India's chief football coach refused to accept moral responsibility for the 7-0 defeat against Japan.
Twice in arrears, the former champions held Churchill Brothers to a 2-2 draw in an NFL match.
The ace striker's second-half strike gave the defending champs a 1-0 victory in the NFL.
A 3-1 victory gave the Kolkata giants a nine-point lead of second-placed Salgaocar in the NFL.
First-half goals gave the Goan outfit a convincing 2-0 win over a depleted HAL in ther National Football League.
The FIFA legends, including World Cup winner Frenchman Marcel Desailly, Colombian great Carlos Valderrama, Spain's Fernando Morientes, Mexican Jorge Campos and Nigerian Emmanuel Amuneke, will roll back the years and turn out for a short match at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Former champions Salgaocar completed their National Football League engagements, aggregating 27 points from 22 matches.
R C Prakash's brace helped Dempo to a convincing 2-0 win over Churchill Brothers in the eighth National Football League match.
A 2-1 victory took the Goa side two points adrift of leaders East Bengal in the National Football League.
Dempo are third with 32 points from 17 matches, while JCT remain on sixth place with 26 points from 17 matches.
\n\nA goal in each half gave the Kolkata side a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
The Goa side beat ITI 2-0 to register their second victory ion the National Football League.\n\n\n\n
A 3-1 victory took Vasco to seventh place in the National Football League.
The former India ace's goal gave JCT a 1-0 victory over Vasco in the National Football League.
Substitute Alvito Rodrigues' helped Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube hold Vasco to a 1-1 draw.
The Oman club will take on Mumbai's Mahindra United on Wednesday.
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.
Striker Ferran Corominas scored the first hat-trick of the season as FC Goa beat 10-man Bengaluru FC 4-3 in a thrilling match of the Indian Super League in Margao on Thursday.
The veteran striker scored once in each half as JCT beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 in a National Football League match.
Climax Lawrence's goal gave the Goa team a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
They beat champions East Bengal 2-0 in their last match of the NFL.
A goal on either side of the break powered Real Kashmir to a 2-0 win over Indian Arrows in the I-League, in Margao, on Sunday.
Sunday Seah and Mohammed Gafari's first half strikes propelled Dempo to a convincing 2-0 win over Indian Bank.
But the hosts failed to qualify for the next round of the under-23 football tournament in the Olympics.
Dudu Omagbemi scored twice in a 4-1 victory in the National Football League.
The Kolkata team did well to snatch a point from their away match in the National Football League.
Foreign recruits Adewusi Adebayo and Chidi Edeh scored once in each half to give their Goa team their first win in the National Football League.
The Goa side routed Indian Bank 5-0 in the National Football League.
A 3-1 victory enabled the former champions to move to third place in the NFL.
They beat Haywards Sporting via the tie-breaker in the final.
A 2-0 win enabled Dempo stay a rung below leaders East Bengal in the NFL.
The result was a major blow to Mohun Bagan's title chances.
The Goa team played out a 1-1 draw in the National Football League match.
With this draw East Bengal who are leading the table took their tally to 34 points from 14 matches. While Dempois on 22 points from 14 matches.
Dempo, who are perched atop the league, will be without key players, defender Bolaji and striker Francis Silveira.
India will stage the Under-17 football World Cup from October 6 to 28 next year, the sport's world governing body FIFA announced today while ratifying Kolkata as the sixth venue for the mega-event after an inspection in Kolkata. The draw for the mega-event, to be held across six venues in India, will take place on July 7. "We first came here two years ago to see the stadium. The work that has done has been staggering. I am confident that the stadium will look 30 years younger. I grew up here watched football here, it gives me immense pleasure to say Kolkata has been ratified as one of the venue for World Cup matches," Joy Bhattacharya, Project director -- FIFA U-17 World Cup, said.
The draw enabled East Bengal stay unbeaten with 17 points from seven matches in the National Football League.
Abhishek Yadav's goal a minute from time earned Mahindra a 2-2 draw in the National Football League.
In the other semi-finals, East Bengal dominated the match with a 2-0 win over Dempo.
