Category: Football Tournament
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Department Football Tournament 2024
The Department Football Tournament usually takes place in February, marking an annual event during the second semester of the academic year. It serves as a platform for friendly competition among students and faculty. This year, due to fewer participating teams, the format deviated from the usual group stage to a direct knockout, with initial matches… Read More
4–7 minutes
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The Department Football Tournament 2018-19: A match-by-match summary
The Department Football Tournament took place between the 17th of September and 1st of October. We were treated to several displays of grit and skill, with the usual off pitch bonhomie that adds zest to the matches. Here we give you a condensed summary of select matches of the tournament, as they unfolded this year. Read More
11–16 minutes
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Football Tournament 2017 | Finals: 1st years vs 2nd years
It was time. The ground was set, the players ready and the cheerleading squad geared up for the final. With both first years and second years turning up in great numbers, the excitement was tangible. After a series of three matches, with varying shades of success and different players rising to the occasion, the final Read More
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Football Tournament 2017 | Semi Finals: 3rd years vs 4th years
The tussle for third place took place between the third years and the fourth years at a comparatively deserted Sangam ground. In marked contrast to the previous games, this one had a noticeably relaxed quality to it, being devoid of the urgency the preceding games were tinged with. The enthusiasm had not abated a mite, Read More
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Football Tournament 2017 | Semi-finals: 2nd years vs 4th years
The semi final clash between the second years and the fourth years, in all honesty, was boring despite having all the ingredients of a great match. The clash ended in a nail-biting penalty shootout which the second years won, but saving that, the match really did not offer much in terms of excitement. In hindsight, Read More
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Football Tournament 2017 | Semi-finals: 1st years vs 3rd years
A Testimony to the ‘Beautiful Game’ Once every four years, football lovers, followers, maniacs, ‘bandwagon-hoppers’ and newbies gather religiously in their recently-washed Argentina/Brazil/Portugal jerseys to celebrate the ritual that is the FIFA World Cup. It is with the same dedication (or perhaps even more) that students of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences gather Read More
3–4 minutes
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Football Tournament 2017 | Match Six: 1st years vs 4th years
Football. My second favourite F-word The sixth game of the tournament on the sixth of October was an enthralling show, filled with élan. The 1st years sported against the 4th years, and the game concluded in a 1-1 draw. The onset saw some smooth manoeuvres being pulled off by 4th years Joseph George and Adithya Read More
2–3 minutes
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Football Tournament 2017 | Match Five: 3rd years vs 5th years
The fifth game of the tournament took place between the third years and fifth years. The game commenced and within a few seconds, the first goal of the match was scored by Siddharth Natraj, assisted by Thulunga Basumatary, both from the fifth year. The excitement and frenzy of the first minutes subsided, and the game Read More
1–2 minutes
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Football Tournament 2017 | Match Four: 4th years vs PhD Scholars
One of the better sides in the tournament, the 4th years commenced their campaign against the Ph.D. scholars. After their rollicking run in the Prem Ranjan Memorial Tournament last year, the Ph.D. scholars established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. The two sides faced off against each other in an intense final last Read More
2–3 minutes
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Football Tournament 2017 | Match Three: 2nd years vs 5th years
The second years versus the fifth years. A fair-sized crowd was present. It was the second day of the tournament, the excitement was palpable. The correspondent witnessed a lot of Heading throughout the match; the players seemed to find this the most convenient way of blocking as well as passing. The fifth years, with Siddharth Read More
2–3 minutes
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