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  Albanian team gets heroes' welcome after clashes

  Football | October 15, 2014 16:14 IST

  Tirana, Albania:  Albania's national soccer team returned home to a heroes' welcome Wednesday after a game in Serbia that was abandoned after an Albanian nationalist banner was flown by a drone over the stadium, sparking

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  ISL: Marco Materazzi, Mikael Silvestre ready to dig it out for Chennaiyin FC

  Football | October 14, 2014 23:52 IST

  Margao: Italy's World Cup winning player Marco Materazzi and former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre are aware that they are well past their prime but they would like to share their vast experience with the

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  ISL: Committed a lot of mistakes, says FC Pune City coach

  Football | October 14, 2014 23:26 IST

  New Delhi: FC Pune City coach Franco Colomba, though content with a point away against Delhi Dynamos, observed that his side committed a "many mistakes" in their first Indian Super League (ISL) match here Tuesday."I

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  ISL: Delhi Dynamos share honours with FC Pune City

  Football | October 14, 2014 22:03 IST

  New Delhi:  Delhi Dynamos were better but wasteful as they paid the price for their profligacy even as Alessandro del Piero's presence failed to break the deadlock in their barren draw against FC Pune City

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  Neymar scores all 4 as Brazil beats Japan 4-0

  Football | October 14, 2014 21:37 IST

  Singapore:  Say "Neymar," and say no more. The 22-year-old Brazil striker scored all four goals Tuesday  and hit the post once  in a 4-0 friendly rout of Japan.    "Neymar really enjoys playing, he has a

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  ISL: FC Goa eyeing perfect start against Chennayian FC

  Football | October 15, 2014 10:09 IST

  Margao: With a vociferous crowd behind them, hosts FC Goa will be eyeing a positive start to their campaign against Chennaiyin FC when the Goa-leg of the much-hyped Indian Super League (ISL) begins at the

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  ISL will answer critics in due course of time: AIFF director

  Football | October 14, 2014 17:09 IST

  New Delhi: With critics terming the Indian Super League (ISL) as any other big-budgeted sporting event bearing no impact on national football, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) director Col Gautam Kar on Tuesday said

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  ISL: Ready to share expertise for Indian football's development, says Trezeguet

  Football | October 13, 2014 23:41 IST

  New Delhi: FC Pune City 'icon' player and former French international David Trezeguet said Monday that he is happy to be a part of India's first major push for development of football through the Indian

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  ISL: Looking forward to facing Trezeguet, says Del Piero

  Football | October 13, 2014 23:01 IST

  New Delhi:  Italy World Cup winner and Delhi Dynamos 'marquee' player spoke Monday of his eagerness to face former Juventus teammate Frenchman David Trezeguet in his team's first match of the inaugural Indian Super League

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  ISL: Koke on target as NorthEast United makes a winning target

  Football | October 13, 2014 22:32 IST

  Guwahati:  Spanish striker Koke's opportunistic first-half strike ensured a 1-0 win for the NorthEast FC against Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Kerala Blasters FC in the second match of the Hero Indian Super League, here on monday.   

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  ISL will change the face of Indian football: Tendulkar

  Football | October 13, 2014 20:04 IST

  Guwahati: Sachin Tendulkar feels that Indian Super League has begun on the right note and the "fantastic start" yesterday would be a huge boost towards changing the face of the game in the country.  Tendulkar is

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  Germany midfielder Kramer out of Ireland game

  Football | October 13, 2014 18:48 IST

  Essen, Germany:  Germany midfielder Christoph Kramer will miss Tuesday's European Championship qualifier against Ireland because of illness, leaving the World Cup champions short of options for the game in Gelsenkirchen.   Kramer, who started in Saturday's

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  ISL: Capital awaits Del Piero, Trezeguet as Delhi Dynamos take on FC Pune City

  Football | October 14, 2014 8:01 IST

  New Delhi: It will be a reunion of sorts for the cynosure of all eyes Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet as the Capital gears up to host the star-studded Indian Super League (ISL) with

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  Sepp Blatter tells FIFA board he'll run for re-election

  Football | September 27, 2014 14:36 IST

  Zurich:  FIFA President Sepp Blatter has told his executive committee colleagues he plans to run for re-election next year, though he is not yet an official candidate.   The Swiss official says he told them he

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  Manchester United struggling on pitch, beset by injuries

  Football | September 26, 2014 8:34 IST

  London: On a day of derbies in north London and Merseyside, the fate of Manchester United will be the most anticipated result on Saturday. United hosts West Ham having won just one of its opening

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  Luis Suarez in Uruguay prelim squad for 2 friendlies

  Football | September 26, 2014 7:59 IST

  Montevideo, Uruguay:  Luis Suarez is one of 29 players in a preliminary Uruguay squad for two friendlies next month in Saudi Arabia and Oman.   Coach Oscar Tabarez must still decide if he will pick Suarez

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  Bundesliga: Dortmund salvages 2-2 draw with Stuttgart

  Football | September 25, 2014 8:00 IST

  Frankfurt, Germany:  Ciro Immobile scored a late equalizer as Borussia Dortmund came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Wednesday.   Stuttgart's point in an encouraging

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  Heel injury rules Zlatan Ibrahimovic out of Caen match

  Football | September 24, 2014 10:04 IST

  Paris:  Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss French champion Paris Saint-Germain's match at Caen on Wednesday because of a left heel injury. Tests on Tuesday revealed that Ibrahimovic, the club's leading scorer with five league goals,

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  Ronaldo's 4 goals leads Real Madrid to another rout

  Football | September 24, 2014 7:30 IST

  Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo made amends for conceding a penalty by scoring four times as he led Real Madrid to a 5-1 rout of Elche in the Spanish league on Tuesday.   Ronaldo fouled Pedro Mosquera while

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  Bayern Munich beats Paderborn 4-0 to take Bundesliga lead

  Football | September 24, 2014 7:20 IST

  Frankfurt, Germany :  Mario Goetze scored two goals as Bayern Munich eased to a 4-0 victory over promoted Paderborn and moved to the top of the Bundesliga on Tuesday.   Goetze and Robert Lewandowski scored inside