Nigeria scraped into the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on goal difference after beating Benin 2-0 to set up an appetising clash with hosts Ghana.
'Our plan is to put the best foot forward for the upcoming tournament and play good matches'
Chelsea were fined 40,000 pounds ($78,540) on Thursday for the disorderly behaviour of their players during their 2-0 Premier League win over Derby County on Nov. 24.
Scoring a goal in each half, star-studded Mohun Bagan defeated Viva Kerala 2-0 in the 11th round of the ONGC I-League tie at the Corporation Stadium on Sunday.
Two of the three main Premier League title contenders will suffers as some of their players head for the African Nations Cup in Ghana.
Viva continue to remain in fourth place with nine points in the I-League football tournament behind leaders Dempo (14), JCT (12) and Churchill Brothers (10), while Sporting have with three points.
France leapfrogging Brazil and Argentina to take second spot, while world champions Italy held onto first.
Thirty-two teams that qualified for the 2006 Football World Cup Finals in Germany were on Friday drawn into eight groups.
Chelsea set an unbeaten home record of 64 matches during their 3-2 win over Birmingham City.
All the three were members of Ghanian club 'Hearts of Oak'.
India on Thursday decided to write-off dues worth Rs 95.44 crore (Rs 954 million) of seven heavily indebted poor countries.
Customised, personalised products -- objects that are quirky, fun and completely unique -- are the current rage in gifting.
The world's most-talented young players gave India a memorable show of high quality football on the field as the country showcased its organizational skills in a near-flawless and record-breaking FIFA Under-17 World Cup across six cities, which culminated with England clinching the title in Kolkata on Saturday.
Panathinaikos secured a Champions League qualifying spot by beating PAOK Salonica 2-0 on Sunday to extend their lead in the Super League playoffs to a eight points with two matches left.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
I M Vijayan is amazed at Indian football's leap from amateurism to professionalism.
Lucio, Emerson and Kaka are all undergoing treatment following Tuesday's 3-0 win over Ghana.
Do you think the presence of Brazilian medio Douglas da Silva, defender Suley Musah of Ghana and Nigerian striker Mike Okoro gave East Bengal the winning edge?
Paraguay continued to shine and recorded their third win on the trot when they thrashed a struggling Turkey 3-1 in a Group B match of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Navi Mumbai.
Islamabad refused to take back its citizen deportees and visa over-stayers from America
Germany striker Miroslav Klose scored after 23 minutes of the World Cup semi-final against Brazil on Tuesday to become the tournament's all-time leading scorer with 16 goals.
The Ghanian team beat Viva Kerala 3-0 in the final.
The German captain joined the English champions from Bayern Munich on a free transfer.
Ronaldinho has been asked to revert to pre-Barcelona style if he wants to keep his place in the Brazil squad.
The French defender smashed home a superb stoppage-time winner to give champions Chelsea a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
'Our defence system starts with our first four and that's why we have a solid defence. People look to Brazil and always try to find players who score or dribble but we have many other qualities. With our goalkeeper and defenders, we have a solid defence' 'It's pretty exciting for us and we are looking to do something great here'
The German captain was officially presented with his number 13 Chelsea shirt on Tuesday.
Vivek Paul, chief executive officer of Wipro Technologies, California and Balaji Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems, Oregon have been named among 25 most "business influential" by Time magazine and CNN.
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'In my opinion, he's the best, most complete attacker there is at the moment,' said the former West Germany striker.
Brazil's ace striker equalled Gerd Mueller's World Cup finals record of 14 goals.
Brazil midfielder Kaka said he was not fully fit in the 1-0 quarter-final defeat to France at the World Cup.
The midfielder played a stoic role for Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers.
IT training academy NIIT on Monday forged an alliance with UK's largest university, the Open University, to offer a degree programme in IT education to students across India, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and Vietnam.
The description of his career by Ambassador Nazareth in his elegant language, judicious choice of details, without ego or malice to anyone, shows that it had its ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies and lucky and unlucky accidents. Ambassador T P Sreenivasan reviews A Ringside Seat to History.
India's Prakash Amritraj, Rohan Bopanna and Karan Rastogi advanced to the second round of the Chikmagalur Challenger
