This is BallGai, Goa’s football playing cow from Mardol

Football playing cow

It’s no surprise that football is Goa’s favourite sport. It’s played more than any other sport by youth across the state. In fact, football is so popular, that even animals play it. Well, maybe not all animals, but there certainly is one that does. For over six months now, the villagers in Mardol have noticed […]

Forca Goa Foundation seeks funds for winning Girls Team, and you can help

Forca Goa Foundation Cover

It’s no secret that Goa loves football. If seeing cars with FC Goa branding drive by, and almost every public football ground perpetually occupied with players and spectators wasn’t enough, we now have a Konkani film that glorifies the triumphs, tribulations, and ‘glory’ of the sport. Today Goa celebrates its Statehood Day, the day when […]

WATCH: Konkani cinema gets its first ever sports movie, Glory

In March of this year, Konkani cinema was buzzing as Elvis Kahn Fernandes premiered Goa’s first ever Konkani horror movie, Cynthia, in cinemas across the state. The movie opened to rave reviews for its disturbing performance by lead actress Maya Kalsi who played the possessed Cynthia. Critics also lauded the film for its beautiful original […]

Carlos Peña has just cracked another year with FC Goa

Carlos Pena FC GOA

FC Goa is delighted to announce that defender Carlos Peña has extended his stay with the Gaurs for one more season. The Spaniard put pen to paper on a new deal that will see the defender spend the 2019/20 season in FC Goa colours. Peña was a vital cog in the FC Goa team that […]

He was asked to immortalize FC Goa, this is what he did

FC Goa Mural

If there’s one thing that drives the youth of Goa crazy, it’s football. Over the past few years, this football crazy fever has heightened with the introduction of the Indian Super League (ISL), giving Goa its own brand in the football sphere – FC Goa. Artist Dattaraj Naik a multidisciplinary artist hailing from Goa has […]

AIFF Accreditation for Vedanta’s SESA Football Academy

academy

Football fever never seems to die down in Goa. Even with the World Cup having just gotten over, football takes off on another adventure. The Vedanta Group’s SESA Football Academy or SFA has now been given the AIFF Accreditation. That means that SFA can now participate in the U13, U15 and the U18 Youth Leagues […]

Vedanta’s SESA Football Academy felicitates its young graduates

SESA Football Academy

Football is not just Goa’s state sport but its favorite one too. The game was first introduced to Goa by an Irish priest called Reverend Fr. William Robert Lyons. Football was actually included as part of the sports curriculum in Catholic schools. The enthusiasm for the game also stems from the fact that football is […]

Kodework emerge runners-up in the first ever Copa Bay 15 Corporate Cup

Bay 15 Corporate Cup

What started out as a small easygoing get together among a group of gentlemen soon became a planning session for what promises to be an annual event. The gathering included Mr.Peter Vaz, the head of Models Group of Companies, Mr. Victor Fernandes, CEO of Sporting Clube de Goa, Mr. Eddie Noronha, manager of the club, […]

Everyone’s going to have World Cup fever in Goa soon!

world cup

Football is one game that Goans cannot live without. Some eat, sleep and dream about it. People play football throughout the year in Goa in every open space that they can find. Watching football is another craze. Every time there are games on TV, you can be sure that almost every pub and restaurant will […]

FC Bardez Sports Club to keep playing competitive football

Fc Bardez Sports Club

FC Bardez Dubai may be getting a makeover to avoid its association with Sydney Lemos but FC Bardez Sports Club in Goa will continue to play competitively.  Sydney Lemos is the man behind the Ponzi scheme that duped thousands of UAE residents out of their hard-earned monies through his company, Exential Group. The unbelievable get-rick-quick […]