Dunes SC reach Abigail Cup finals
PANAJI: Dunes Sports Club beat Nerul Sports Club 5-4 via the tie-breaker to book a finals clash with FriendsXI Sports Club in the Kimkes N Abigail Cup football tournament at Candolim grounds, Friday.Both teams started off on a positive note and created equal opportunities to score. However, all their efforts went in vain as the teams trooped off at full time with the 0-0 deadlock prevailing.
In the ensuing tie-breaker, Shashank Ashwekar, Neraj Kinlekar, Sylvester Dias, Anad Ghad, Myson Britto scored for Dunes Sports Club. Deepraj Sangelkar, Paul Cardozo, Daphan Rodrigues, Antonio Kumar were successful for Nerul Sports Club. Dunes sports club booked their place in the final with a 5-4 verdict.
FIFA Pilot Course concludes
MARGAO: The five-day FIFA Pilot Course for Techincal Directors whihc concluded in Kochi was attended by six technical officers from six State Associations as part of FIFA’s Pilot Project, alongwith AIFF’s Technical Director Scott O’Donell.“Not only we synced ourselves with the modern trends of football, we refreshed our basic footballing knowledge and that has helped us evolve into better technical persons,” said IFA’s Gautam Ghosh, who was one of the participants in the Course.“It opened new pathways and fed us with new footballing mentalities. All in all, it was an immense learning experience.”After a brief pause, Ghosh continued: “I feel nostalgic recollecting the memories as the course is a once in a lifetime opportunity. And it makes it all the more special, given that it was being held in India.”
Football tourney at Colvale
PANAJI: An All Goa VP Colvale 7-a-side football tourney will be held on Sunday, February 21 at Colvale Church grounds from 10 am onwards. Only the first 20 teams who register will enter the competition. Entries will be taken by February 20 upto 11 am. For details contact Marshall on 8806237243/9422395222.
