Churchill deserved to win I-League
Watching intently the Mohun Bagan-Mahindra United match at Ambedkar Stadium on a sudorific Thursday, I was figuring out why Bagan shouldn't win this year's I-League. A huge posse of mediamen along with club officials took the flight out of Kolkata probably hoping to witness another Bagan's triumph and occupied the vantage positions in the crammed media box much before the scheduled time. But before everybody including the teams could settle down the babumoshais were calling up their sources in distant Margao in Goa where Churchill Brothers were up against a feeble Mohammedan Sporting. A journalist sitting next to me, whispered, "Churchill had scored." A couple of minutes later, the Goans hammered yet another. A minute later, I could read their body language. It conveyed a crude message. Bagan's boat won't cruise further. Even if they had won against Mahindra, who however dumped their famed rivals 2-1, Churchill's outright win had settled the issue on ...