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.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Saturday.
Pop singer Remo Fernandes was on Friday arrested by Goa Police and later released on a bail bond when he appeared before investigating officer in connection with a case of alleged verbal abuse of a minor girl.
The victory lifted the bankmen from the bottom to 11th place in the 12-team National Football League.
The Mumbai champions were unimpressive in a 1-1 draw with the Goa side in the National Football League.
The Indian women's team almost pulled off a dramatic win but failed to score a boundary in the final delivery to lose the third and final T20 International against New Zealand by a mere two runs in Hamilton.
The highlight of their 3-1 victory in the National Football League was a fine brace by Rodrigo Almeida.
Federation Cup champions Dempo wasted a spot-kick and had to settled for only a point in the National Football League match.
Smriti Mandhana smashed 58 from just 34 balls but a middle order collapse saw India lose to New Zealand by 23 runs in the first T20 International.
In the lead-up to the World T20, India have hit good form, beating hosts Sri Lanka before blanking Australia A at home. What should give them additional confidence going into the opener is the wins against reigning champions West Indies and England in the warm-up matches.
Powered by a brace from Dudu Omagbemi they beat Fransa Pax 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the Federation Cup football tournament.
Sanam Singh and Vijayant Mailk raised hopes of an all-Indian final at the US $15,000 ITF men's singles Futures tournament in Toronto, Canada, after winning their respective quarter-finals. Second seed Sanam beat Canadia's Braydenx Schnur 7-5, 6-1 while fourth seed Vijayant got the better of eighth seed Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa 7-6(3), 6-2.
Mahindra United went past Mohun Bagan to move up to the fourth spot in the NFL table.
An injury time goal helped Mahindra United hold Salgaocar to a 2-2 draw in the ninth National Football League.
The state cabinet took the decision after a meeting on Tuesday.
However, the action is not going to have any impact as the arithmetic still favours the Congress, which has 17 MLAs in a House of 34. The BJP has 16.
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.
Flavio Rodrigues's goal gave the Mumbai champions a 1-0 victory in the National Football League.
Dempo beat Mahindra United 2-1 for their third straight win in the National Football League.
Dominant in the series-opener, the Indian women's cricket team would now look to seal the issue when it takes on South Africa in the second ODI of the three-match series
Brazilian striker Cristiano Junior scored a brace as Dempo outplayed Mohun Bagan 2-0 to lift the 26th Federation Cup Football Championship.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists seven states where the Grand Old Party suffered a severe setback.
Vasco scored a 3-2 victory to move into ninth place in the National Football League.
Sachin Tendulkar today inaugurated the MRF go-karting but refused to speak to the media.
The Goa side had beaten the Kolkata giants by a similar margin in the first leg meeting in Kolkata, in the National Football League.
Koluthugan's goal enabled the Mumbai side beat Vasco 3-2 in a sixth round match of the ninth National Football League.
A brace by Sebastiao Endro guided Fransa Football Club to a 2-0 win over Vasco in the National Football League.
The Indian women's team begins its three-ODI series against England at home on Friday in the absence of star player Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been ruled out of the series due to an ankle injury.
Bengaluru FC lifted their maiden Federation Cup football tournament title when they edged past 10-man Dempo FC 2-1 in the summit clash.
Goa beat Gujarat 5-1 to lift the Under-21 West Zone National Football championship.
Mandhana blasted 9 fours and 3 sixes in her 55-ball innings and shared a 68-run third wicket partnership with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (43 runs off 27) to power India to a competitive 167 for 8 at the Providence Stadium.
A 3-1 victory gave churchill their second victory from three matches in the National Football League.
The beat Titanium and Manipur Police 7-2 and 7-0 respectively in the Second Division NFL.
Substitute Alvito Rodrigues' helped Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube hold Vasco to a 1-1 draw.
India defeated England by eight wickets to record a consolation win in the women's T20 tri-series
Clinton D'Souza's goal gave them a 1-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the under-19 NFL.
The Indian women's cricket team would be aiming for quick recovery from a rare setback when it takes on South Africa in the fourth Twenty20 International, where a win would give the visitors an unbeatable series lead, in Centurion, on Wednesday.
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