31st All India Governor's Gold Cup football tournament Final

GANGTOK, September 21: Calcutta Port Trust Sports Club today lifted the 31st All India Governors’ Gold Cup Football Tournament 2009 beating its city rival BNR Kolkata by a solitary goal scored by Ayan Chaudhary in the 55th minute of the final match played at Paljor Stadium here.

BNR Kolkata, considered one of the strongest teams this year could not score even in the last extra six minutes. However, luck seemed to be in favour of Calcutta Port Trust as more than five players of the winning team were injured in the course of the match.

The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling attended the final match as Governor Balmiki Prasad Singh was presently on official tour. Mr. Chamling handed away the winner and the runners up trophy respectively.

Henry of Calcutta Port Trust Club won the best player trophy. Likewise Tauras T Manneh of Denzong Boys was conferred with the man of the tournament trophy.

Baba Tunde bagged the highest scorer of the tournament with Faria strikers of Goa taking away the Nivia fair play trophy. A record has been set up in the history of Indian football by Baba Tunde of BNR Kolkata by scoring a goal in 13 seconds after the start of the match.

The day also saw Sikkim Football Association felicitate three veteran football players of Sikkim for their contribution in the promotion of football in the State. They were KL Lamtha, Deo Kumar Tamang and chief coach Thupden Rapgyal. The citations were presented by the Chief Minister.

A total of 79 goals were scored and a total of 77 yellow cards and 5 red cards were given to the players in this tournament.

Speaking on the low turnout of spectators in this tournament, Menla Ethenpa, the SFA general secretary said the reason could be early start of the tournament and early exit of Three Stars, Nepal.

Calcutta Port Trust wins Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup

Gangtok,September21: Port Trust Sports Club (PTSC), Kolkata, won the trophy of 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament 2009 defeating BNR, Kolkata, by one nil on Monday at Palzor Stadium.


The solitary goal was scored by Ayan Chowdhury Jsy no. 9 in 55th minute of the match. He was the scorer of PTSC throughout tournament.

In the final, both teams were equal. But most of the public were cheering BNR team and expected its striker Jsy no. 10 Baba Tunde to score and win the match for his team. But unfortunately he was shown red card by the referee Biplab Poddar in 59th minute for an altercation. Another red card was given to Rajib Ekka of PTSC and total 7 yellow cards were shown by referee in the final match.

In absence of Baba Tunde, BNR missed its striker who is on record of Governor’s Gold Cup as the fastest scorer (he scored in 13 second in quarter final against Tata Football Academy) and also the highest scorer in this year’s tournament.

Chief Minister Dr. Pawan Chamling gave the winner and runners-up trophy. Mr. N K Pradhan, Minister Sports and Youth Affairs, Mr. D B Thapa, Minster UD & HD, Mr. Sonam Gyatso Lepcha, Minister Power, Mr. Dorjee Namgyal, MLA, Gangtok, Mr. Bimal Dawari, Zilla Upadakshya, East District, Mr. Tempo Bhutia, President, Mr. B K Roka, Working President, Mr. Menla Ethanpa, General Secretary of SFA and other members of SFA were present. Tourus of local Denzong Boys Club was man of the tournament, Henry (10) of PTSC was man of the match, Baba Tunde of BNR highest scorer (total 6 goals in the tournament) and Fairplay team award of the tournament went to Faria Strikers, Goa.

(photo :SikkimReporter)

CPT in finals of Governor’s Gold Cup

Gangtok,September20: Port Trust Sports Club (PTSC), Kolkata, has luckily entered the final of 31st All India Governors Gold Cup Football Tournament. PTSC defeated Chirag United Sports Club (CUSC) in extended tie-breaker in the last semi-final at Palzor Stadium.
Both teams were equal in the schedule time making a goalless draw. The play for 15-15 minutes extra time was also goalless. In the tie-breaker, shootouts again ended with a 5-5 draw.
In the extended tie-breaker, Chirag United player Josimar Dasilva Martins missed to goal and Port Trust player Ayan Chowdhary scored a goal thereby taking his team to final. Chirag United played from quarter final round and Kolkata Port Trust played from qualifying round. Four teams that entered semi final were all from Kolkata. In the first semi final match BNR, Kolkatta defeated George Telegraph, Kolkata.
Final will be played between BNR and Port Trust on Monday

