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Nethaji Sports Club – Chennai, Bought Over by a Young Entrepreneur

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Nethaji SCNethaji Sports Club one of the oldest clubs in Chennai have a new owner in Rohit Ramesh. 27 year old Rohit bought over the club from one of the stalwarts of Chennai football, Mr. T. R. Govindarajan.

The club established in 1946 was steered by Govindarajan till date. Due to the lack of sponsorship and other resources the club was relegated from the senior division 3 years ago.

In the event of this take over, Football News India caught up with Rohit to ask about his plans for the club. Rohit emphasized that his immediate concern is to get the club on track and play well in the Chennai League which starts off in February. He also pointed out that they are looking for international age-group tournaments where Nethaji Club could participate.

As of now team’s 18 players have been retained and the club is scouting to add four of five more players to their roster to strengthen.  Rohit told The Hindu – “So our major perspective is to change Indian football. Especially in Tamil Nadu, as there is no team from here in the I-league. And football is growing and I think we are ‘in’ at the right time,”

Tamil Nadu Football Association to amend Constitution

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Tamil Nadu Football AssociationTamil Nadu football Association is going to redraft their constitution. By redrafting they plan to bring it inline with the national association and to fulfill the recommendations of the Asian Federation (AFC).

Today, The Hindu carries a very good article on T. R. Govindarajan, former secretary, Tamil Nadu Football Association who is going to redraft the TFA constitution.  The article also talks about the passion of Mr. Govindarajan, who is an octogenarian but still carries passion for the sport. It also points out how Govindarajan was influential in spotting efficient referees and his influence has catapulted so many officials to national and international arena from Tamil Nadu.

Read the full article here :  Better days for football?

Results from 49th Junior National Football Championship

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500px-India_FA.svgI-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

Tamil Nadu announce team for Junior National Championship

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250X250_2915920375180d69b6d912Tamil Nadu has announced their 20 member team for the 49th Junior National Football Championship, for BC Roy Trophy.

Tamil Nadu is placed in Group C of Tier I. The other team in the group are Jharkhand, Assam, and Delhi. Tamil Nadu will take on Jharkhand on September 20th, Assam on 22nd September and Delhi on  the 24th of September.

The Tamil Nadu team is as follows :

Team: A John Roshan (goalkeeper), M. Kabilan (goalkeeper), M Udhaya Kumar, P Yuvaraj, R Kumaravel, G Suresh Kumar, R Suganthanraj, S Pretham, S Ahamed Asrarul, A Sikkandar Batcha, S Samu, P Sundara Moorthy, M Raj Kumar, J Ranjith, SA Bebitto, Y Puvirajan, K Gopinath, A Abdul Gafoor, Ajith, Dane Aaron Anthony. Coach: LR Titus.

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