The Goalz program have been kicked off at Hrishikesh Park, Kolkata today. This is a project that will use football to encourage young talents from across Kolkata to aim becoming a good footballer. The project is been launched by Mohun Bagan (www.mohunbaganac.com), British Council (www.britishcouncil.org), Premier League (www.premierleague.com), Kolkata Police (www.kolkatapolice.gov.in), Kolkata Municipal Corporation (www.kmcgov.in), All India Football Federation (www.the-aiff.com) and Indian Football Association(the-ifa.org)

The Goalz project was launched in Kolkata on 6 July 2011 by Jeremy Browne, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK, and Sovan Chattopadhyay, Hon’ble Mayor of Kolkata. Madan Mitra, Hon’ble Minister of Sports, Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF, Rob Lynes, Director British Council India and Commissioner of Police, R K Pachnanda were present.

Today, Mohun Bagan Club President Mr. Swapan Sadhan Bose and Hon. General Secretary, Mr. Anjan Kumar Mitra,  Mr. Steve Darby, Chief Coach of McDowell Mohun Bagan Team; Mohun Bagan Captain Jose Barreto , Vice Captain Shilton Paul players Hudson Lima Silva and Simon Storey. Mr. Debasish Roy, Additional Commissioner of Police (IV) and Mrs. Sujata Sen, Director East India, British Council were also present at the kick off ceremony.

There will be 50 trainees and will be coached by a team of 8 ex- footballers namely Sankarlal Chakraborty, Nirmalya Haldar, Indrani Sarkar, Kalyan Choubey, Arghya Majumdar,  Abhay Kumar, Bernard Oparanozie, Ranjan Bhattacharya.

The long term plan of this programme is to set up and deliver a sustainable model in Kolkata which could then be potentially replicated across India in collaboration with other police departments, municipal authorities and football clubs.

Source : The British Council, Mohun Bagan AC

“Locura por Messi: un árbitro le pide una foto durante un partido” – that’s what the headline is. If you don’t know Spanish – here is the English version : “Messi Madness: A referee asks for a photo during a match”. The infamous referee continues to humiliate Indian football. This time he was seen capturing Messi’s photo during a recent International match.

The news was published in Argentine websites and has been enough for ridiculing Indian football. The news goes as (translated into English)-

There was no doubt that Lionel Messi was the main attraction of the party the Argentina win against Venezuela in Calcutta. But the fanaticism that generated the best player in the world came to unimaginable limits.

Before the start of the party that ushered in the era Sabela in the selection, one of the assistant referees asked for a photo at the Argentina captain.

This incident seemed fanaticism continued to live on the streets of Calcutta with the arrival of "The Flea". During the match referee Dinesh Nair asked for a photo.

Source  : http://notio.com.ar/deportes/locura-por-messi-un-arbitro-le-pide-una-foto-durante-un-partido-17910
 

Mohun Bagan met United Skiim FC in a practice match at Mohun Bagan Ground. Barreto and Masih scored for Bagan while Babatunde scored a goal for United Sikkim. The ground condition was not good and hence the players seemed not to give their best. The defense was not up to the mark as well. However Bagan striking force missed lot of opportunities to score.

Barreto scored the first goal when he got a final pass from Odafe, and watched the Sikkim goalie coming up to cover the ball. Barreto received the ball and then lobbed it over Sikkim goalie ti make it 1-0.

Later Bagan conceded a gaol when Masih failed to clear a ball and Babatunde scored without any difficulty.

Masih compensated later when he hit a long ranger and the ball kissed the net. It was a brilliant goal indeed.