BNR swat Telegrah, jump to final in Sikkim Cup

Gangtok, Sept 19: BNR-Kolkata sailed into the final of the 31st All India Governor's Gold Cup football tournament with a 2-0 comfortable win over thier city rivals George Telegraph in first semifinal match at Paljor Stadium today.
The winners simply dominated the proceedings and came close on several occasions to take the lead in the first half. But the woodwork and good skills shown by the George Telegraph goalkeeper Sibram Dey denied the BNR team at least three occasions in the first half.
The luck for George Telegraph eventually ran out in the 67th minute when BNR striker Baba Tunde's fired a salvo from edge of the box but as ball came into path of rushing Madun Buchi, who tapped in to beat Sibram Dey.
Three minutes later when Tunde was chopped down by goalkeeper Dey inside the box leading to a penalty decision. Tunde coolly converted the penalty to score to consolidate the lead for his BNR team.
For the finals, BNR now awaits the winner of tomorrow's second semifinal match between Chirag United and Calcutta Port Trust at Paljor Stadium

Calcutta Port Trust beat Covenant FC to enter semis

Gangtok,Sep18: Calcutta Port Trust upset Covenant FC, Lagos (Nigeria) 1-0 in the last quarterfinal encounter of the 31st All India Governor's Gold Cup football tournament at Paljor Stadium here to make it an all-Kolkatan affair in the semifinals and finals for the first time.

Ayan Chowdhury scored the all important goal for Calcutta Port Trust in the 72nd minute to sent the Nigerian team packing out of the annual tournament.

The Covenant FC players appeared to be out of depth as they failed to make their presence felt in the tournament in which they were arguably the fancied outfit.

Defending champs Three Star Nepal out of Sikkim Gold Cup

George Telegraph of Kolkatta in Semi-Finals

Gangtok, Sept 17 (PTI) In a big upset, defending champions Three Star club from Nepal today crashed out of the 31st All India Governor's Gold Cup football tournament after suffering a narrow defeat at the hands of George Telegraph, Kolkata, in a pulsating quarterfinal encounter here.

Niranjan Khadka was the unfortunate player whose shot in the sudden death sailed over the bar to bring an unexpected defeat for the Nepalese team.

Earlier, the two teams played out a thriller with the score remaining 1-1 at full time and 2-2 at the end of the tie-breaker prompting the sudden death.

The Three Star opened its account in as early as the second minute through Yugal Kishore Rai, but the Kolkatan team came back strongly with NG Beirona scoring the equaliser in the 55th minute

Chirag United pip Denzong Boys to reach in Gold Cup semifinals

Gangtok , Sept 17:  Chirag United today pipped Denzong Boys 5-4 in a tiebreaker to enter the semifinals of the 31st All India Governor&aposs Gold Cup Football tournament at Paljor stadium yesterday
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In a cruel turn of events for the local team which had otherwise played gallantly to advance as far as the quarterfinals of the prestigious tournament, one missed shot from striker Taurus T Manneh in the tiebreaker led to their ouster much to the disappointment of thousands of the local fans.

Manneh&aposs shot hit the bar and bounced out to leave the Denzong boys distraught and out of the tournament.Earlier, both teams played out a scoreless draw till the full time and even the extra time failed to break the deadlock.

In the semi-finals to be played on September 18 next, Chirag United will take on the winners of the quarterfinal tie between Calcutta Port Trust and Covenant FC, Lagos.

In another quarterfinal today, defending champions Three Star, Nepal will be pitted against George Telegraph, Kolkata

BNR beat TFA 5-2, enter Gold Cup semis

Gangtok, Sep 15 (PTI) BNR of Kolkata thrashed Tata Football Academy 5-2 to storm into the semi-final of 31st All India Governor's Gold Cup football tournament at the Paljor Stadium here today.

