Nothing but football.
Sports Authority of India will set up a 300 crore worth football academy in Kozhikode confirmed Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy today.
“They have agreed to set up the academy at the land that will be given by the University of Calicut-Kozhikode. ” said Chandy.
Source : IANS
Image Courtesy : Kerala Coach Purushothaman Thekkathara T G’s facebook profile.
Kerala lost to Sports Authority of India team 5-2 in the finals ( Tier 11) Junior National Football Championship for B.C Roy Trophy that was held at Bokaro in Jharkhand.
Kerala was in fine form throughout the championship, scripting huge margin wins against Jammu Kashmir, Rajasthan and then edged out Arunchal Pradesh on a solitary goal in the group stages. In the semifinal Kerala pipped a strong Chandigarh team 3-0.
By the time the kerala team reached the finals, they had scored over 26 goals and conceded none. However, when it came to the final Kerala fell short and lost to the SAI team. The last time Kerala won the Junior National Football Championship was in 1973. This defeat quashed Kerala’s effort to clinch the title again after 30 years. Even though not an excuse, the ground was almost unplayable due to the torrential rain that lashed in Bokaro the day before the finals.
The silver lining however is that by qualifying for the finals of Tier II, Kerala has secured a place in the Tier I of the next edition of tournament. Kerala’s dismal performance during the recent years had them demoted to the Tier II of the tournament.
Continuing their great form in the tournament, Kerala team has sailed to the finals of Tier II by defeating Chandigarh 3-0 in the semifinal that took place in Ranchi.
65 minutes of the match was played yesterday before it had to be stopped due to thunderstorms in Ranchi. Kerala was already leading 2-0 in the match and they knocked in one more goal to take the tally to 3-0 in the rest of the 25 minutes that was played today morning.
Kerala will take on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) team in the finals of Tier II.
I-league has been garnering all the attention of Indian football fans so far and rightly so. However, young footballers from across India is fighting out in Jharkhand in the 49th Junior National Football Championship for BC Roy Trophy.
The tournament has been on for the last two days and there has been no coverage at all the media. It is rather very unfortunate that any coverage eludes this tournament where the upcoming football stars of this country fight it out. The following are the results so far from the championship.
The competition has entered the semifinal phase for the two tiers – I & II. In the first semifinal of Tier I that happened today (25th – Sep), Sports Authority of India (SAI) defeated Maharashtra by a solitary goal.
In the second semi-final taking place tomorrow, Kerala will take on Chandigarh.
Keep a watch here, we will bring you the semi final and final results.
Finals Tier I :
|
29-Sep |
Mizoram Vs Assam |
6-1 |
Finals Tier I I :
|
28-Sep |
SAI Vs Kerala |
5-2 |
Semifinals Results Tier I I :
|
27-Sep |
Punjab Vs Mizoram |
1-3 |
|
27-Sep |
Madhya Pradesh vs Assam |
6-7(Pen) |
Semifinals Results Tier I :
|
26-Sep |
Chandigarh Vs Kerala |
0-3 |
|
25-Sep |
Maharshtra vs SAI |
0-1 |
Group Stages results :
Date |
Matches |
Results |
| 25-Sep | Mizoram Vs Orissa |
1-0 |
| 25-Sep | Uttar Pradesh Vs Haryana |
2-0 |
| 25-Sep | Goa Vs Meghalaya |
1-0 |
| 25-Sep | Karnataka Vs Punjab |
0-5 |
| 25-Sep | Madhya Pradesh Vs UttaraKhand |
1-0 |
| 25-Sep | West Bengal Vs Manipur |
1-1 |
| 24-Sep | Tamilnadu Vs Delhi |
1-1 |
| 24-Sep | Jharkhand Vs Assam |
1-5 |
| 24-Sep | Arunachal Pradesh Vs Kerala |
0-1 |
| 24-Sep | Jammu & Kashmir Vs Rajsthan |
0-3 |
| 24-Sep | Sikkim Vs Tripura |
6-4 |
| 24-Sep | Chandigarh Vs Gujarat |
3-1 |
| 23-Sep | Madhya Pradesh Vs West Bengal |
1-1 |
| 23-Sep | Haryana Vs Mizoram |
0-9 |
| 23-Sep | Uttar Pradesh Vs Orissa |
0-0 |
| 23-Sep | Bihar Vs Nagaland |
1-2 |
| 23-Sep | Himachal Pradesh Vs SAI |
1-4 |
| 22-Sep | Kerala Vs Rajasthan |
10-0 |
| 22-Sep | Tamil Nadu Vs Assam |
0-0 |
| 22-Sep | Orissa Vs Haryana |
2-1 |
| 22-Sep | Delhi Vs Jharkhand |
1-4 |
| 22-Sep | Tripura Vs Gujarat |
0-3 |
| 22-Sep | Sikkim Vs Chandigarh |
`1-3 |
| 22-Sep | Arunachal Pradesh Vs Jammu & Kashmir |
6-1 |
| 21-Sep | West bengal Vs Uttarakhand |
0-4 |
| 21-Sep | Punjab Vs Meghalaya |
2-1 |
| 21-Sep | Madhya Pradesh Vs Manipur |
2-0 |
| 21-Sep | Karnataka Vs Goa |
2-2 |
| 21-Sep | Mizoram Vs Uttar Pradesh |
5-2 |
| 21-Sep | Nagaland Vs Maharashtra |
0-2 |
| 21-Sep | Chhattisgarh Vs Himachal Pradesh |
0-0 |
| 20-Sep | Assam Vs Delhi |
4-0 |
| 20-Sep | Jharkhand Vs Tamil Nadu | 7-1 |
| 20-Sep | Chandigarh Vs Tripura | 6-0 |
| 20-Sep | Gujarat Vs Sikkim |
3-1 |
| 20-Sep | Jammu & Kashmir Vs Kerala | 0-12 |
| 20-Sep | Rajasthan Vs Arunachal Pradesh | 0-8 |
| 19-Sep | Maharashtra Vs Bihar | 3-2 |
| 19-Sep | Sports Authority of India (SAI) Vs Chattisgarh | 6-0 |