The FIFA's inspection team on Wednesday sounded fairly satisfied over the progress at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, one of the venues for the Under-17 World Cup, but urged authorities to speed up work on core areas like competition and training sites.
Indian and Australian players exchanged verbal punches on field during the second ODI in Kochi.
India made a couple of changes to the side that played in the washed-out first ODI in Bangalore, including Harbhajan Singh for R P Singh, while Robin Uthappa replaced Sourav Ganguly.
Churchill Brothers made it the round of 16 of the AFC Cup when they warded off second half challenge to edge past Al-Hillal by a solitary goal win in group 'B' played at Nehru Stadium, Margao, on Tuesday.
Ranty Martins scored a goal in each half to guide Dempo to 2-1 victory over JCT to remain at the top of the pole position in the 18th round of the I-League, played at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
Goalkeeper Rogerio Ramos turned in a fine performance to enable the Goa side take a point against the National Football League defending champions.
In a battle of cellar teams, the former champions from Goa lost to Mohammedan Sporting 1-4.
Former champions Salgaocar beat Fransa 2-1 in a match marred by poor refereeing.
The Delhi batsman recently became the most successful India captain in Test cricket, surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Heavy overnight rain and poor ground conditions forced the fifth One-Day International between England and India to be abandoned without a ball being bowled.
The city was lashed by heavy rain on Thursday, resulting in the outfield at the stadium getting flooded.
East Bengal rallied to hold Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 in Margao on Wednesday.
After a lacklustre first half at Nehru stadium in Goa, Churchill got the all-important goal in the 62nd minute through Raju D.
The Nigerian striker scored twice as Dempo moved to the top of the league.
Odafe Okolie's late goal gave the Goa team a 3-2 victory and took them to fourth place on the league table.
Shillong Lajong rode on a double strike from Dipanda Dicka to beat Mumbai FC 3-1 in a fifth I-league round match at the Nehru Stadium in Shillong on Saturday.
With this result, Sporting Clube de Goa took their tally to nine points from eight matches while Bagan have eight from as many games.
Churchill Brothers, reduced to 10 men in the second half, downed Chirag United 2-0 to move to the top of the points table after their eighth round I-League match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Friday.
His late penalty goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 win over Mahindra United in the NFL.
Mohammedan Sporting and Sporting Clube de Goa had to settle for a goalless draw in their National Football League match.
A stout defending and a couple of good saves by keeper Arnab Das Sarma of Air-India denied Dempo full points as both settled for a goalless draw in the 15th round of ONGC-I-league played at Nehru stadium in Margao on Tuesday.
A fine brace by medio Climax Lawrence helped Dempo to come from behind and edge out JCT Mills, Phagwara 2-1 in their 14th round ONGC I-League championship match played at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Thursday.
Churchill Brothers' march towards winning the title got a boost as they beat JCT by a solitary goal in an ONGC I-League match, to move to second place, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao.
Prolific scorer Odafe Okolie pumped in four goals, including a hat-trick, as Churchill Brothers deflated Mahindra United 4-2 in an exciting ONGC I-League 11th round match at the Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, on Monday.
Reuben D'Souza's goal enabled them beat defending champions Kerala 1-0 in the first semi-final of the National Football Championship.
Nigerian Ranti Martins scored three goals to help beat Sporting Clube-de-Goa in the 12th round of the ONGC I-League tournament on Sunday.
Defending champions Dempo Sports Club put up a dazzling display to beat formidable Churchill Brothers 4-1 and maintained their unbeaten run in the 10th round of the ONGC I League championship match played at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday.
Abdul Hakim's opportunistic goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory in the opening quarter-final league match, in the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship.
Salgaocar Sports Club squandered a few opportunities and had to be content with a goaless draw against East Bengal to share points in their 10th round of the ONGC I League championship match played at the Nehru Stadium Fatorda in Margao on Tuesday.
A 4-0 victory saw the Goa team emerge from the first leg of the I-League football tournament unbeaten.
Salgaocar who dominated the major part of the game rallied from behind to hold JCT to an exciting 3-3 draw in the 9th round of the ONGC I-League played at Nehru Stadium, Margao on Thursday.
The Sri Lankans will have to come up with something extraordinary at the traditionally batsman-friendly Nehru stadium track in Pune in the fourth ODI to stop the Indian juggernaut.
Sporting now have six points from eight games while Air-India remained on seven.
With the win, Churchill Brothers have collected 13 points from seven matches in the ONGC I-League football championship, while Viva Kerala, who suffered their second defeat, remained on nine points.
Mohun Bagan beat Salgaocar 5-4 in a thrilling tie to register only their second win in the I-league.
Mahindra, who led 1-0 at half-time, scored through Douhousey D Pierre (first minute), Steven Dias (52nd) and substitute Tarif Ahmed (injury time of second half).
Churchill Brothers edged out a spirited East Bengal side 3-2 and gained full points in the 5th round ONGC I-League Championship.
