Mumbai keeper Nidhinlal came out as the savier for his team in several critical moments and was rewarded as the Man of the Match . Bagan also remained unlucky when Chiddi’s shot was denied by the post and Marcos and substitute Kulothungan made close misses towards the closing moment. Finally the scorecard remains 1-2 in favour of Khaleed Jamil's Mumbai F.C. to give Mohun Bagan a vital upset in home.

Mohun Bagan:Shilton, Surkumar, Deepak, Mandi (Tomba), Mohanraj, James, Manish, Marcos, Snehashis (Kulothungan), Isfaq (Branco), Chiddi. Mumbai F. C.:Nidhinlal, Anas, Evans, Bernerd, Basiru (Alex), Noel, Abhishek, Subhash (Nishat Mehra), Daren, Kamaljeet, Prem Kumar.

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Full Time: Match end ..Mohun Bagan lost to Mumbai F.C at their home by 1 - 2.. 90'+2': last minute attacking by Bagan.. tomba from right passed to Branko..too long pass for him..out.. Match is going to end.. 90': Referee added 5 minutes more..still scoreline is MFC 2 - 1 MMB 87': Mumbai F.C is still leading 2 - 1.Mohun Bagan is trying to ewualise the result..one after one attactking by them..till no another score.. 83': Great miss by Kulo thungon.. marcos passed him in box.. his shot went away.. 73': Snehasish Chakrabarty out and Kalia Kulothungon came in his place for Mohun Bagan.. 72': Mohun Bagan is pressurising more on MFC defence.. MFC player Change..Sybhsah Chakrabarty came out and Nishat Mehra came in.. 68': Player change of Bagan..Tomba singh came in place of Sagram Mandi.. 67': Another good chance lost by Bagan..chidis diagonal shot nitted the post and out.. 64': Player change for MFC.. Scorer Bashiru out and Alex Ambroze came in his place.. 60':Goalll.... Mohun Bagan reduced the margin ...Branco crossed from right side..Snehasish pushed to the net..MFC 2-1 Bagan now.. 53': Well savd by MFC keeper..Snehasish crossed from left..Chidi tried to touch the ball..but keeper collect good 47': Change for Bagan.. Branco came in place of Isfaq in 2nd half play Half Time: It's time now for lemon break.. 45':MFC is leading by 2 - 0 now..few seconds is left for ending the first half.. 41': Goalll.. Bashiru scored another for MFC..It was Shilton's mistake to grip the ball..Sagram Mandi and Shiltol's misunderstanding.. 39': Isfaq missed an open net..James crossed well in the Box..Isfaq header just went away..It was a good chance for Bangan to equalise.. 38':Long shot by Chidi..went to MFC Keeper.. 36':Isfaq in the MFC Box..miss pass..Surkumar passed him the ball 33':Marcosto Isfaq on right..Isfaq crossed..cleared MFC defence.. 30':Snehasish was trying from left..passed to Isfaq..corner for Bagan..Marcos was taken corner..cleared.. 27':Yellow card to Noel for trapping Isfaq..MFC pressurising Bagan defence with both wings.. 23':MFC is playing short passes..Deepak saved a oement of Abhiskek..Throw in.. 20':MFC right sided attacing..Mohonraj fouled to stop Abhishek.. Free Kick..Noel shot cleared Bagan Defence.. 15':Manish fouled Noel..Fre kick in favour of MFC..Noel shot gripped by Shilton.. 10':Isfaq was trying to head a james throw in but MFC defence clearedd 5': Throw in for Bagan..Cleared MFC defence.. 3':MFC is leading 1-0.Abhishek scored ..Mohun Bagan attacking..Marcos long ball.clead by MFC.. 1': Match started..Goalll.. Abhishek Scored. .Header off a right sided cross off Subhash Chakrabaty..Shilton could not guess the flight the ball.

Winners of Amway Corporate Football Tournament.

Winner of Amway Corporate Football SIXES Hyderabad - Krebs Biochemicals
with Chief Guest Vishnu Vardhan & Bhavani Aytha, AM Amway

02.11.2009 ::SAMIRA SULTANA, Hyderabad :Corporate football mania gripped the Gymkhana grounds this weekend, with the ‘Amway’ corporate Football SIXES. The crème de la crème of corporate Hyderabad fielded their teams in the six-a- side inter-corporate football tournament played in a league cum knockout format. A total of 15 corporate teams took part in this tournament. Among the companies that dazzled the Gymkahana grounds with their football skills and team strategy outside the boardrooms were Google, HSBC, Dell, Genpact, TCS, Microsoft, Deloitte, Accenture, Bank of America, to name but a few. Another highlight of the tournament was an exhibition match between students of Indian School of Business (ISB) against a team comprising of corporates and footballers. Tomorrows top Corporate Executives showed that its not just “all work and no play” for ISB students, they went down (1-3) in the match, but not before giving a tough fight to their fancied opponent. The event was promoted by Roots Sports, a sports management firm in association with Amway, one of the world's largest direct selling companies as the main sponsor. Vishnu Vardhan, current national #3 in tennis along with Ms. Bhavani Aytha, Area Manager, Amway graced the prize distribution ceremony. Krebs Biochemicals scored four times against Genpact in the Platinum Cup final, to emerge Champion of Amway Corporate Football SIXES. In the other two cups Microsoft beat Bank of America 4-0 in the Gold Cup final, while TCS won the Silver Cup final defeating Accenture 4-2.

