Chennaiyin FC

Injury Time Penalty Helps 10-men Chennai Equalize Against Kolkata at Home

 November 5, 2014   R K Gupta

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The 21st match in the Hero Indian Super League was played between teams, which occupy the two top slots in the points table. Chennaiyin FC hosted Atletico de Kolkata at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium and their encounter ended in a 1-1 draw. Kolkata have played five matches, won three of them and drawn two. Chennaiyin […]

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Liverpool

Rodgers gambles with team selection in Madrid ahead of important matches for Liverpool

 November 5, 2014   John Welsh

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Fielding a team short of several regular starters is not a normal decision taken by many football managers when faced with an away group tie in the Champions League against Real Madrid but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will hope that his gamble is justified by eventual qualification for the knockout phase. The 1-0 defeat on […]

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Pune City FC

Pune Beat North-East at Home As Dutchman Goossens Scores in Dying Minutes

 November 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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Just the other day, Pune City FC were beaten by the visiting Kerala Blasters, who scored a 2-1 win despite playing a below-par game. Yesterday, Pune had another set of visitors from Eastern India, the North East United Football Club of Guwahati. The home supporters were thoroughly dejected after Pune City FC squandered the one […]

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Celta de Vigo

Celta de Vigo shock Barcelona as Suarez, Messi and Neymar all fail to score

 November 3, 2014   John Welsh

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In recent seasons the Spanish La Liga has been dominated by Real Madrid and Barcelona with Atletico Madrid ending their monopoly last season. However, after 10 matches of the current campaign, Real lead the table but four other teams are within two points and then Celta de Vigo and Malaga are not too far adrift […]

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Mumbai City FC

Marquee Man Anelka’s First Goal Helps Mumbai Beat Kerala Blasters at Home

 November 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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Mumbai City FC played an erratic game but in the end they got lucky in beating Kerala Blasters 1-0. An on-the-target free-kick from Mumbai’s marquee player Frenchman Nicolas Anelka showed his class. The free-kick taken just before the halftime from 25 yards, curled deceptively before finding the top corner. Anelka thus scored his first goal […]

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FC Goa

FC Goa Score First Win While Delhi Taste Defeat in an ISL Match on Saturday

 November 2, 2014   R K Gupta

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There is a lot of difference between Delhi and Goa in terms of spectator involvement in football. While Delhi is like other Indian cities, where cricket takes precedence over football, Goa is comparable to Kolkata, Kerala and Guwahati. In these cities, a football game is as eagerly awaited as a cricket match and therefore, when […]

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ISL

ISL Updates: Chennai Destroy Mumbai, Delhi & North-East End Goalless and Kerala Score First Win

 November 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Indian Super League is now 17 matches old but 44 games are yet to be played. Two weeks of colorful football has been welcomed by spectators in ISL football cities but despite Atletico de Kolkata looking solid so far, it would be hazardous to predict the winner at this stage. The tournament has seen […]

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La Liga

Real Madrid’s El Classico Win at Bernabeu Ends Barca’s Unbeaten La Liga Start

 October 31, 2014   R K Gupta

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Santiago Bernabeu was packed with Real Madrid fans in Spain’s capital city on Saturday. All of them got their money’s worth, when their heroes scored an emphatic 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona in season’s first El Classico. Barcelona had made an unbeaten start to the new La Liga season but Real Madrid effectively ended that […]

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Manchester City

Manchester City looking vulnerable after successive defeats

 October 30, 2014   John Welsh

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It may have been a season of success for Manchester City during the 2013-14 campaign, having clinched both the Premier League title and lifted the English Capital One Cup at Wembley, but their inconsistent form during recent weeks has raised questions as to whether they can win any silverware in the coming months. A 2-1 […]

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Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba proves that there is still life in his ageing legs as Chelsea draw at Old Trafford

 October 27, 2014   John Welsh

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In the 2012 UEFA Champions League cup final, Didier Drogba headed home a Chelsea corner in the final minutes to equalise an earlier Bayern Munich goal to force the game into extra-time. Drogba had been first to react to a ball arriving at the near post as he out-jumped the opposing defence. Chelsea subsequently won […]

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