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NEW DELHI: After the Kolkata Knight Riders , Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan now plans to move into the more popular football space. He is planning to bid for the Kolkata franchise of the new league promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance. Shah Rukh said he was interested in buying stakes in the successful Goan I-League club Dempo but now with a new franchise-based league coming up he has changed his mind. "Earlier I was planning...

After the Kolkata Knight Riders, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan now plans to move into the more popular football space. He is planning to bid for the Kolkata franchise of the new league promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance. Shah Rukh said he was interested in buying stakes in the successful Goan I-League club Dempo but now with a new franchise-based league coming up he has changed his mind. "Earlier I was planning to buy stakes in Dempo and now with the...

MARGAO, Jan 21: After surviving first half scare, Air-India scored twice through Zabeer Abbas and Bashiru Abaass to down defending champion Dempo 2-0 in the 1Oth ONGC National football league at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao on Saturday. Dempo, who suffered their second succesive defeat have two points from four matches, while Air-India who scored their first win, have three points from three matches. Referee Pradeep Kumar showed yellow cards to Dempo's Roberto Silva Nascimento Silveria...

DULER (GOA), Jan 12: Riding on Anthony Pereira and Ranty Martins brace, Dempo thrashed Mohammedan Sporting 5-0 to garner their first full points in the 11th ONGC National Football League played on Friday. Dempo who led 3-0 at half time scored through Anthony Pereira (1st, 41st), Ranty Martins (11th, 67th), substitute Peter Carvalho. Dempo, who lost to Mahindras in their opening match, was offensive from the start and took an early lead in the first minutes through a defensive...

NEW DELHI: After the Kolkata Knight Riders , Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan now plans to move into the more popular football space. He is planning to bid for the Kolkata franchise of the new league promoted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) and IMG-Reliance. Shah Rukh said he was interested in buying stakes in the successful Goan I-League club Dempo but now with a new franchise-based league coming up he has changed his mind. "Earlier I was planning...

PANAJI: Praful Patel, president of the All India Football Federation ( AIFF ), gave every indication of his prowess as an astute politician and clever tac-tician at the executive committee meeting in New Delhi on Thursday when he pulled a rabbit out of his hat, announcing that four AIFF vice-presidents have been appointed to quell dissent among I-League Clubs in their re-spective areas with regard to the IMG-R league....

MARGAO, Jan 29: Mehtab Hussain had a game of two halves, methaphorically speaking. He scored Mohun Bagan's first goal, in the second half against Dempo, earning his team a well-deserved draw here on Sunday. Used as a defensive screen in the first half, Mehtab was barely visible on the field. Then Bagan coach Johar Das used him in his favourite attacking position he orchestrated almost every attack. It was a game where Dempo outplayed Bagan in the first half, with the Kolkata team roaring...

KOLKATA, February 9: The fairytale is all but over. As referee Rizwan-ul Haq's long blast ended 90 minutes of high-voltage action at the rain-sodden Salt Lake Stadium, it signalled a result which satisfied Dempo but hurt Mohun Bagan. The goalless draw left the green and maroons on 28 points. With two matches to play, Mohun Bagan can still arithmetically top the ONGC I-League table but for that to happen, they need a miracle or three on the homestretch of the gruelling league.

NEW DELHI, Nov 28: A chest thump, by its very definition and action, borders on the boorish. There is a fine line - often crossed - between emphatic machismo and surliness. Sometimes, though, it is just the perfect expression of thumping assertion, of proclaiming who's the big guy. And why. Like Ranti Martins and his puffed-chest routine after his 'perfect goal' on Monday. Few strikes would equal the quality and efficacy of the Dempo striker's goal against JCT in the Durand Cup final.

NEW DELHI, November 3: After his four-goal blitzkrieg against HAL on the opening day, Odafe Onyeka Okoli returned with yet another round of goal-scoring spree. A predator that he is, the Nigerian striker was in ruthless form, taking his tally to nine goals in two games, as he hammered in five goals for Churchill Brothers as they decimated Central Railways 6-1. It helped the Goans earn a place in the semifinals of the Osian's Durand Cup, where they will take on Air-India who ousted...

