Date:26/04/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/04/26/stories/2004042606431800.htm

Sport - Football

NFL: phase one put off by a day

BANGALORE, APRIL 25. The phase one matches of the second division National Football League, scheduled to commence at the Bangalore Football Stadium here, has been deferred by a day.

According to a communication received here, Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), scheduled to play J&K Bank on April 27, will be arriving only on Tuesday (April 27) morning and thus requested a day's postponement.

The matches here will thus begin from April 28 with local challengers HAL taking on FC Kochin. ASEB-J& K Bank tie will be played now on the last day of the phase one — May 7.

The Bangalore Football Stadium will be the venue for the Phase Two matches too.