The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 via the tie-breaker in the final.
National football coach Stephen Constantine named 32 probables on Wednesday for India's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup joint qualification Round 1 home and away matches against Nepal. India first host Nepal on March 12 at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Sajusarai, Guwahati, while the return leg is slated to be played in Nepal on March 17.
Cornell Glen struck twice as defending champions Mohun Bagan continued their winning run by notching up a convincing 3-1 win over Salgaocar FC to remain at the top of the table after the 9th round of the Hero I-League played at Tilak Stadium, in Vasco, on Saturday.
Salgaocar SC scored a facile 3-1 win over Air India while Garwhal Heroes shocked Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1 in quarter-final league matches of the 123rd Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Thursday.
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).
Mohun Bagan contiued their bad patch when they were forced to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Clube-de-Goa in their third fixture of the National I-league Football Champion.
The victory swelled East Bengal's tally to 43 points, one less than second-placed Dempo. Sporting Clube lead NFL table with 45 points.
Title aspirants Churchill Brothers scored a convincing 3-1 victory over East Bengal in an ONGC I-league match at Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday.
A double strike by Ogba Kalu Nnanna guided Churchill Bros on top of the ONGC I-League table as the hosts scored an impressive 3-1 victory over visitors Mohun Bagan in the 18th round match played at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Wednesday.
East Bengal had to sweat till midway of the second-half before a Sanju Pradhan strike helped the defending champions beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 in a Group C match and reach the semi-finals of the 30th Federation Cup at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Monday.
A penalty conversion by Jaspal Singh helped JCT scrape past New Delhi Heroes 1-0 in a Group C encounter and keep their semi-final hopes alive in the 30th Federation Cup at Vidyasagar Krirangan, in Barasat on Monday.
Sunil Chhetri regained his lost form to guide reigning champions East Bengal to a 1-0 victory over JCT and almost assured themselves of a semi-final berth in the 30th Federation Cup at the floodlit Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Saturday.
With a vintage Jose Ramirez Barreto with his magical charm on display, Mohun Bagan strolled past Chirag United 2-0 to inch closer to leaders Sporting Clube de Goa in the ONGC I-League table.
Substitute Khalid Jamil scored five minutes from time to help Mahindra United hold Sporting Clube de Goa to a 1-1 draw.
Dudu Omagbemi's fine brace gave the Goa side a 2-1 victory over the former champions in the National Football League.
The Mumbai outfit beat Sporting Clube de Goa via the tie-breaker to make the grade.
The Mumbai teams undoubtedly took the honours in the third round of matches.
Odafa Okonji scored a brace to guide Churchill Brothers to a 2-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their opening National Football League encounter on Sunday.
The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 in the semi-finals.
The Services team shocked fancied Sporting Clube de Goa 5-4 via the tie-breaker in the final.
Syed Rahim Nabi's late goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory and kept them atop the table in the National Football League.
Brazilian Beto scored from the penalty spot as Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube De Goa 1-0.
Abdulalatif Sereki scored twice in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
A second-half strike by skipper Bhaichung Bhutia helped Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 for their ninth consecutive win in the Round XIV match of the ONGC I-League at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Friday.
JCT became the first team to move into the semi-finals of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup with a 3-1 win over Tata Football Academy (TFA) at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. This was the millmen's second victory in as many matches following their 3-1 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their first match of the Group B quarter-final league stage.
'You cannot achieve everything in one day and in the long path, there will be ups and downs in your life.'
Mohun Bagan's chances of making it to the semi-finals hit a roadblock when they were held to a 1-1 draw by gritty Pune FC in their second group league encounter of the Federation Cup football tournament, in Vasco, Goa on Tuesday.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel took a veiled dig at Goan clubs on Tuesday for not having the required "bandwidth" to continue in the revamped top tier league as they are "not investing" in football while providing excuses.
Skipper Sunil Chhetri struck twice to help Bengaluru FC beat Shillong Lajong 2-1 in a thrilling 12th round match of the Airtel I-League in Bangalore on Sunday.
Anthony Pereira and Ranty Martins scored two goals each as the Goa side won the NFL match 5-0.
Sporting Clube de Goa demolished Army XI 4-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the Federation Cup.
I-League leaders Bengaluru FC began their Federation Cup campaign in style with a 5-3 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in a thrilling match on Wednesday.
Odafe Okolie scored twice from the penalty spot to guide Sporting Clube de Goa to their first win at home as they rallied to beat Mumbai FC 3-2 in the Hero I-League, in Margao, Goa, on Sunday.
AIFF's Club Licensing Committee decided that based on the reports all the fourteen License Applicants failed to clear the Licensing Test.
In a stunning development in Indian football, two-time champions Churchill Brothers were thrown out of the I-League along with three other teams for failing to fulfil the AIFF's club licensing criteria.
Mohun Bagan, East Bengal blast AIFF after Goan clubs quit I-League
He spoke to Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi on why ISL could prove to be a much-needed shot in the arm for Indian football and how it attracted him back to India.
The All India Football Federation's senior vice-president Subrata Datta termed the decision by two I-League clubs SalgaocarSC and Sporting Clube de Goa to pull-out of I-League as something 'really unfortunate'.
Royal Wahingdoh FC notched up another three points after beating Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0.
Images: Mohun Bagan get massive reception.