MARGAO: Dempo SC have roped in Viva Kerala's striker Anil Kumar and Vasco's midfielder Savio Fernandes for the coming season. The 29-year old Viva Kerala striker, who is presently training with the India senior squad in New Delhi , was the second highest Indian goal scorer in this season's I-League with 11 goals to his credit. Kumar's pace and ability to score goals have caught the eyes of coach Armando Colaco , said Dempo's...

PANAJI: Dempo SC are preparing hard to meet the new challenges for the coming season and the club has set its sight at the 2013-14 I-League title. Talking to reporters today after unveiling their new jerseys for home and away matches of the I-League for the coming season, Srinivas Dempo, Director of the club, said in the past the team has fared well winning five I-League titles. "Unfortunately we could not retain the title last year. But this year we are confident our team will do well under...

NEW DELHI: Dempo Sports Club owner and All India Football Federation Vice-President Shrinivas Dempo today said that all the stakeholders should amicably resolve the issues regarding the IPL-style football league proposed to be organised by AIFF's commercial partner IMG-Reliance. Since the idea of the IMG-R tournament came to the fore, the clubs have been adamant that they will not release players for this league but Dempo said the stakeholders should sit across the table and sort out...

PANAJI : Margao Sports Club is becoming the forgotten story of the Goa Pro League. One of the most enterprising sides of last season who sent shivers down the spines of several big names, Margao were unsure of participation in this year's competition, and until Monday had not even kick-started their pre-season training. Of course, financial worries, like many other small professional teams, have been at the heart of Margao's woes and the team is now emerging as a one-stop-destination for those who...

PANAJI: If the players work half as hard as their coach, Dempo Sports Club could be unstoppable this season, and even beyond. It's been a fortnight since Arthur Papas took charge of the former I-League champions but the Australian coach's Pro-Licence course in Mumbai has meant he has conducted just two training sessions. Both on successive Sunday mornings. Both enjoyable, engrossing, and proving in abundance why the young coach was being relentlessly pursued by all the big sharks of...

PANAJI : Dempo Sports Club have signed a agreement with FrAgnel High School situated at Pilar , Goa, adopting their youth team. The adoption program will help the club and school to work towards creating a greater pool of players and also impart quality education on nutrition, physical fitness and doping. The school has allowed physiotherapists and nutritionists from the club to deliver lectures to the players along with the consent to hold practice camps and...

PANAJI: Ranty Martins was the knight in shining armour as Dempo created one of the biggest upset in continental football when they stunned Al Faisaly 4-3 in the AFC Cup at the Amman international stadium in Jordan on Tuesday, according to reports reaching here. Al Faisaly are among the favourites for the title and have enough pedigree having won the AFC Cup twice in the past four years. But, up against Dempo, the hosts simply didn't seem to know what hit them right at the start.

MAPUSA: A late goal by Cressant Antao helped Dempo beat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 and emerge GFA Professional League champions after a gap of three years, at Duler ground, Mapusa, on Saturday. Dempo, who needed a win to take an unbeatable lead over their rivals with one round left, now have 29 points while Sporting Goa remained on 25 points. Sporting Goa, who needed a win to remain in the hunt for the title, dominated the proceedings but...

PANAJI: Rafaelle Anthony Napoli has been roped in by Dempo SC as the conditioning coach for 2013-14 season. Napoli, who is the trusted aide of Dempo's head coach Arthur Papas has left A-League job back home in Australia and settled for the rigours and challenge of Indian football. "It's extremely important to have Rafaelle here as conditioning coach. I have the knowledge myself because of my degrees but a head coach cannot do everything. Rafaelle has such a good reputation back home, and...

PANAJI: Coach Arthur Papas will have his trusted aide Rafaelle Anthony Napoli will be the conditioning coach of Dempo Sports Club. Also an Australian, Rafaelle has left a comfy A-League job back home and settled for the challenge of Indian football. "It's extremely important to have Rafaelle here as conditioning coach. I have the knowledge myself because of my degrees but a head coach cannot do everything. Rafaelle has such a good reputation back home, and he left Australia for a professional...