Results in Brief

Platinum Cup Final : Krebs Biochemicals defeated Genpact 3-0 Gold Cup Final : Microsoft defeated Bank of America 4-0 Silver Cup Final : TCS defeated Accenture 4-2 PLATINUM CUP Final : Krebs Biochemicals 4 - 0 Genpact KB: (Vijay - 4 with hattrick) Semi Final 1 : Genpact 4 - 1 Google Genpact : Divyesh – 2, Rahul, Naveen Ronaldo :: Google : Sahil Semi Final 2 : Krebs Biochemicals 2 - 1 Deloitte KB: Vijay, Kiran ::: Deloitte : Karthik GOLD CUP Final : Microsoft 4 - 0 Bank of America MSF :Ranojoy, Dinesh, Vipul, Sandeep Semi Final 1 : Microsoft 1 - 0 HSBC GLT MSF : Ranojoy Semi Final 2 : Bank of America 2 - 0 GE Money BOA:Francis - 2 SILVER CUP Final : TCS 4 - 2 Accenture TCS : Ganesh – 3, Amar Accenture Anoop, Karthick Semi Final 1 : TCS 5 - 4 DE Shaw TCS: Ganesh – 2, Vayu – 2, Own Goal DE Shaw : Ashley - 3, Sudeep Semi Final 2 : Accenture 1 - 0 ADP Accenture:Bobby Best Striker of the Tournament :Vijay (Krebs Biochemicals) Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Bhuvnesh (Microsoft)

Vijay who scored 4 goals in the Tournament from Krebs Biochemicals was adjudged the player of the tournament for his superb contribution, scoring in all the matches for his team while Bhuvnesh from Microsoft was awarded the best goal keeper for his brilliant performance behind the goal.

PIFA conducts coaching level 1 certification for coaches..

02.11.2009 :The PIFA Way a certification program of Premier India Football Academy conducted “The PIFA WAY Certification for Level 1 Coaching Football” course for football coaches on 2 August 2009. This 6 day course has helped the candidate to conduct their coaching session by understanding, thinking and evaluating children. This course will help the coaches to prepare for the AFC C license program. The coaches were assessed in two months. Eleven coaches completed the entire course which included first aid, child protection, sports nutrition & sports psychology. The successful candidates are as follows : Lawrence Dsouza, Chirag Sheikh, John Gomes, Sachin Narsappa, Ignatius Lawrence, Gabriel Borges, Chandra Kundan, Joel Carlo, Stefan Chang, Vishal Khanna & Canopy Chu. The next course will be held in December 2009 and will be open to anyone above 18 years. Other PIFA course that will also be held in December is “The PIFA WAY- Basic Goal Keeping certification” course.

Dudu praises the recent performances of Chidi...

02.11.2009 :Could you remember Dudu-Chidi duo when they played in Sporting Goa and scoring goal after goals against every weighty defenders of Indian National football League Teams? It was fact that riding on Dudu-Chidi magic,Sporting Clube de Goa then made a dream run in season after season. Dudu Omagbemi went to poland in the starting of 2007-2008 season and from there he is now playing in Hungarian Premier Division team DVSC. Chidi is currently playing Three Times I-League winner Mohun Bagan and scored 5 goals with a Hattrick against arch rival East Bengal and is trying to be the top scorer like his School friend another Nigerian Goal Machine Odafa Okolie of Churchill Brothers who was the top scorer for 3 times in I-League. Kolkatafootball.com had the unique privilege to have a conversation with Dudu Ogambeni who had a couple of seasons back played for Sporting Goa .He had Edeh Chiddi as his co-striker and the two together gave a harrowing time to the opponent defense.Though due to injury in recent past Dudu had to sit in side lines in recent games including UEFA Champions League qualifying Round of his team DVSC of Hungary..

The abstract of the conversation with Dudu

KFC :How well and fit are you now? What is the injury condition? Are you now fit enough to play competitive football? You did not play in champions league because of that injury? How is the recovery process? DUDU : Yes, I am fit now and am playing for my team again. KFC :Playing? That is amazing and it means you have recovered fully from the leg injury. DUDU : Yes, I have scored a goal for my team (DVSC) yesterday, for the second XI in 2nd league. KFC :2nd XI means? was it a practice match of the DVSC team? DUDU : No.. it was not a practise match.It was a second league match with the second team to get back myself in shape. KFC :Oh..understand..2nd teams means your clubs 2nd team who are playing in 2nd Division Premier league of Hungary? when you expect to come back in the Ist team? DUDU : well.. will be back soon. KFC : What is the current position of your club, DVSC in the Hungarian league? DUDU : My team, DVSC is currently placed in the 5th position of the Hungarian league. KFC : Dudu, are you aware that Edeh Chiddi your partner in the forward line in Sporting Goa and who is now with Mohun Bagan and scoring goals for them regularly? Last week he scored 4 goals against arch rival East Bengal Club including a hat-trick. DUDU :4 Goals? Well, that is very good news. He is a very good striker and is very sincere too.He is very dangerous in opponent penalty box.I played with him in sporting Goa.. KFC : Besides, there are a few Nigerians who are playing well in the I-League such as, Odafa Onieka Okolie, Ogba Kalu, Felix Chimwaku for Churchill Brothers, Ranty Martins, Bello Rasaq and Muritala Ali. DUDU : Yes I know, I often talk to them over phone and get news of what is happening in Indian football. KFC : Bye Dudu. Nice for taking the call. DUDU :Thank You..Ok. Bye..