The Kolkata outfit surged ahead in the 13th second when striker Baba Tunde capitalised on a Madan Buchi pass to score from a close range even before any TFA player could even touch the ball.

The TFA, however, recaptured their rhythm soon to draw parity in the 13th minute through a header by striker Robin Singh.

BNR extended the lead yet again in the 27th minute.

Asim Das, Tunde (through his second) and substitute Pratim Sarkar - all joined the goal rush for the BNR to round off a comfortable 5-1 lead by the time the game had entered into injury time, when Robin Singh scored his second to pull one back for the TFA.

The Criticisms of Sikkim Football Association are unjustified: Tempo Bhutia

GANGTOK, September 14: The Sikkim Football Association (SFA) has seen bigger tournaments with fatter sponsors beat the dust, adjusted relocation to an unfeasible venue for three years, witnessed Bhaichung Bhutia exploding in the national football circuit, saluted the champions and wished gallant losers better luck next time, all these while overcoming bottlenecks during its long journey of hosting All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament uninterruptedly for the 31st consecutive years.

Having seen it all, it appears that there is still something that SFA cannot overcome- being picked up by certain quarters every year over a couple of ‘ceiling glass’ issues.

Exasperated with complaints, SFA president Tempo Bhutia today came out in full boots to tackle the allegations levelled on the association that has hosted the showpiece event of the Northeastern region without any major controversies or hiccups for the past three decades.

Some people say that there are no quality teams in the tournament but do they know the quality of Tata Football Academy (TFA) and Chirag United?, countered Mr. Bhutia to the one constant slur levelled on SFA.

For the uninformed, TFA has been making a habit of trashing East Bengal and other big clubs while Chirag United plays in the first division of the Indian Football League.

Defending champions Three Star, Nepal need no introduction while a full fledged Nigerian club this time is what everyone here is awaiting.

We also brought a Goan team this time keeping in view of the demands of the people, said Mr. Bhutia.

They say that spectators are dying out due to lack of quality teams. While it is true that people have come out in less numbers in the initial matches, those making such comments have themselves not seen the matches, said the SFA president.

It may be added here football lovers of Sikkim do really rouse up to the Gold Cup football fest right from the word go but gradually warm up to the matches and pack up the stadium toe to toe in the later stages of the tournament to catch the action.

Same script was repeated in this tournament with lukewarm response till the pre-quarter round completed and crowds are expected to swell up tomorrow to support TFA and on September 17, a full house is expected to watch defending champions Three Star Nepal.

The SFA president went back to history to really underline the importance of Governor’s Gold Cup and its great survival while other similar premier tournaments faded out.

One of the premier football tournaments in the country, DCM Cup was discontinued from 1998, the year SFA hosted the 20th All India Governor’s Gold Cup.

While SFA tenaciously gave continuity to the Governor’s Gold Cup despite constant upheavals in the football sector of the nation, other premier tournaments like Rover Cup, Kalinga Cup, Mittal Cup and many others could not sustain themselves when the Indian football circuit morphed itself into premier league, State leagues and preference for only few selected tournaments like IFA Shield and Durand Cup.

As invitational tournaments lost their sheen due to non participation of big clubs, SFA was also caught in the same threatening zone with big clubs Mohan Bagan and East Bengal skipping the Gold Cup due to AIFF and league entanglements.

Both Mohan Bagan and East Bengal have won the Gold Cup several times in the dusty battleground of Polo ground while leading teams from various parts of India have been participating in this tourney at various years.

Earlier, there used be at least a dozen all India level football tournaments which now have been discontinued but SFA has been successful in giving continuity to the Governor’s Gold Cup, said Mr. Bhutia. Big States with larger sponsorship have discontinued the tournaments while Sikkim being a smaller State is still attracting good teams for the Governor’s Gold Cup, he added.

