It is always great to see model Waluscha D'Souza on the runway. This weekend was no different! :-)
Desperately seeking full points against Salgaocar Sports Club to avoid relegation in I-League, JCT have dropped two of their contracted players after they admitted to have signed with the Goan side for next season.
Goan heavyweights Churchill Brothers will set up a football academy at Cana Bednaulim near Panaji in association with former Liverpool midfielder-turned- commentator Steve McMohan.
Three top I-League clubs on Tuesday agreed to release their players for the national squad after initially threatening to call them back, paving the way for Indian football team's tour of the West Indies later this month.
One thing is certain: The part-Goan, part-Malayali group CEO of Air Asia is not your usual boardroom CEO, and he cultivates the maverick businessman image, buying race car teams and football clubs and taking off-beat bets with his mentor and now buddy Richard Branson of Virgin.
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Salgaocar SC came from behind to outclass East Bengal 3-2 in a crucial I-League encounter, at the Nehru stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Thursday. Salgaocar now have one hand on their first ever I-League trophy as they cemented their place at the top of the table with 53 points from 25 matches, while the loss did no favour to the Red & Gold brigade as they find themselves six points behind the Goan outfit.
FC Goa's chief coach Zico will arrive in the state on July 6 to take stock of all new signings.
'He was a true intellectual of this country: Never claiming to be an expert on anything, or the greatest, he just went ahead and followed his beliefs uncaring of how the world judged him.' Jaya Jaitly pays homage to a dear friend, Wendell Rodricks, designer and trendsetter.
Okay, so we love our Goan filmi characters. Do you love these movies set in Goa? Have a look!
With their management's decision to disband the team, Mahindra United's leading players Mohammad Rafi, Steven Dias and Dharmaraj Ravanan have decided to join Churchill Brothers next season. Churchill, in turn, are likely to lose R Vashum to East Bengal while goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya and midfielder Ogba Kalu are in talks with newly-crowned I-League champions Dempo.
Shilpa Shetty has an enviable figure and amazing food habits as well!
Reigning I-League champions Salgaocar rode on a late strike by Edeh Chidi to pip Shillong Lajong FC 1-0 and advance to the final of the 33rd Federation Cup at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Despite the presence of India player N P Pradeep in the Viva Kerala midfield, the home side went down 0-2 to Dempo in a 13th round I-League match at the Municipal Jawahar Stadium in Kannur on Thursday. After a barren first-half, the Goan outfit forged ahead in the 70th minute through a booming long-ranger from Roberto Silva and Joaquim Abranches sealed Viva's fate with an accurate long ranger in the 77th.
Top Afghanistan footballer Zohib Islam Amiri has joined Dempo Sports Club till the end of the 2013-14 season.
Fikru Teferra struck an equaliser off a dubious penalty decision to force a 1-1 draw for Atletico de Kolkata against a 10-man FC Goa and sneak into the semi-finals of the Hero Indian Super League on Wednesday.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has served a show cause notice on Churchill Alemao, patron of Goan football club Churchill Brothers, for his recent comments against match officials and referred him to the disciplinary committee.
Pune FC scored a 3-2 victory over Churchill Brothers to finish I-League 2010-11 in fifth position.
Defending champions Churchill Brothers rode on skipper Okolie Odafe's hat-trick to blank Army Red 3-1 and qualify for the semi-finals of the 123rd Durand Cup Football Tournament, at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
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.
Deane De Menezes hopes to reduce the awkwardness and stigma around menstruation.
Sourdough is not only a type of bread, but also a technique.
Brazilian legend Zico arrived in Goa on Tuesday and was accorded a warm welcome by the FC Goa officials, laying all speculation to rest that he will not return back for the third edition of the ISL after the tournament's regulatory committee's decision.
Five Congress legislators, who have been lobbying against Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, have decided to meet assembly Speaker Pratapsingh Rane to urge him to take charge of the top post, sources close to them said on Wednesday. The legislators are backed by a group of seven legislators including three from the Nationalist Congress Party, two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, one from the United Goans Democratic party and an independent, they said.
All the 23 players of leading Goan football club Churchill Brothers flying on a SpiceJet plane from Goa to Kolkata on Tuesday were offloaded at Mumbai airport after three of them allegedly misbehaved with an airhostess and some cabin crew members.
Dempo made a spectacular second half comeback to demolish Mohun Bagan 4-1 in a round 23 I-League match at Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Wednesday.
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"I practice chess based on what I think is a priority, and what I feel like doing. I also read some chess books -- 'Saying No to Chess Principles' by Evgeny Bareev and 'Life and Games of Mikhail Tal"
Churchill Brothers took full advantage of a weak Chirag United defence to register a 5-3 away win in a round 13 I-League match at Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Saturday.
Former champions Mohun Bagan rode on a Balwant Singh first-half strike and held their nerves after being reduced to 10 men to secure a hard-fought 1-0 win over Churchill Brothers in their 10th I-League opener in Barasat on Sunday.
In a massive reprieve for FC Goa, the Appeals Panel of Indian Super League, on Friday, revoked the 15-point penalty imposed on the club for "bringing disrepute" to the event following last year's final besides reducing the Rs 11 crore fine and lifting the ban on the franchise owners.
Reinaldo da Cruz Oliveira struck a hat-trick as FC Goa secured their place in the semi-final of the Indian Super League (ISL) with a record 5-1 win over Kerala Blasters, in Kochi on Sunday.
Despite beating Chirag United 1-0 in their season-ending match on Friday, Sporting Clube de Goa finished 13th in the standings and could not avoid relegation to the second division.
The Goa police identified the accused involved in the rape of a nine-year-old Russian girl as a 30-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh who was working for a local pharmaceutical firm.
I-League champions Churchill Brothers maintained their intimidating form in the season as they beat Dempo 2-1 to storm into the Durand Cup football final, on Saturday.
Churchill Brothers put up a spirited fight before crashing out of the AFC Cup after losing 1-2 to Kuwaiti powerhouse Al Qadsia in the single-leg pre-quarterfinal match in Kuwait City.
Dempo Sports Club on Sunday clinched the I-League football title after defeating relegation threatened Lajong FC 1-0 in Shillong.
FC Goa fought back from a goal down to hold defending champions Atletico de Kolkata 1-1 in their second round match of the Indian Super League at the Nehru stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Wednesday.
Mohammedan Sporting and Air India held Churchill Brothers and Senegal's AS Douanes respectively to draws to remain in contention for a semi-final berth in the 114th IFA Shield football tournament in Kolkata on Wednesday.
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