Dempo hold Pune by a last minute goal..

01.11.2009 : Three times NFL (I-League) winner Dempo S.C hold newly promoted Pune F.C 1 - 1 in their 6th Round I-League encounter at Pune today.A last minute goal of Dempo captain Anthony Pereira eble to snatched the sure win of Pune F.C. The first half of the match was ended goalless.Pune F.C's PIO Izumi Arata scored in the 84th minutes of the match from a nice pass of Venkatesh. But Brazilian Beto equalised the same in the last minutes of the match by beating at least three defenders of PUNE F.C in the Box and placed a beautiful goal.. Derrick Pereira Boys played well today and got several chances to score. Beto has been declared Man of the Match today for his outstanding performances. With this win Dempo remain the top of League table with 12 points just after Chirag United who will meet Sporting Goa tomorrow at goa with 11 points in hand. SEE CURRENT TABLE

Spain beat England in league 'duel' for FIFA's world player prize

01.11.2009 : Spain’s La Liga beat the English Premier League 11-8 in the shortlist of star players nominated for international federation FIFA’s World Player of the Year award. An even shorter list of five final contenders will be named in December after the world’s national managers and captains have been canvassed for their votes. The winner – widely expected to be Leo Messi of Barcelona and Argentina - will be revealed at the 19th FIFA Gala in the Zurich Kongresshaus on December 21. Messi was recently acclaimed as the best player in last season’s Spanish league. He scored 23 goals in the league and nine more in the Champions League as Barca won those titles and the Spansh cup last season. National coaches and captains cannot vote for players from their own national team. The Spanish league provides 11 of the 23 players followed by the Premier League on eight, Italy’s Serie A on three and Germany’s Bundesliga with one – Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery. The 23-strong shortlist is: Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Diego (Brazil), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Michael Essien (Ghana), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Steven Gerrard (England), Thierry Henry (France), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Luis Fabiano (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Carles Puyol (Spain), Franck Ribéry (France), Wayne Rooney (England), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain). The following 10 women are in contention for the title of FIFA Women’s World Player: Nadine Angerer (Germany), Sonia Bompastor (France), Cristiane (Brazil), Inka Grings (Germany), Mana Iwabuchi (Japan), Simone Laudehr (Germany), Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany), Kelly Smith (England) and Abby Wambach (USA).

COURTESY:http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=european_league AND http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=premier_league

Churchill beat Air India in I-League match

01.11.2009 :This is the 2nd time win of Churchill just after 2 months, when Churchill beat Air India in Tie Breaker to reach in the 114th historical IFA shield Final at Kolkata on 8th september.Today Churchill again win against Air India 3 - 2 in I-League encounter at their away match in Mumbai cooperage ground. Today Air India drew first blood as early as the 4th minute through Dada Nabeel, as Churchill’s Nigerian midfieder Ogba Kalu equalised it on 26th minutes and scored again in 38th minutes to make his team lead.Churchill was leading 2 - 1 upto 44th minutes of first half but Air India scored another through N.D.Opara and equalised the result 2 - 2 in first half. In 2nd half Churchill Brother's captain Odafa Okolie scored the winning goal for his team on 88th minutes.By scoring 2 goals in this match Churchill's Ogba Kalu has been awarded Man of the Match. SEE CURRENT TABLE

India U-19 boys win in Dubai practice match

31.10.2009 :India under 19 team training in Dubai since 25th Oct in preparation for AFC Under 19 Qualification round to be held in Iraq from 5th Nov had their first exposure game where they beat Al Shaab (U 19) 4-0 in a friendly practice match in Dubai on Saturday. The first half was barren as both the teams restricted to assesing each others strength .All the goals for India came in the second half and Milan Singh, Malswamfela (2 goals) and Jony S. were the scorers. Source : www.the-aiff.com

JCT hold Mahindra at home in I-League..

31.10.2009 :Mahindra United shared points with JCT after playing a goaless draw at Guru Nanak Stadium,Ludhiana ,Punjab in their 6the round of Matches. Mahindra midfielder Svetozar Mijin played well a got several chances to score.Nigerian striker Muritala Ali of Mahindra United who scored five goals up to previous matches could not score due to tight defence of JCt.Mohammed Rafi also missed chances to score. Mahindra United will meet Viva Kerala (November 6) while JCT will face Mumbai FC in an away fixture on November 8. After todays match JCT move up to fourth in the table with 9 points, while Mahindra are third with 10.