Infant Jesus register comeback victory in Subroto Cup

K.H. Ninthouigamba inspired Infant Jesus Academy, Goa, upset Krishnadevpur High School, Burdwan, while Nagaland made a thumping start with a 10-0 hammering of GSS, Car Nicobar, in the U-14 category of the 54th Subroto Cup football tournament here Saturday.

The clash of the day was between the country's two footballing nurseries of Goa and West Bengal and the former managed to turn around a 0-2 deficit in style.

India U-14 international Ninthouigamba scored a brace (49th and 51st minute) and skipper Abhijit Sarkar (39th) and Abu Taheer (42nd) chipped in with a goal each to complete the turnaround.

Earlier, Sayan Das' 24th minute strike and Sheikh Mohammed Ali's opportunistic goal in the 35th minute had put the Burdwan side in the driver's seat.

Earlier in the day, Nagaland rode on hat-tricks from Ghunaka (12th, 46th, 48th) and Noketho (20th, 33rd, 38th) to bulldoze the Car Nicobar outfit.

Results: M.S.P. Higher Sec School, Kerala, 0 drew Anand Niketan School, Gujarat, 0; N.G. Town High School, Odisha, 4 (Bishal 8th and 47th, Rajesh Omar 25th and 48th) bt Tyndale Biscal School, Jammu 0; Betkuchi High School, Assam, 1 (Nayanjyoti Kuli 42nd) bt B.K.S.P., Bangladesh, 0; Nagaland 10 (Mukashu 9th, Ghunaka 12th, 46th, 48th, Kato 20th, 32nd, Noketho 20th, 33rd, 38th, Tokaui 34th, 41st) bt G.S.S., Car-Nicobar, 0.