All the big teams people talk about are committed to nine months of active football in the I-league and to get these teams is very difficult and expensive as these teams have to I-league, AFC and local league commitments, it was explained.

Regarding the ‘turf’ debate, the SFA president simply pointed out that FIFA has already proposed eight artificial football grounds in India and Sikkim is also included the proposed States.

Mr. Bhutia also said that it is unjustified that issue of non-football players being in SFA is always raised. It is not justified to raise such issues as administration and playing are different.

The examples of BCCI and AIFF were also pointed out.

George Telegraph moves forward in 31st Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup

Gangtok,Sep14 : The George Telegraph Institue Football team from Kolkatta became first team to enter semi-finals by beating Goan first division outfit Faria Strikers by scoring 2-1 in the famed 31st Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup in Gangtok.
Despite losing its key player Swapan Mandi to a red card in the first half, ten men George Telegraph team preserved its one goal lead to defeat Goan club Faria Strikers 2-1 in the last pre-match of the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament today here at Paljor Stadium.


Striker Mandi was earned a double booking to receive the marching orders from the referee in the 32nd minute leaving George Telegraph with only ten men.Ironically, Mandi had scored the winning goal one minute before he received the red card and both George Telegraph and Faria Strikers were locked in a 1-1 draw. He had sneaked into gap created by a slight hesitation between Faria Strikers defender and goalkeeper to score the goal for his team to make it 2-1 in the 31st minute.The Faria’s maiden venture into an outstation tournament as the only Goan club to feature in the Sikkim Cup this time came to end with this defeat.


The Goan club management deputed a 22-member team for the Sikkim tourney with Mizoram's Benjamin being the chief coach. Mervin Telles is the manager, Roselin the physiotherapist and Chandu Naik being the goalkeeper coach.Among the main players, Faria Strikers have roped in five players from Mizoram, two from Pune FC and one former Mohammedan Sporting Club player from Calcutta. Local Goan talent also represented their line-up.

Earlier, the Goan side had taken the lead in the 3rd minute when C Zothansanga scored off a rebound. This was his fourth goal in the tournament.The Goan’s side lead was shortlived as George Telegraph midfielder Pintu Prasad’s fierce shot from the edge of the box crashed into the Faria Striker’s net in the 18th minute.After losing a player to the red card, the George Telegraph played possession football in the second half and preserved its one goal advantage till the final whistle.

With this victory, the Kolkata club face defending champion Three Star, Nepal in a quarterfinal match on September 17.

 

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BNR Kolkata enters last 8 of Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup

Mumbai United crashes out on tiebreaker
Gangtok, September 13: BNR Kolkata entered the quarterfinal stage of the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament by defeating Mumbai United in tiebreaker today here at Paljor Stadium.


The BNR players converted all their first three penalty shots while the Mumbai United players could not score from their first three penalty shots handing a 3-0 victory for the Kolkata team on penalties.

The game had to be decided with tiebreaker as both the sides were locked in a 1-1 draw till the regulation time and also in the extra time.

During the match, Mumbai United had taken an early lead in the 8th minute when its striker S Basiru connected a looping cross from A Shahbaz with his head to score the goal.

Eight minutes later, Nigerian striker of BNR Kolkata, Baba Tunde headed a corner into the path of his teammate Asim Das who volleyed to score the equalizing goal for his team.

Both teams could score any further goals leaving the match to be decided on penalties.

With this victory, BNR Kolkatta has set up a quarterfinal match with the in-form Tata Football Academy wards.

Tomorrow, George Telegraph plays against Faria Strikers, Goa in the last pre-quarterfinal match of the tournament.

Meanwhile, the finals of the Gold Cup slated for September 22 has been preponed to September 21, informed the organizers, Sikkim Football Association

Nepal Club leaves for Sikkim Football Tournament

KATHMANDU, Sept 11: Nabil Three Star Club (NTSC), the title holders is leaving for Sikkim, India on Sunday to participate in the 31st Governors´ Gold Cup Football Tournament.

