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The official I-league twitter account has confirmed that the following two matches will be telecast on Ten Action + on the opening weekend.
| 21-Sep | 4.00 pm | Churchill Brothers | vs | Salgaocar FC | Ten Action+ |
| 22-Sep | 4.00 pm | Bengaluru FC | vs | Mohun Bagan | Ten Action+ |
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Sesa Football Academy’s Sahil Tavora will move to Dempo SC after the youngster impressed Dempo SC coach Arthur Papas.
“I am really impressed with Sahil. Good and young players are hard to find these days,” said Papas.
The 18 year old midfielder will be vying for a place in in Dempo’s I-league squad. He is ineligible to represent Dempo in the ongoing Goa Pro-League
The above quote is sourced from the following article – Sesa’s Sahil to move over to Dempo Sports Club
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Nabi will be traveling to USA to have trials with MLS club DC united on Friday, 20th September. He will have around a week to prove his worth to the MLS club.
Reports suggests that Nabi was optimistic about a positive outcome on the ongoing impasse between IMG-Reliance and the I-league clubs.
Read more : Nabi goes for trial at top MLS club
Goa announced the team for 49th Junior National Football Championship, for BC Roy Trophy.
Schubert D’Costa is the captain of the 20 member team. The other members of the team are as follows :
Sherwin da Cunha, Santosh Pujar, Ozen Silva, Cryson Fernandes, Assumption Soares, Liston Fernandes, Samson Pereira, Jesmon Soares, Akeraj Martins, Cliffton Barbosa, Veegam Ferrao, Mahesh Kumar, Leander D’Cunha, John Fernandes, Mathew Colaco, Fleming Dias, Maxsan Fernandes, Anil Shivolkar, Kirtikesh Gadekar.
Coach : Ajay Acharya
Assistant coach/ Manage : Charles Dias.
Goa is grouped in Tier-I along with Punjab, Meghalaya and Karnataka.
In their first match Goa will take on Punjab on September 23rd.
Kerala team for the 49th Junior National Football Championship will leave Kochi for Bokaro on Tuesday. However coach T.G. Purushothaman lamented the lack of time for preparing the team for the junior national championship.
“We had only 10 days for the state camp. I wish I had received a little more time to set the team for the nationals. However, I am happy talent wise and hope for a good start. The players, who are training in Kochi, will leave for Jharkhand on Tuesday,“ he said.
Kerala is grouped in Tier-II along with Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Kerala plays Arunachal Pradesh in their first match on September 24th.
The above mentioned quote is from the following article in Deccan Chronicle : Anandu Murali to lead Kerala
We have been hearing about the great coverage by Star Jalsha Movies of the ongoing Calcutta Football League.
Reports suggest that Star Jalsha Movies is using ten cameras including one on each goal posts and helicopter shots of the stadium to reach out to the 80 lakh viewers of the league.
Two former Indian players Debjit Ghosh and Rajat Ghosh Dastidar are the commentators and the glamor quotient is added by the presence of Tollywood star Diva Sayoni as the presenter.
While high-quality lenses and sound capturing devices provide superb picture quality and excellent sonic experience, two mascots in Phuchka and Goleda brings in the fun factor.
Image : PFC tv
With Mumbai Tigers withdrawing from the I-league, Mohanraj will have to be content by appearing for the team in I-league 2nd division. As an Indian International this could seriously hamper his chances to make it to the national team.
He also clarified on the apparent bust up he had with Mehtab Hossain after the Indian team lost to Nepal 2-1 in the SAFF championship.
Read more : Mumbai Tigers’ I-League pull-out puts Mohanraj in a fix
Here is a report from NDTV on the Yuwa girls who were gifted a mini bus by minister Jairam Ramesh.
Despite beating AIr India 4-3 in the quarter finals Bhawanipore F.C could not qualify for the semifinal of the ongoing 165th edition of Durand Cup. With Bhawanipore F.C’s ouster, the semifinal line up for Durand Cup is set.
| 16-Sep-13 | Mohammedan Sporting vs Mumbai Tigers | 2.30 pm |
| 17-Sep-13 | ONGC FC vs Indian Navy | 2.30 pm |
Though it was said that matches starting from the Quarter-finals will be telecast on DD sports, we guess it did not happen so. However, there are unconfirmed reports doing rounds that the semifinals and final will be on DD sports.
Dempo Sports club defeated Salgaocar Football Club 3-2 in the eighth round of the ongoing Airtel Goa pro-league taking place at the Duler grounds in Mapusa.
Read the match report : Dempo clinch 5-goal thriller