to be very good for the entire country.'
The former I-League champions collected the Invitation To Bid document on the last day and Thursday is the submission deadline.
This would be the second cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea this year.
Once a reviled practice in the state, both the parties seem to have endorsed a record number of turncoats this time -- triggering a wave of discontentment among their loyalists.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
West Bengal had witnessed violence and arson from December 13 to 17 during protests against the new citizenship law.