On the way to Sikkim, NTSC will play a friendly football match with Jhapa-11 in Kakarbhitta to be organized by the Jhapa District Football Association in a bid to establish players´ welfare fund. NTSC is scheduled to play its first match-quarterfinals on Sept 17.

CG foods has provided sports material worth Rs 100,000 for this tour. All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) President Ganesh Thapa bade a farewell to the team captained by Surendra Tamang.

Upendra Man Singh is the and Bal Gopal Maharjan are the coaches and Krishna Bahadur Shrestha is the manager of the team. Meanwhile, Nabil Bank has extended contract with the Three Star Club for one more year.

Denzong Boys outplay Royal Rangers

GANGTOK, September 8: Charlton Chapman coached Royal Rangers slipped out of the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament while local team Denzong Boys slithered into the pre-quarters with a 2-0 win.

Dry cleaners in the town should be raising their eyebrows as the players marched off the pitch after the final whistle soiled with dark mud paste from their studs to their hair.

Free flowing game was also disrupted as the ball got struck around some slushy patches near the midfield of the pitch forcing the players to go for the air option. It was one such wicked cross from right winger Dinesh Thapa which was sneaked into the net by captain KC Dadul for the first goal to Denzong Boys in the 11th minute.

As players slipped, slithered and sunk into the slushy patches of the field, scoring opportunities for the Delhi team were very few which was easily bundled out by the Denzong defense.

Nigerian Tarus T Manneah of Denzong Boys livened up the drab game in the second half with his gazelle gallops, stepovers, flicks and other forms of showmanship. His showmanship hit a high after he consolidated the lead with a quality finish in the 62nd minute.
Having collected the ball from outside the box, Manneh swiftly dismissed two defenders and sent the Royal Rangers goalie towards Ranka while lobbing the ball into the opposite side with the outside of his right boot for his second goal of the tournament.
Manneh could have added another goal but his fierce shot rebounded off the post.
With today’s easy victory, Denzong Boys has entered the pre-quarters of the tournament and faces a strong Punjab Police side on September 11.

BNR enters pre-quarter in Gold Cup

Gangtok: BNR, Kolkata, entered pre-quarter round of ongoing 31st All India Governor Gold Cup Football Tournament by defeating Sikkim Police 4-1 on Monday at Paljor Stadium.
Only one match was played on the first day of qualifying round. Throughout the match BNR dominated Sikkim Police. In the first half, Baba Tunde John of BNR scored the first goal in 3 minute, followed by Maduabuchi Nick of BNR scoring 2nd goal in 37 minute and again Baba scoring in 43 minute. After two minutes, Pritam Sarkar of the same team scored the fourth goal in 45 minute. Thereafter within a few seconds Ruben Rai of Sikkim Police scored one goal.
The first half score 4-1 remained unchanged as the second half was goalless

Sikkim Police& Denzong Boys move forward in Gold Cup

GANGTOK, September 5: Denzong Boys and Sikkim Police entered the qualifying round to the main draw of the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament which kicked off from today here at Paljor Stadium.

In the first match, Denzong Boys motorized by three Nigerians and other imported players overpowered United Sikkim Sporting Club (USSC) by three goals to one.

The Denzong Boys drew an early first blood in the 6th minute when midfielder Dipesh Thapa slammed home a loose ball into the net from the box. Central forward Krishna consolidated the advantage when he scored the second goal for Denzong Boys in the 23rd minute.

