Dempo have refused to release Joaquim Abranches after they were requested by the AIFF to send him for the national camp in Dubai less than 15 days prior to the Asian Cup 2011.
Joaquim Abranches's late strike helped Dempo Sports Club score a solitary goal win over a spirited Air India in the I-League tie played at the Nehru Stadium in Margoa on Saturday.
India went down 1-5 to much higher-ranked Oman at the Sultan Qaboos, Sports Complex Stadium, in Muscat on Thursday. The friendly was a part of the Indian football team's preparation for the forthcoming AFC Challenge Cup.
I-League champions Dempo ousted reigning champions Salgaocar from the 34th Federation Cup with a clinical 2-0 victory on Friday to set up a summit clash against last year's runners-up East Bengal. The final is on Sunday.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has taken strong exception to the outbursts by Dempo's striker Joaquim Abranches and Viva Kerala's midfielder N P Pradeep against the national body.
Churchill Brothers striker Mohammad Rafi was on Sunday named Indian Player of the Year in the Football Players Association of India awards night in New Delhi 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.
Dempo were virtually crowned as I-League champions after they scored a resounding 2-0 win over Air India in a 24th round match at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, on Wednesday. In a match they dominated completely, Dempo scored through Joaquim Abranches (63rd minute) and Ranty Martins (67th).
Hosts Tamil Nadu, former champions Goa and Manipur booked quarter-final berths with easy victories in the 63rd National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on Sunday. They join four directly seeded teams -- last edition's winners Punjab, runners-up Services and two semi-finalists Karnataka and West Bengal -- in the last eight league round which begins on Tuesday.
Dempo Sports Club scored an emphatic 3-1 win over bottom placed Sporting Clube de Goa to regain the top spot in the 11th round I-League match at the Nehru Stadium, Margao, on Sunday.
Dempo overcame a first-half deficit to defeat a fighting Viva Kerala 3-1 and returned to the top of the points table after the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Thursday.
They defeated Maharashtra 3-1 in extra time in the final.
Despite being reduced to ten men midway through the second half, defending champions Dempo thumped Mohammedan Sporting 4-1 to move to fourth in points table of the ONGC I-League football, at the Nehru Stadium inn Margao, Goa, on Thursday.
Dempo's dream of qualifying for the AFC Champions League went up in smoke after the Goan side went down 0-3 to Al Sharjah in the one-off qualifier at the Sharjah Stadium on Wednesday.
Ranty Martins' brace guided Dempo to an impressive 4-0 win over Chirag United in the ONGC I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Sunday. The impressive win put Dempo back into their winning ways as they collected 11 points from eight matches, while Chirag United remained on eight points from eight matches.
Defending champions Dempo Sports Club put up a dazzling display to beat formidable Churchill Brothers 4-1 and maintained their unbeaten run in the 10th round of the ONGC I League championship match played at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday.
Dudu Omagbemi's last-minute goal guided Sporting Clube de Goa to a 2-1 victory in the Goa Football Association Professional League.
FC Goa's chief coach Zico will arrive in the state on July 6 to take stock of all new signings.
Kolkata's East Bengal scripted history of sorts when they secured a maiden berth in the AFC Cup semi-finals after holding Indonesia's Semen Padang 1-1, at the Agus Salim stadium in Padang, on Tuesday.
Sporting Clube de Goa held a lacklustre East Bengal to a goalless draw in their penultimate I-League fixture at the Vidyasagar Krirangan, in Barasat on Friday.
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