MAPUSA, Oct. 25 -- Team Herald [emailprotected]

Sporting Clube de Goa registered a well-deserved 1-0 win over Cortalim Villagers Social Welfare Sports Club in the Goa Professional League match played at Duler Stadium, here, on Friday. Flaming Oranje surged ahead in the very 6th minute of play when skipper Kunal Kundaikar found Ngangbam Singh ummarked who controlled and drove his 25-yard strike into the goal, 1-0. Cortalim Villagers had two close chances to level terms. In the 30th minute, Airen Fernandes saw his power-packed strike being brilliantly saved by Sporting Clube's custodian Abhimanyu Singh. Another chance went a begging for Cortalim Villagers when they were awarded a penalty after Airen's goal bound shot was handled by Sportin...