MAPUSA, Jan. 16 -- [email protected]

Last season's 2019-2020 Goa Professional League had to be abandoned in the closing stages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where Sporting Clube de Goa and Churchill Brothers were declared the joint winners as other teams wouldn't have surpassed them mathematically even if they had played the remaining matches.

There were plenty of doubts regarding the 2020-21 GPL season as the conditions never improved despite the state trying to return to normalcy. However, despite the sporting activities being at a standstill, the Goa Football Association were busy looking out for a sponsor to revamp the league and were finally successful late in December.

The state's top tier league was launched with a title sponsor...