The 20-year-old Nigerian was named best player and best forward of the ninth National Football League.
Durand Cup champions Churchill Brothers started their campaign in the I-League on a bright note, scoring a 3-0 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa.
Dudu Omagbemi's last-minute goal guided Sporting Clube de Goa to a 2-1 victory in the Goa Football Association Professional League.
'It is a deliberate attempt to injure our key players, so as to keep Goan teams out of the title,' club president Peter Vaz said.
The Nigerian striker scored his 12th goal as the Goa side beat JCT Mills 1-0 in the National Football League.
Sporting Clube De Goa's title aspirations hit a speedbreaker as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Tollygunge Agragami
A 4-0 victory gave Churchill Brothers their first victory in the Goa Professional League.
Mahindra United beat Border Security Force by a late goal to set up a quarter-final date with Sporting Clube de Goa in the Durand Cup football tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi on Friday.
A goal in each half was enough for Sporting Clube de Goa to get past 2005 champions Army XI 2-1 in the pre-quarter-finals of Osian's Durand Cup football tournament.
The beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 on Sunday to take an unassailable lead with one round to go.
The Mumbai outfit beat Sporting Clube de Goa via the tie-breaker to make the grade.
The Goa side won the title on a better goal difference.
In another match in the Second Division NFL, Sporting Clube de Goa rallied to beat Allwyn Hindustan.
A goal each by Wilton Gomes and Dudu Omagbemi in the first half guided the Goa team to a convincing 2-0 victory.
Edeh Chidi and Dudu Omagbemi hold the key to Sporting Clube's chances in the semi-final of the Federation Cup football tournament.
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.
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).
The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 via the tie-breaker in the final.
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.
The Kolkata giants beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 in the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, Dempo beat Mohun Bagan while JCT got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa.
Both teams scored 1-0 victories over Air India and Mahindra United in quarter-final league matches.
Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube-de-Goa while Mahindra United got the better of Air India in their opening league matches of the Durand Cup football Tournament.
Sporting Clube De Goa rallied from a goal down to quell a spirited challenge from Air India and register a 2-1 victory to maintain the top spot in the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday.
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.
Dudu Omagbemi, Edeh Chidi and Adewusi Adebayo scored a goal each as Sporting Clube de Goa won 3-2.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat their state mates 4-0 to move up to the third place in the NFL 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 hat-trick helped Sporting Clube de Goa score an emphatic 4-1 victory over Fransa in the eighth round of the NFL.
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.
JCT rallied from a goal down to score thrice and tame Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 in the Group B quarter-final league match of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup in New Delhi on Thursday. With the second edition of the I-League round the corner, JCT showed they have come to terms with life after Sunil Chhetri and Renedy Singh and the convincing 3-1 win saw them top the group.
The bottom-placed former champions were held 1-1 by Sporting Clube de Goa in the National Football League.
S Venkatesh's goal gave the Mumbai side a 1-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa, their ninth win in 13 matches in the National Football League.
The beat Titanium and Manipur Police 7-2 and 7-0 respectively in the Second Division NFL.
The Nigerian striker led Sporting Clube de Goa to a 3-0 win over Fransa Pax
The defending champions take on Sporting Clube de Goa in the inaugural match of the National Football League.
The tenth edition of the National Football League, featuring the ten best teams of the country, kicks-off on, January 10.
The Services team shocked fancied Sporting Clube de Goa 5-4 via the tie-breaker in the final.
The Jamshedpur side scored twice in the last ten minutes to snatch a 2-2 draw in the Durand Cup football tournament.
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