In the 32nd minute, Nigerian Taurus P Manneh rounded the USSC goalkeeper to make it 3 goals for Denzong Boys before the lemon break.
Eze Collins scored the consolation goal for USSC in the final few minutes of the game. Free flowing football was much hampered by heavy downpour.
With this victory in the pre-qualify round, Denzong Boys has entered the qualifying round of the Gold Cup where it will meet Royal Rangers, Delhi on September 7.
In the second match, the experience of Sikkim Police prevailed over the youthful exuberance of Sports Academy Sikkim as the police team won the match 2 goals to 1.
Suman Dewan scored the first goal for Sikkim Police in the 2nd minute of the game. The lead was secured by Lokbir Lamichaney in the 22nd minute.
Biden Rai scored the consolation goal for Sports Academy in the 89th minute.
Sikkim Police now faces BNR Kolkata in the qualifying round on September 8.
Local team Dzongri Club will play against Dehradun XI and State I-Day football tournament champions SSB XI will play against Eastern Railways tomorrow in the pre-qualifying round of the showpiece event of Sikkim Football Association at Paljor Stadium

Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup kick-off from Sept 5

Gold Cup Photo AlbumGANGTOK, August 31: The 2009 edition of the Governor’s Gold Cup has got bigger, better and offers more variety with participation of clubs from African football powerhouse Nigeria, eternal favourite Nepal, ‘never-say-die’ Bhutan, football capital Goa, former football capital Kolkata and ‘you love them-you hate them’ Tata Football Academy.
Of course, five of our very own local clubs will be rubbing shoulders with the Big Boys and hopefully, slay a few giants during the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament conducted by Sikkim Football Association (SFA).
This premier tournament of the Northeastern region kicks off from September 5 here at Paljor Stadium with eight unseeded teams battling for the two spots in the main draw before the tournament opens its doors for main course.
In a bid to encourage and promote local talents, SFA has given the opportunity to Denzong Boys, Dzongri Club, United Sikkim Sporting Club, Sikkim Sports Academy and Sikkim Police to participate in the tournament. These clubs will be playing a sort of pre-qualifiers against Independence Day football tournament champions Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), untested Dehradun XI and Eastern Railways on the first few days of the tournament.
And then comes the heavy artillery.
For the first time, a full fledged Nigerian team is participating in the tournament which should be enough to ensure a House Full at the 20,000 seater Paljor Stadium. The team, Covenant Sporting Club is from Lagos, the capital of Nigeria and it can be stressed here the players are not ‘freelancers’ Nigerian players we have seen in the past two editions of the Governor’s Club.
On paper, it should be a delusion to hand over the silverware to the Nigerian club as the defending champions, Three Star from Nepal is ready to do an encore.
Leading the Indian challenge is Faria Strikers from Goa. The club is the Goa league champions and its participation will be a maiden debut of a Goan club in Gold Cup.
Not to be left behind is Tata Football Academy, the production house of Indian footballers.
Four clubs will be representing Kolkata in the tournament. They are Chirag United, BNR, Calcutta Port Trust and George Telegraph. From the far west, Mumbai United FC has also thrown its hat in the ring. The presence of Charlton Chapman coached Royal Rangers from New Delhi and strong Punjab Police football team completes an all round national participation in the tournament.
September 22, two days before the Dasai festival, will decide which challengers will lift the coveted cup ending 19 days of football festivities here at Paljor Stadium.
“SFA takes pride in roping in the above clubs to play in this tournament despite the fact that IFA Shield, Durand Cup, Bordolia Cup as well as I-League matches are being held at the same time”, said SFA general secretary Menla Ethanpa in a press meet here today. He pointed out that the Governor’s Gold Cup is on the few tournaments of the country which is being organized uninterruptedly for the last thirty years.
Altogether twenty teams are featuring in the 31st All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament, said Mr. Ethanpa.
SFA working president BK Roka, publicity secretary Shyam Pradhan, vice president OP Singhi and vice president Karma Sonam Gyatso also addressed the press meet.
Governor Balmiki Singh Prasad will be declaring the tournament officially open on September 9 while Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has been invited as the guest of honour on the occasion.

All India Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament

The Paljor stadium in Gangtok where the All India Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament will start on September 5. Twenty teams, including Convenant Sporting Club from Nigeria, Three Star from Nepal and Bhutan XI, will participate in the soccer meet, which will end on September 22. The tournament is being organised by the Sikkim Football Association.

Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup 2009 To Held In September

The 31st All India Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup Football Tournament 2009 conducted by the Sikkim Football Association will be held at the Paljor Stadium, Gangtok from September 7 to September 20, 2009


Gangtok,August13: The tournament is likely to be declared open by Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh, H.E. the Governor of Sikkim while Dr. Pawan Chamling, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Sikkim is likely to be the Guest of Honour on the occasion.

The negotiations are going on with the following football teams to participate in one of the prestigious football tournaments of India. Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup is always regarded as a mini South Asian Games where teams from most the neighboring countries of India suchas Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan participate.

1) Bangladesh XI
2) Nepal XI
3) Bhutan XI
4) Faria Strikers, GoaI
5) Md. Sporting Club, Kolkata
6) Chirag United, Kolkata
7) Titanium, Kerala
8) Punjab Police
9) George Telegraph
10) Dehradun XI
11) Tata Football Aacdemy
12) DoveF.A.
13) Port Trust, Kolkata
14) Eastern Railway
15) B.S.F. (Jullandhar)
16) Simla Youngs, Delhi

All India Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup Football Tournament is one of the few tournaments in the country that has been organized uninterruptedly for the last thirty years. Sikkim Football Association is proud of its success story and is hopeful to make this tournament a grand success.

NRT, Nepal lift Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup

GANGTOK, November 08: NRT Nepal won the 29th All India Governor’s Gold Cup by defeating Three Star, Nepal with two goals to one.
The team romped home with the overall team champions’ trophy alongside a cash prize worth Rs 1, 50, 000 after having scored a footing victory.
The Chief Minister Pawan Chamling declared the tournament closed here at the Paljor Stadium today afternoon.
For the jubilant team, the duo goals were scored by Niranjan Raimajhi and Bal Gopal Shaukhal in the first 19th and in the last 59th minutes of the overall 90 minutes game.
Likewise, the solitary goal in favour of Three Star was scored by Jumanu Rai in the 32nd minutes of the match.
Meanwhile the referee also flashed a yellow card to Sagar Thapa and Subhash Rai in the 30th and 39th minutes.
During the valedictory function, the chief guest felicitated the winners and runners-up teams and individuals with cash prize, trophies and certificates of participation.
Jumanu Rai of Three Star, Nepal was awarded with the trophy for the highest goal scorer of the tournament. He scored five goals in totality. The Rukmani Pradhan Memorial Trophy for the Man of the Tournament was conferred to Basant Gauchan of NRT, Nepal and Anil Gurung also from the same team was declared the Uttarayon Best Player of the Final Match.
Three Star claimed the Chiranjilall Khatri Memorial Runners-Up Token Trophy.
Similarly, Punjab Police won the Adik Lall Memorial Best Disciplined Team trophy.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister felicitated Chewang Thendup Shangderpa (41) years, a prominent footballer and presently a coach to Dzongri Football Club with the Life Time Achievement Award along with a felicitation conferred to Nirmal Chandra Dahal, who won gold in the soft throw ball competition in the recently concluded Special Olympics at Shanghai, China.
Students from Thumi Sambhota Tibetan School performed the Dong dance followed by Tamang dance from the side of Shiva Gram Sewa Samiti, Pani House. The tiny tots of Sai Prasanti Vidya Mandir performed an English dance to the tune of ‘Give me a song to sing’ during the course of the inaugural function.

TSC into semis of Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup

Gangtok, Nov. 4: Three Star Club (TSC) thrashed Bhutan-11 4-0 Sunday to sail into the semi final in the All India Governors Gold Cup football tournament being held at Sikkim, India.TSC had a straight entry into the quarterfinal round for their best performance previous year where it lost its semifinal match. According to the TSC President Lalit Krishna Shrestha, the first half of was goal less but TSC scored all their four goal on the 28th, 35th, 40th, and 42nd minute of second half. Striker Jumanu Rai scored two goals and Santosh Saukhala and Pradeep Maharjan hit one goal each for TSC.Earlier, New Road Team (NRT) had already secured its berth on semifinal. The two Nepalese teams are only one game away from claiming the title