A Chidi Edeh strike against the run of play was enough for Goa's Dempo Sports Club to claim their maiden Super Cup title as they beat Kolkata's East Bengal by a solitary goal in Gurgaon on Wednesday.
Dempo SC produced an aesthetic brand of football to win the first I-League title.
A stout defending and a couple of good saves by keeper Arnab Das Sarma of Air-India denied Dempo full points as both settled for a goalless draw in the 15th round of ONGC-I-league played at Nehru stadium in Margao on Tuesday.
A hat-trick by Brazilian striker Eduardo de'Silva powered JCT Phagwara to a 3-1 victory over East Bengal in the I-league Football Championship in Kolkata on Friday night. Eduwardo scored in the 43rd, 67th and 82nd minutes while East Bengal struck in the 50th minute through Edmilson, also a Brazilian.
An 86th minute goal by substitute Milagres Gonsalves helped Salgaocar hold Mumbai's Air India to a 1-1 draw in their second round match of the ONGC I-League, at the Nehru stadium, Fatorda, Goa, on Thursday.
A 4-0 victory earned the Delhi team a meeting with Garhwal Heroes in the Durand Cup football tournament qualifiers.
Nitin Pradhan's late goal gave the Kolkata side their second victory in three match in the National Football League.
Mohammedan Sporting taking on former champions Mohun Bagan in the inaugural match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
A 10-man Odisha FC registered their second win of the season, beating Hyderabad FC 3-2 in the Hero Indian Super League match, in Pune, on Wednesday.
The 113-year-old club plans to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering.
Among them are 12 from NFL champions East Bengal.
In the semi-finals, Indian Airlines beat Punjab and Sind Bank via the tie-breaker, while BSF got the better of Indian Oil.
Unbeaten East Bengal hold the edge in the National League match.
After the big fat super wedding of tennis ace Serena Williams to billionaire Alexis Ohanian last week, India football captain Sunil Chhetri will take the plunge on December 4.
The match between Mohun Bagan and Tollygunge Agragami has been postponed to March 6, while the AIFF has also rescheduled the matches of Goa's Sporting Club de Goa.
Dudu Omagbemi's hat-trick helped Sporting Clube de Goa score an emphatic 4-1 victory over Fransa in the eighth round of the NFL.
In the semi-finals, Dempo beat Mohun Bagan while JCT got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National Football League with a call to make India a major soccer power in the world.
The defending champions take on arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in inaugural match of the ninth National Football League.
All India Football Federation decided to treat him leniently as he is a young player.
The Mohun Bagan goalkeeper said he felt terribly bad at the tragic death of Cristiano Junior.
Indian soccer officials will launch an inquiry into the death of Dempo SC striker Cristiano Junior during the final of Federation Cup on Sunday.
The ace striker is not among the 32 players named for the national coaching camp, starting August 4 in Kolkata, in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia on August 16.
The former India football captain was run over by a train in Chennai.
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Syed Rahim Nabi scored a brace in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
Odafe Onyeka Okolie scored a double hat-trick as Churchill Brothers whipped cellar team Vasco 9-1 in a 16th round match of the ONGC I-League football championship in Goa on Friday to stay in the hunt for the title. The victory kept Churchill in third place, with 30 points, behind league leaders Mohun Bagan (33) and Sporting Clube de Goa (31).
Goals by Jo Paul Ancheri and I M Vijayan gave the Punjab side a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday.
Both made the grade via the tie-breaker after their semi-final matches ended 1-1.
Two-time champions ATK rode on a David Williams brace to script a spectacular turnaround and storm into the final of the Indian Super League with a 3-2 aggregate win over holders Bengaluru FC, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
His goals enabled East Bengal down HAL 4-1 in a National Football League match.
Salgaocar rallied strongly after conceding an early goal but had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
A 3-2 victory kept the IFA Shield winners on top of the National Football League.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat Vasco Sports Club 3-0 to move into fourth position in the ninth National Football League.
According to the cause list of August 20 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is scheduled to hear on Tuesday.
'The only way to change things is to professionalise the administration,' says AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco.
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