Nigerians Chidi Edeh and captain Ranty Martins scored two goals each to earn the Goa team a convincing 4-1 victory in an ONGC I-League football match in Mumbai.
Vasco found Odafe Okolie too hot to handle as he scored a hat-trick to guide Churchill Brothers to a thumping 4-1 win in an ONGC I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Saturday.
Poor defending dashed Dempo's hopes of becoming the first Indian club to reach the final of the AFC Cup after they were demolished 1-4 by Lebanon's Safa FC in the return leg semi-final tie to go down 1-5 on aggregate in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Goan club had lost 0-1 in the first leg in Beirut.
Goa's Dempo did more than enough to lay claim to the tag of champions for the second time.
National Football League champions Dempo Sports Club of Goa beat Indian Air Force XI 5-0 to storm into the quarter-finals of Osian's Durand Cup football tournament.
The Goa team, in a letter to the AIFF, said the officials for their Federation Cup match against Mahindra United adopted a casual approach.
Dempo's Ranty Martins, who was top scorer with 14 goals in the National Football League, was awarded the golden boot award along with a cash prize of Rs 50,000.
The Goa team's fourth, fifth and sixth rounds have been rescheduled in view of the accident some of its players and coach met with on Wednesday.
The AIFF ruled that the disputed match between Air India and Fransa would not be replayed as it was the latter who did not turn up.
Air India want the match to be rescheduled as they have granted leave to some of their players.
The 20-year-old Nigerian was named best player and best forward of the ninth National Football League.
Amal Data said Alberto Colaco conspired with the referees in an attempt to save Churchill Brothers from relegation in the National Football League.
"Every Indian national in Pakistan and Pakistani in India has to report to the local police station," said AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco.
The defending champions' hopes of retaining the National Football League crown suffered a major setback after they were beaten 0-1.
FIFA closed Mohun Bagan's case against the Brazilian striker after the Kolkata club failed to back up its complaint despite repeated reminders.
The first list of 81 players was released on Tuesday.
Dempo's Coach Armando Colaco said if Junior had been taken to the nearby Mallya hospital, he could have been saved.
Substitute Dipendu Biswas scored late in the match to earn Mohun Bagan a 1-1 draw.
The AIFF again proposed the name of Jo Paul Ancheri after the versatile player missed out on the prestigious honour last year.
Now, with an aim to make basketball the second-most followed sport in India, the NBA launched its customized NBA.com in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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.
Goan football fans and Dempo players bid a tearful farewell to Cristiano Junior, whose body would be flown to Brazil.
The tournament begins on April 10. One team from each of the three groups makes it to the final phase.\n\n
The Goa team beat Haywards 2000 Sporting Clube to register their third victory in four matches in the National Football League.
Amaechi Tochukwu's late strike guided Vasco Sports Club to their first win in the eighth National Football League.
Mohammedan Sporting taking on former champions Mohun Bagan in the inaugural match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
The former beat Haywards Sporting while Air India accounted for Dempo in the Federation Cup football tournament.
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Dempo continued their unbeaten run to remain on top of the table in the eighth National Football League.
The defending champions won their National Football League match 5-1.
Dempo are third with 32 points from 17 matches, while JCT remain on sixth place with 26 points from 17 matches.
The victory took Dempo to the second place in the National Football League
A 3-1 victory took Vasco to seventh place in the National Football League.
National football team coach Wim Koevermans has announced his squad of 21 players for India's two international friendlies which are scheduled to be held this month.
Royal Wahingdoh FC notched up another three points after beating Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0.
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