Dempo Sports Club beat Tollygunge Agragami 2-1 to take second spot in the National Football League.
The handful of spectators at the Salt Lake stadium had their patience tested as the two giants were locked goalless in the National Football League match.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the National Football League with a call to make India a major soccer power in the world.
The defending champions take on arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in inaugural match of the ninth National Football League.
Mohammedan Sporting scraped past Indian Bank 1-0 after a 73rd minute penalty from Dipendu Biswas in the eighth National Football League.
A disputed penalty in the last minute gave the defending champions a 1-1 draw in the NFL match.
"We can only encourage FIFA to continue (with) the reforms which have been initiated, we cannot give detailed advice of what to do but we appreciate there is a readiness for reforms".
Mohammedan Sporting taking on former champions Mohun Bagan in the inaugural match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
East Bengal tasted their maiden defeat in a super six round match of the Kolkata Super Division football league.
Despite the point Tollygunge stayed in the relegation zone in the National Football League.
S Venkatesh netted the all-important goal in the 78th minute to ensure the title for Mahindra, in their third final.
Syed Rahim Nabi's late goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory and kept them atop the table in the National Football League.
The Kolkata giants were beat 0-1 by the Jordanian side in their second leg AFC Cup meeting at home.
The Goa team beat Tollygunge Agragami in sudden-death in the Federation Cup football Tournament.
The former beat Haywards Sporting while Air India accounted for Dempo in the Federation Cup football tournament.
Centurion Rishabh Pant (118) led India to a spectacular 104-run win over Afghanistan to progress to the final of the Under-19 tri-series One-day cricket tournament in Kolkata on Friday.
Peter Rodrigues' late goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 victory over the defending champions in the National Football League.
Baichung Bhutia scored twice in a 3-0 victory in the Kolkata Super Division football league.
They were beaten by Kolkata Port Trust in the Kolkata Super Division.
Mike Okoro's goal gave the Kolkata giants a 1-1 draw in the Group 'E' Asian Football Confederation Cup match.
East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 2-1 and now stand just three points away from their third NFL title.
The Kolkata giants posted their fourth straight victory in Group-E in the AFC Cup football tournament.
The International Weightlifting Federation dropped the doping charge against Indian weightlifter K Sanjita Chanu due to "non-conformities" in the handling of her sample but the Commonwealth Games gold-medallist has demanded an apology and compensation for the "trauma" she has endured. The IWF made the decision based on the recommendation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The 26-year-old, who claimed innocence since the beginning, was informed about the final verdict via an e-mail, signed by IWF's legal counsel Lilla Sagi.
Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday
Brazilian Juliano Martins marked his debut match with a goal in the National Football League encounter in Kolkata on Sunday.
They beat Tollygunge Agragami 3-2 in their concluding match of the NFL.\n\n
Brazilian Beto scored from the penalty spot as Mohun Bagan beat Sporting Clube De Goa 1-0.
The defending champions maintained their standings at the top of the league table with 31 points from 15 matches with second placed Dempo on 28.
The 1-1 draw left both teams in the relegation zone in the National Football League.
Christiano Junior scored his ninth goal in 11 matches to give the defending champions a 1-0 victory in the national Football League.
A goal in each half gave the defending champions a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
Churchill Brothers staged a brilliant comeback to snatch a 3-2 win against Tollygunge Agragami in a thrilling eighth National Football League match.
A 3-0 victory took the defending champions to third place in the National Football League.
Victory over Tollygunge swelled the Kolkata giants' lead atop the National Football League.
Kenneth Onu scored a brace to earn HAL a 3-3 draw in the National Football League.
Unbeaten East Bengal hold the edge in the National League match.
The Tollygunge goalkeeper saved a late penalty in a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
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The victory enabled the defending champions displace Dempo from the top spot in the National Football League.
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