Churchill Brothers, reduced to 10 men in the second half, downed Chirag United 2-0 to move to the top of the points table after their eighth round I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Friday.
Odafe Okolie struck once in each half to end Sporting Clube De Goa's winning streak as Churchill Brothers scored an emphatic 3-0 victory in an ONGC I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday. Besides Odafe, who scored in the 15th and 54th minutes, Thokchom Naoba Singh found the target in the 68th minute for Churchill, who led 1-0 at half time.
Mohun Bagan on Tuesday formally roped in Moroccan Karim Bencharifa as their new football coach for the coming season.
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.
Sporting Clube-de-Goa came from behind in the second half to hold title aspirants Churchill Brothers to a 1-1 draw in the penultimate round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
With just two rounds left in the ONGC I-League football championship Goan teams Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers promise an interesting finish, though the former holds the edge to lift the title. Tied with Churchill on 32 points, but leading the table by virtue of a better goal difference, Dempo have a good chance of emerging champions as they take on lowly Salgaocar and Viva Kerala in their last two engagements.
If victory in the Durand Cup and IFA Shield is anything to go by, then expect nothing less from Churchill Brothers, who commence their I-League title defence against Mahindra United at the Cooperage on Thursday.
Refereeing error, comebacks, late goal, the final of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup had all the ingredients for a potboiler as Mahindra United pipped Churchill Brothers 3-2 through an extra-time goal to clinch the title at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
10-man Churchill Brothers fought valiantly but had to be content with a 1-1 draw against Mahindra United in the last of the quarter-final group league matches at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Reisangmi Vashum beat Mahindra goalkeeper Mahindra United Amit Nandi as early as the eighth minute to give Churchill the lead. Churchill Brothers held on to the lead till the 75th minute, when Edeh Chidi scored the equaliser.
JCT kept up the pressure over table-toppers Dempo Sports Club with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the fourth round of the ongoing ONGC I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday.
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Dempo Sports Club beat Churchill Brothers 2-0 to score their third successive victory in the ONGC I-League at the Nehru stadium in Margao on Tuesday. JCT and Mahindra United were involved in a goalless draw in another match in Ludhiana.
In another match of the Durand Cup football tournament, Nigerian Odafe Onyeka Okolie hammered in five goals as Churchill Brothers trounced Central Railway 6-1.
A superb goal by Robert Lalthlamvana in the 70th minute helped Churchill Brothers force a 1-1 draw against the Bangalore side in the sixth round of the National Football league.
Mohun Bagan rode on a Jose Barreto hat-trick to blank Kolkata rivals Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 in the 113th IFA Shield tournament quarter-final group league matches in Kolkata on Saturday. In the day's other matches, Mahindra United beat East Bengal 2-0 while Churchill Brothers and Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting drew goalless.
Churchill Brothers' Nigerian sharp shooter Odafe Onyeka Okolie may have failed to win the inaugural I-League title for his side, but his enormous contribution to the campaign was enough to get him three individual awards.
Mboyo Iyomi's spectacular strike enabled Churchill Brothers, Goa, edge out ten-man East Bengal and catch up leaders Dempo Sports Club on points in the I-league on Sunday.
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Mohun Bagan moved up to the third spot with a solitary goal victory over wooden spooners Salgaocar Sports Club, who put up a good fight, in an I-League engagement in Kolkata on Monday.
Leading from the front, captain Okolie Odafe struck twice and his African-mate Mboyo Iyomi scored once to give Churchill Brothers,Goa a comfortable 3-1 win against Viva Kerala in the 15th round tie of the ONGC I-League at the Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Monday.
Churchill Brothers' march towards winning the title got a boost as they beat JCT by a solitary goal in an ONGC I-League match, to move to second place, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao.
Prolific scorer Odafe Okolie pumped in four goals, including a hat-trick, as Churchill Brothers deflated Mahindra United 4-2 in an exciting ONGC I-League 11th round match at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, on Monday.
Churchill Brothers' litmus test came on Sunday to prove that they are not a one-man team in the absence of their prolific goal getter Odafa Okolie who was booked out of their ninth round I-League clash against Air-India at the Cooperage.
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).
Man of the match Odafe Onyeka Okolie capitalised on the sloppy Salgaocar defence to slam in four goals as Churchill Brothers came from behind to register a resounding 5-1 win in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Monday.
Chidi Edeh scored the all-important goal and took JCT to fourth on the NFL table, behind Churchill Brothers, who whipped Mohd Sporting 4-1 in another match.
Churchill Brothers came from behind to hold Dempo to a 1-1 draw in the 13th round of the ONGC I-league match played at the Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday.
The prolific Nigerian scored a hat-trick as Churchill Brothers returned to winning ways with a 3-2 win over East bengal.
Churchill Brothers edged out a spirited East Bengal side 3-2 and gained full points in the 5th round ONGC I-League Championship.
The Nigerian striker scored twice as Dempo moved to the top of the league.
Mahindra United need to guard against complacency when they take on the spirited Goan team in the semi-finals of the Federation Cup football tournament.
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.
The Goa team scored a 5-1 victory over the Mumbai champions in the I-League to prove that their Durand Cup triumph was no fluke.
Lalam Puiya's goal gave the Kolkata giants a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
Nigerian striker Odafe Onyeka Okolie scored his tenth goal of the tournament as Churchill Brothers rallied to beat Air India and enter the final of the Durand Cup football tournament.
Churchill Brothers' captain Odafe Onyeka Okolie scored all the goals in his team's 4-1 demolition of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the pre-quarter-finals of the Osian Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday.
The beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 on Sunday to take an unassailable lead with one round to go.
Churchill Brothers rallied strongly to share honours with Mahindra United as the two teams settled for a 1-1 draw.
Dempo Sports Club and Churchill Brothers registered convincing victories at the Federation Cup football tournament.
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