All India Public Sector Football

ONGC lift title via sudden death:

Nov 20: ONGC won the All India Public Sector Football Tournament held at Paljor Stadium, Gangtok, by overcoming a spirited FCI in sudden death penalty shootout.

S Chowdhary from ONGC converted the sudden death penalty shot while FCI’s T S Bist smashed his shot over the cross bar.

Both the teams were locked in a goalless draw in the regulation 90 minutes and the resultant tie-breaker ended in a 4-4 draw, forcing the game to be decided on sudden death.

Mohan Sarkar missed his penalty for ONGC while Abijit Mazumdar did the same for FCI.

J Zulwa from SAIL was named player-of-the-tournament.

Seven public sector football teams had participated in the tournament.