Bangladesh needed to be clearly told that New Delhi would respond firmly if such rhetoric continued.
George Telegraph shock East Bengal Nigerian striker Shaheed Olawale scored twice in a 3-1 victory in the Kolkata Premier Football League.
Baichung Bhutia's goal game Mohun Bagan a 1-0 victory in the Kolkata Football League.
A 1-0 victory over United Sporting Club gave East Bengal their third straight win in the Kolkata Football League.
Bonafice Ambani's goal gave the former champions a 2-1 victory over Mohammedan Sporting in a third round match.
East Bengal went atop the table with the win in the 10th ONGC National Football League.
East Bengal now have to win all the three remaining matches to clinch the NFL title.
A four-member delegation from Manchester United, led by Director of Football Allan Dawson, met the red-and-gold club officials
With this win, East Bengal now have 18 points from six outings.
'Nitish Kumar may be marginalised as an office-holder, but that is not the same thing as the disappearance of Nitish Kumar's politics.'
The defending champions edged past city rivals Tollygunge Agragami 1-0.
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 posted their fourth straight victory in Group-E in the AFC Cup football tournament.
Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs East Bengal ISL derby on May 3 as per tentative schedule
With the draw, Hyderabad are at third spot with 24 points from 17 matches while SC EB are at ninth with 17 points
The Kolkata giants beat ITI, Bangalore, 3-1 in a National Football League match.
Most of East Bengal's foreign players have left home but a few are still here along with the Spaniard Nodar who had preferred to stay back.
The Kolkata giants made sure of the title, beating Vasco 4-0 in their penultimate match of the NFL.
'East Bengal have a great legacy. We all want Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to play in ISL. I am very happy that Mohun Bagan are playing and we all want East Bengal to play in the ISL too.'
By the middle of the first half, there were pacey crosses in either direction, with robust challenges also coming into the fray which would result in three yellow cards before the half-time whistle.
In what could be a game-changing move for the struggling East Bengal, EPL giants Manchester United may end up taking the ownership of one of oldest football clubs in the country.
His suspension dispute with Mohun Bagan is yet to be resolved, but India captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Wednesday donned the East Bengal jersey and practised at their club tent for the first time this season.
India captain Baichung Bhutia on Monday 'signed' a year's contract with East Bengal and vowed to play for the club till he hangs his boots, even though he is yet to be released by Mohun Bagan.
East Bengal on Saturday announced former Portugal assistant coach Manuel Gomes to be their chief coach for the upcoming 2010-11 season.
Sporting Clube de Goa prevailed over East Bengal by a solitary goal in the ONGC I-league ninth round match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
India name six uncapped players in 26-member squad for AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia, targeting quarterfinals and World Cup qualification.
East Bengal and Eastern Railway were involved in goalless draw in the IFA Premier Division Football League.
The Kolkata giants beat Calcutta Port Trust 2-0 in the IFA Premier Division Football League.
The front-runners scored a crucial 3-1 victory in the National Football League on Saturday.
Minutes after the club bowed out of the Federation Cup with a 0-1 quarter-final loss to Dempo Sports Club, East Bengal fans went on the rampage abusing the coach and officials.
East Bengal on Wednesday appointed Subhas Bhowmick as coach for the remaining of the 2008-09 season which will see the club compete in the final leg of the I-League.
Striker Mike Okoro, Baichung Bhutia and Alvito D'Cunha scored goals.\n\n\n\n
Defending champions Army XI and JCT, Phagwara, also drew goalless in another Durand Cup match.
East Bengal regained the top spot in the NFL by defeating State Bank of Travancore 2-0.
The teams played a goalless draw in their opening match of the AFC Cup.
Goals by Alvito D'Cunha and Asim Biswas gave East Bengal a 2-0 victory in the Kolkata Senior Division football League.
Sri Lankan defender Kamaldeen Fuard's 40-yard strike enabled the bankmen hold the defending champions 1-1 in the National Football League.
India's first World Cup winning captain is slated to visit the red-and-gold camp to receive its highest honour, Bharat Gaurav, on Thursday.
East Bengal pipped Federation Cup and National Football League champions Mahindra United 2-1 to lift the ONGC Super Cup title
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