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Forca Goa Foundation Launches Inter-Center League Forca Goa Foundation kicked off its inaugural League between 16 of its grassroots development centres earlier last week. The League will see weekly matches being played between the centers in three zones; North, Central and South. The League will run every Saturday from October until the end of the academic year with breaks during exams and holidays. Each school will have two teams in the U12 and U14 age categories participating in this league. Conceptualized by Derrick Pereira, Technical Director of FC Goa, the league hopes to provide incentives to the coaches and children in the grassroots program and give them valuable match experience. Current school football competitions provide limited match time to the participants as they are mostly short tournaments rather than long term leagues. By putting the focus on playing time rather than winning, the Foundation hopes to build future stars by allowing them to develop critical

TWO GFDC ACADEMY BOYS TO REPRESENT INDIA IN THE U-15 SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP PANAJI:  Two boys from the Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) Residential Academy, Margao are selected to represent the India men’s team in U-15 SAFF Championship which will take place from October 25 to November 3 at the ANFA Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal. In the group of 25 boys selected the two Goan lads are Harsh Patre (midfielder) and Frevino Fernandes (goalkeeper). The duo was attending a trial camp for the National team from September 27 at KIIT University Guest House Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is a proud moment for GFDC that was formed in 2012 by Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar for the development of football. The Chairman of GFDC, Dr. Rufino Monteiro expressed immense happiness over this news. After taking over as Chairman in March 2012, he began working with his team to promote grassroots football development in the state which was and continues to be the need of the hour. If we are to attain gl

NEW DELHI:  There are a number of storylines that stand out ahead of the start of the new I-League season but perhaps the most poignant one is of Srinagar-based club Real Kashmir, who will be making their top division debut in the 2018-19 campaign and will become the first team from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to feature in the professional top flight in India. Formed just four years ago, the side secured their promotion after a dramatic campaign in the second division, which concluded with a 3-2 win against Hindustan FC in May – thus rounding off a fairytale run for the team. Leading the team from the touchline was coach David Robertson, who enjoyed a stellar career with Scottish Premier League giants Rangers FC as a player, and has previously coached sides in his native Scotland and the United States. AIFF Media spoke to the six-time Scottish Premier Division winner, where he talked about the upcoming season, his experience in India so far and his thoughts on the talents of

PERPETUAL SUCCOUR CONVENT HS CROWNED CHAMPIONS Perpetual Succour Convent HS Navelim were crowned Champions of the '2nd Chowgule Sports Centre Futsal League' powered by Nave Marg and organised by Youth Futsal Academy. In the Grand Finals Perpetual beat Marina English HS Verna 4-3 in the tie breaker after a pulsating forty minutes of regulation time ended 2-2 in front of a packed crowd. Marina English took the lead after a fine finish from Addison Fernandes in the 2nd minute of the match. Taufique Gundar equalized for Perpetual with a neat placement past the keeper in the 11th minute. It was end to end electrifying futsal with both sets of school Principals, Students and Parents cheering their players on as they trotted into half time all square at 1-1. Marina came out quicker in the second half and once again took the lead in the 23rd minute through the exciting left foot of Rizbeen D'costa to the delight of all the Marina fans. Sherlock Dias once again hel

There is a growing clamor in Goa among a section of former sportsmen and administrators that the National Games concept of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has become outdated and needs to be scrapped. India Olympic Games, later named as National Games were introduced in 1924 to prepare for the then 1924 Olympic Games. Since then, they are held every two years for the records, but have missed the two-year interval on many occasions. The last edition of the National Games, which had postponed many a times will be held in coastal state of Goa from March 30 to April 14. "The National Games have lost its purpose. I do not think these games contribute in anyway to help our sports persons compete in the Asian Games and the Olympic Games. Its time to scrap these games and fund the respective Associations," said Lector Mascarenhas, a former international footballer from Goa. Taking a dig at the national associations and their lack of interest in grooming and

Recruitment scam in Sports Authority of Goa continues No recruitment rules for last 30 years. A physical education teacher V M Prabhudessai becomes Executive director (ED) of SAG and Director of Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs thanks to his caste. Now he has brought in another Bamon Mahendra Audi sans any advertisement, and he is sitting in V M Prabhudessai office. And Mahendra Audi is saying  he's not SAG employee. What a big joke it is... Can any Tom Dick and Harry sit in EDs Cabin... or SAG Office... attend National Games Meetings or Coordinate with Associations or... go around with Competition Directors who had arrived from different parts of India...  It's a govt office  VM has made SAG a market place ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) has highly qualified and experienced coaches and staff who had done ..post graduation and graduation in physical education and are ac