Sporting Clube De Goa will face an uphill task on Sunday when they clash with Shillong Lajong FC in a round 16 I-League encounter. Sporting managed to avoid defeat in the last round against Mumbai FC but have not won a match this season and coach Vishwas Gaonkar’s side are running out of time. The Goan club [...]
January 13, 2010 – 5:25 pm
Following an inspection of Fatorda Stadium conducted by the officials of the three Goan clubs, who are to play in Goa in the upcoming round of I-League, and Goa Football Association (GFA) officials on Tuesday, it was decided that the stadium was fit to host matches. There were doubts as to whether it was fit [...]
November 13, 2009 – 9:38 pm
The four day Plate ‘A’ Ranji Trophy league match between host Goa and Assam which was marred by rains ended in a draw at the MCC ground, Margao, here today.
After unseasonal rains washed out the first three days, play started today at 11am. Goa who won the toss put the visitors to bat who made [...]
October 24, 2009 – 10:42 pm
The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Goa will conduct the 55th National School Games in football, baseball and taekwondo for the year 2009-10 from October 26 to 30 at the Nehru stadium, Fatorda.
Addressing a press conference, Susan D’Souza, Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, Goa said in all 24 states will participates in different [...]
October 10, 2009 – 4:50 pm
The Goa Tennis Ball Cricket teams (men and women) won first place at the 20th Senior Tennis Ball Cricket Championships held at Kanyakumari, recently.
The teams who returned to the state were accorded warm welcome on Thursday October 8. The officials of the Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association (GTBCA) led by Kanta Naik, president and Ropesh [...]
October 7, 2009 – 6:06 pm
The Goa Government has ordered the closure of Leela Hotels’ offshore casino with immediate effect after the latter failed to pay an annual licence fee of Rs five crore within the stipulated time.
The state government had turned down the operators’ request to grant more time to pay the licensing fee for the year 2009-10, which [...]
September 26, 2009 – 11:15 pm
After single handedly scuttling the Rs 100 crore world class football academy in Cuncolim, Housing Minister, Mickky Pacheco has said he has no problem if Cuncolim MLA and Urban Development Minister, Joaquim Alemao gets the Academy back at the government acquired land at Panzorcone-Cuncolim.
Pacheco told HCN news channel that he has no problem if the [...]
September 22, 2009 – 10:54 pm
Churchill Brothers Sports Club continued with their impressive run in the Kingfisher Goa Professional League, 2009 with a comprehensive 2-0 win over Vasco Sports Club at the Duler ground in Mapusa.
The defending champions fielded their reserve side and still managed to come out trumps against Vasco Sports Club, who were a far cry from the [...]
September 14, 2009 – 8:59 pm
Goa football fraternity today mourned the death of administrator turned commentator Noel de Lima Leitao, who passed away on Saturday night following a massive cardiac arrest at a hotel in Kolkata.
Noel, who was in the city along with Gautam Bhimani for his commentary commitment during the semifinal and final of the 114th IFA Shield football [...]
September 2, 2009 – 11:13 am
Hollywood actor Benicio Del Toro’s cameo as Franky Four Fingers a lovable rogue of a gambling addict in the cult film Snatch may have won him rave reviews, but if you are aiming to be a live casino dealer, four fingers simply won’t do.
“If you are colour blind or if you have a missing digit [...]