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Goa’s Melroy Fernandes on trail for Casa de Portugal Macau football club By Armstrong Vaz Career opportunities sometimes spring up from out of the blue and from the most unlikely places. That’s what is happening to 20-year-old Melroy Fernandes. The promising Goa junior goalkeeper is in Macau is on a two-month visit to train with Casa de Portugal, Macau football club. ‘ The Dramapur-village boy, from South Goa, has been with Churchill bros, the former I-league champions, since last season and has had been an understudy to two other goalkeepers. But all that has changed this season for Melroy. Instead of sunny shores of Goa he is now burning calories on the football fields in Macau. He is getting ready to play in exhibition matches called Bolinha, which takes place when the Divisao 1 (first division) takes a break. If things go according to a plan and if the club is happy about his performance in the Bolinha then Melroy may end up signing for the club next season. The Bolinh...

Franky Baretto, Saby Antao in race for coaching posts at GFDC By Armstrong Vaz Former international and East Bengal defender, Franky Baretto and former junior international and Mahindra United player, Saby Antao, are some of the notable candidates who have applied for the paid posts at the newly formed Goa Football Development Council (GFDC). Goa Football Development Council which was recently constituted by the state government, with its office at 7th Floor, 'Myles High' Building, Patto Plaza, Panaji, is “to advise the Government on all matters concerning the sport of football  and to coordinate and harmoniously complement the activities of the AIFF (All India Football Federation) the GFA (Goa football Assocaition), the SAG (Sports Authority of Goa), local governing bodies such as municipalities, Zilla Parishads and Panchayats, organizations promoting Football and other Government authorities and Departments.” Panjim-based cardiologist Rufino Monteiro has been appoi...