The memory of their nightmarish defeat to Mohun Bagan fresh in their minds, East Bengal will take on an upbeat Salgaocar in their round five I-League encounter at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake in Kolkata on Thursday.
The post-mortem report revealed that Dempo striker Cristiano Junior died following an cardiac arrest.
JCT coach Sukhwinder Singh says it will be an altogether different ball game when they clash against hosts East Bengal in their third round I-League encounter in Kolkata on Sunday.
The ace midfielder passed away following a heart attack.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
World football governing body FIFA on Thursday sought an update from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on the current scenario in India to which the national federation reiterated its stance that it would resolve the impasse surrounding an unified league in a two-three year window.
Mahindra United and South Africa's Santos Football Club on Wednesday set up a summit clash after winning their semifinal encounters in the 113th IFA Shield Football tournament.
Dempo Sports Club, Goa, thrashed Viva Kerala 4-1 to lift the inaugural ONGC I-League title.
The Mumbai outfit are also negotiating with East Bengal's Baichung Bhutia.
Malsawmtluanga Shylo scored twice as Salgaocar rallied to hold Mahindra United to a 2-2 draw in an I-League football match in Mumbai on Wednesday.
A 1-1 draw kept Churchill two points adrift of leaders East Bengal in the National Football League.
Despite coming up with the better chances, Air India failed to take off and were held by fancied JCT to a goalless draw in an I-League encounter at the Cooperage on Wednesday.
Goa's Churchill Brothers won their maiden I-League football crown after defeating Mohammedan Sporting 6-2 in the last round of matches at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa, on Thursday. They finished with 46 points, three more than their closest rivals Mohun Bagan, who were defeated by Mahindra United 2-1 in their last match. Sporting Clube de Goa were third, Dempo fourth and Mahindra United fifth. Odafa Okolie (26 goals) emerged the top scorer of the tournament.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
Three goals and three red cards besides a couple of yellows marked a fairly exciting 16th round I-League clash as Sporting Clube de Goa downed Mumbai FC 2-1 at the Cooperage on Sunday to zoom to the top of the table back again.
Relegated in their debut season, Aizawl FC were readmitted to make up the numbers when Goan clubs fell out with the All India Football Federation over the I-League and Indian Super League merger issue. They made the opportunity count by winning the I-League in only their second season to script a rare and incredible story in present-day Indian football.
Having lost the lead to Mohun Bagan on Friday, Sporting Clube de Goa on Saturday roped in former coach Clifford Chukuwama and asked current coach Vishwas Gaonkar to step down with immediate effect.
Mohun Bagan's coach will assist the India chief coach for the for the Afro-Asian Games.
Basement club Vasco upset Sporting Clube de Goa by a solitary goal to register their second win of the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru stadium, in Margao on Sunday.
Seven Mohun Bagan and three East Bengal players have been directed to personally explain their conduct during the derby clash between the two teams on September 4.
East Bengal duo Surkumar Singh and Syed Rahim Nabi were left out of the 20-member Indian football squad for the international friendly against Hong Kong on January 14.
Ravshan Teshabaev scored late into the second-half to give Vasco a 1-0 victory over Oil India in the 30th Federation Cup at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Tuesday. The victory kept Vasco's hopes alive in the tournament. The Goa side's fate now depends on the other Group C match between Mohun Bagan and Air India.
Churchill Brothers edged past East Bengal 2-1 in the 11th round encounter of the ONGC I-League at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Monday to end their campaign in the first phase one point adrift of second-placed Mohun Bagan on 21.
The National Football League champions have signed on the cream of Indian football this season.
Wearing his infectious goofy grin, 'Samba Magician' Ronaldinho cast a spell on the football-crazy denizens of Kolkata as his arrival for a two-day visit in Kolkata ushered in an early onset of the Durga Puja festival.
Seventy thousand fans cheered wildly as world soccer boss Joseph Blatter went round the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata in an open jeep.
With the nagging hamstring injury sustained in the AFC Challenge Cup healed, a fit-again Baichung Bhuita is raring to go full throttle when his team Mohun Bagan opens its I-League campaign against minnows Mumbai FC on Saturday.
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Edeh Chidi scored a brace as Mohun Bagan scored a comfortable 3-1 win over Salgaocar Sports Club to register their third win in the I-League at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
Teams that were considered underdogs going into the tournament, held their own against more fancied teams and came away with favourable results.
She claimed that the Centre has not released funds for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) project for the state and other initiatives of its housing and road departments.
The Chinese team scored a 1-0 victory and entered the semi-finals of the IFA shield Football Tournament.
The governing football body has made it mandatory for all clubs to have a team doctor on board.
Bhaichung Bhutia said 'unsporting play' by Subrata Paul led to Cristiano Junior's death.
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior collapsed during the finals of the Federation Cup Football Championship after being fouled by Mohun Bagan goalkeeper.
Legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn took his final bow from competitive soccer before a capacity 1.20 lakh crowd at Yuva Bharati Krirangan as Bayern Munich decimated Mohun Bagan 3-0 in a friendly in Kolkata on Tuesday.
They beat Churchill Brothers 1-0 in a quarter-final battle between Goa teams.
Oliver Kahn is looking forward to play in front of capacity crowd at the Salt Lake stadium when Bayern Munich take on Mohun Bagan in a friendly.
Bengaluru FC now have the possibility of facing another Indian side in Mohun Bagan at the group stage of the AFC Cup.
East Bengal are likely play an exhibiton match against top English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur nine days before their arch rivals Mohun Bagan take on the German club Bayern Munich at Salt Lake stadium on May 27.
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