On a day of high drama and great action, Punjab and Karnataka sealed their spots in the semi finals of the 76th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, to be staged at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh. The two teams had started the day as the ones occupying …
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Services became the first team to secure a place in the semifinals of the 76th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, to be played at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their comfortable victory over Manipur also threw Group B wide open with three teams in with …
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Insofar as Riyadh will provide knockout football, intrigue, suspense and drama has already arrived at the 76th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy in Bhubaneswar. The day began with as many as five teams in Group A still with a chance to qualify for the semifinals, Goa the only …
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Odisha were banking their Riyadh dreams on captain Rakesh Oram and defensive midfielder Prabin Tigga. While Oram has prior experience of playing abroad, it would be a dream come true for Tigga. Tigga, a defensive midfielder, is the Hutch to Oram’s Starsky, their performances the glue that holds coach Salim …
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Rakesh Oram was called into the India U-15 team, in 2012, at the age of 14, one that travelled to Spain for the Copa Coca Cola Cup that year. He was the only Odisha player in that team, and considered the first of those that promised more. Oram played as …
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In four days, four teams will lock their spots as semifinalists in the 76th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy to be played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, next month. A week of back to back games, in two groups has so far yielded no confirmations, with as many as …
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An injury time equaliser by Delhi left the battle for Riyadh open in Group B, Services made to wait to earn their spot in the semifinals. Manipur meanwhile shrugged off their loss to Meghalaya and won big to keep their own hopes to make the knockouts of the 76th National …
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Karnataka and Punjab’s victories in Group A of the National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy on Tuesday, February 14, have set them apart from the chasing pack, with two rounds left to play here. A clinical performance by Karnataka saw them beat Goa 2-0, while Punjab edged hosts Odisha …
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For Biswajit Bhattacharya, the Santosh Trophy is familiar territory. The Bengals’ coach has won this tournament nine times and has competed in it for nearly two decades.Even Odisha isn’t unfamiliar territory — “their food palate is similar to ours,” he says — because when he made his debut in the …
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Services were the biggest winners on a day of upsets at the 76th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy, ranging from mild to absolutely volcanic. Their victory over Bengal in the day’s opener now separates them from a chasing pack in a wide open Group B, with the other …
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