Mohammedan Sporting rode on a late strike by S K Sanjib to pip Tollygunge Agragami 1-0.
Dempo Sports Club, Goa beat Mahindra United 2-0 in their opening league match of the eighth National Football League.
Indian national football team slumped to its worst-ever FIFA rankings, 171, in the 209-nation chart.
Three-time champions Mohun Bagan were unable to translate their overall supremacy in the National Football League match.
His late penalty goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 win over Mahindra United in the NFL.
Former champions Salgaocar beat Fransa 2-1 in a match marred by poor refereeing.
The Fransa Club president feels referees are giving decisions against his team in the NFL.
Both teams have seven points after five outings in the National Football League.
Renowned Scottish club Rangers FC on Wednesday announced the signing of woman's national team forward Bala Devi -- a first in Indian football. This will make Bala the first Indian woman to become a professional footballer anywhere in the world and she also becomes Rangers' first Asian international footballer.
The bankmen beat HAL 2-1 in the National Football League match.
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A 1-0 victory over Mohammedan Sporting kept Mohun Bagan in sight of a third place finish in the National Football League.
The defeat is a severe jolt to Mahindra's hopes of making it to the semis in the under-19 NFL.
Mahindra United outsmarted Air India 2-0 in their NFL tie at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai.
A hat-trick by Rui Wanderlei Weis helped Vasco keep their title hopes alive.
The Mumbai champions scored once in each half for a 2-0 win in the National Football League.
India's top clubs were drew 2-2 with Brothers Union of Bangladesh and Turkmenistan's Merv respectively in the second round.
JCT dominated the proceedings but failed to translate the chances that came their way into goals.
Sporting Clube de Goa beat Salgaocar 1-0 to move to the second spot in the NFL.
All the three were members of Ghanian club 'Hearts of Oak'.
Mahindra United moved to the third place in the National Football League with a 3-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa.
Goa's Dempo did more than enough to lay claim to the tag of champions for the second time.
Mahindra United staged a superb comeback to score a 2-1 win over Salgaocar in the eighth National Football League.
World football governing body FIFA on Thursday sought an update from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on the current scenario in India to which the national federation reiterated its stance that it would resolve the impasse surrounding an unified league in a two-three year window.
A 1-1 draw kept Churchill two points adrift of leaders East Bengal in the National Football League.
East Bengal rallied to hold Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 in Margao on Wednesday.
Tollygunge Agragami prevailed over Haywards Sporting 2-1 in the National Football League.
After a lacklustre first half at Nehru stadium in Goa, Churchill got the all-important goal in the 62nd minute through Raju D.
Mohun Bagan rallied to pip arch-rivals East Bengal 2-1 in an exciting National Football League match.
A second-half goal by Francis Andrade helped former champions Salgaocar beat Vasco 2-1 in a second division ONGC National Football League match in Kozhikode on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankan defender Kamaldeen Fuard's 40-yard strike enabled the bankmen hold the defending champions 1-1 in the National Football League.
With this result, Sporting Clube de Goa took their tally to nine points from eight matches while Bagan have eight from as many games.
Mohammedan Sporting and Sporting Clube de Goa had to settle for a goalless draw in their National Football League match.
Dempo Sports Club came from behind to down local giants Mohun Bagan 2-1 in the National Football League.
Felix Aboagye's goal gave the Mumbai side their first victory from two matches in the National Football League.
After four rounds and 20 matches, and the teams so well matched, it's hard to pick a clear favourite in the National Football League.
The victory took the Mumbai outfit to second position in the National Football League, behind city mates Mahindra United.
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