NEW DELHI, July 12 : Indian football icon Baichung Bhutia is all set for a memorable experience of playing under the captaincy of either Michael Ballack or Clearance Seedorf in the ‘Goal 4 Africa’ charity match in Munich. Baichung will rub shoulders with a host of international stars at the Allianz Arena, the Bayern Munich ground, in the unique event aimed at raising 90 million Euros for the African children. “Ballack and Seedorf (Goal 4 Africa ambassador) will be the two captains, but I won’t be able to tell Baichung will play under whom,” Marion Beishuizen, a top official of the event organisers, told PTI from Munich. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, Liverpool’s England midfielder Steven Gerrard, Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o and Italian World Cup winner Gennaro Gattuso are set to play in the match inspired by Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela’s dream of “Education for all — all for education”. ‘Goal 4 Africa Foundation’ had also listed Kaka, Ronaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Emanuel Adebayor, Robin van Persie, Paolo Maldini, Andrea Shevchenko and Michael Essien among the international stars to play the match, but Marion said the final line-up will be known in the hour before the match, which starts 8 pm local time. “The confirmation of who would play or who would not will be known one hour before the match because most of the players are now flying in to Munich. But Kaka has withdrawn from the match due to personal reasons,” Marion said.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Baichung to play with Ballack
Friday, July 11, 2008
Silchar blank Naharkatia eves 6-0
Dibrugarh Football
Dibrugarh, July 10: Silchar stormed into the quarter-finals of the 7th All-Assam inter-district under-19 women’s football tournament crushing Naharkatia by 6-0 goals during a match played at the Sonari public playground in Sivasagar district today.
Dayabati Sinha and Phirthangpui Hmar scored two goals each for Silchar. Aprili Brahma started the scoring for Silchar in the 17th minute, followed by goals from Dayabati (30th minute), Phirthangpui (32nd minute) and Mithilina Bhumij (40th minute). The team led 4-0 at the end of the first half.
In the second half, Silchar pumped in two more goals to seal the fate of Naharkatia and advance to the last eight. Dayabati scored in the 42nd minute while Phirthangpui made it 6-0 for her team in the 65th minute of the match.
Tomorrow, Charaideo will take on Margherita. source: telegraph india
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Teams asked to register players
Hailakandi, July 4: The District Sports Association (DSA) of Hailakandi has decided to take some strong measures to put an end to the difficulties that evolved while holding the semi-final matches of the A Division football tournament of Hailakandi.
A meeting of the DSA officials at Santosh Kumar Roy Pavilion in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Stadium decided that the four teams playing in the semi-finals will have to get all of their players registered before being allowed to play in the matches.
The first semi-final played last week between Young Men Athletic Club (YMAC) and Insaaf Club turned ugly after the referee flashed the red card to two players.
Till half time the match was poised 1-1, but in the 53rd minute, ill temper crept into the match over a controversial handball decision.
The referee, Badal Choudhury, showed red cards to Riya Uddin of YMAC and Muktadur Rahman Choudhury of Insaaf to control the situation.
However, the move backfired, resulting in chaos and the referee ultimately stopped the match and submitted a detailed report to the DSA.
The next day the second semi-final was scheduled to be played between Sporting Union and Winsome Organisation but it was also postponed by the football wing of the DSA after Sporting Union complained that Winsome were playing with unregistered players.
Secretary of Hailakandi DSA, Saibal Sengupta, said all the teams in the semi-final would have to give proof of registration of all their players and only then would the last part of the tournament resume.
President of Assam Cricket Association (ACA) and excise minister Gautam Roy has expressed serious concern over the issue. He said the state government has released Rs 2 crore for the completion of Hailakandi stadium.
Rural football
Simanta Yuva Parishad emerged champions in the Suterkandi Rural Football Championship by defeating Suterkandi XI 3-2 in tiebreakers at Suterkandi in Karimganj district yesterday.
Suterkandi took the lead in the 28th minute of the match when Abdul Basit ruffled the Simanta net. However, Jashim Uddin of the Parishad found the equaliser in the 44th minute. With the score tied 1-1, the match headed for a tiebreaker.
Suman Das and Ahad Ahmed scored for the winners. Kabir Ahmed scored the only goal of Suterkandi.
The deputy commissioner of Karimganj, Bhupendra Chandra Sharma, and former minister Abdul Muktadhir Choudhury, among others, gave away the prizes.
Jamal Uddin and Suman Das of the winning team were declared Best Player of the Tournament and the Best Player of the final match respectively.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Barak, Raising in final face-off
Barak, Raising in final face-off
Women’s Football
Hailakandi, June 18: Barak Chanuralup A and Raising Club of Dolu will clash in the finals of the Samayik Prasanga Women’s Football Championship under way in Silchar.
Barak Chanuralup A team entered the finals as Group A champions and Raising Club entered as the champions of Group B.
The final of the championship, organised by the District Sports Association (DSA) of Silchar, will be played on June 29.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
AFC: Tough draw for hosts India
Hosts India received a tough draw as they were grouped with Central Asian powers Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on Monday for the second edition of the AFC Challenge Cup.
The eight-nation competition will be played in Hyderabad from July 30 to August 10.
Bob Houghton's India, who will play Bhutan in the semi-finals of the ongoing South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in Colombo on June 11, will have to negotiate a difficult path through Group A which apart from defending champions Tajikistan also has surprise qualifiers Afghanistan.
DPR Korea, who defeated Turkmenistan 1-0 on Saturday in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier and put themselves in a strong position for the fourth and final round, were drawn in Group B with Myanmar, Nepal and SAFF Championship semifinalists Sri Lanka.
India and Tajikistan are both ranked 153rd in the latest FIFA World Ranking lower than Turkmenistan who are 150th while Afghanistan are the lowest ranked side in the tournament at 182nd.
The winners of the AFC Challenge Cups 2008 and 2010 will have direct entry to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.
GROUP A: 1. Turkmenistan, 2. India, 3. Afghanistan, 4. Tajikistan
July 30: Turkmenistan vs Tajikistan; India vs Afghanitsan