The Federation Cup champions thus avenged the 0-4 defeat they suffered in their first leg meeting in the National Football League.
Coach Subhas Bhowmick is banking heavily on Nigerian striker Mike Okoro for the February 10 match against Singapore's Geylang United.
Nigerian Sports Minister Musa Mohammed is backing his country to win 10 Olympic gold medals at the Athens Games in August.
They won the women's discuss throw and men's shot put respectively at the Afro-Asian Games.
The former beat Tollygunge Agragami while Bagan got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa in the semi-finals of the Federation Cup football championship.
A brace Roberto Mendes Silva helped Bagan to a 4-1 win over JCT Phagwara to enter the semi-finals of the Federation Cup.
Everything, from cooks to T-shirts, has been imported for the occasion.
East Bengal crushed Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0 to set up a semi-final clash with JCT Mills, Phagwara in the Durand Cup football tournament.
East Bengal tasted their maiden defeat in a super six round match of the Kolkata Super Division football league.
Real Madrid's teenage Brazilian duo Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes sent them top of La Liga as both scored in a 2-0 win over Osasuna on Wednesday.
The son of a retired army officer was arrested by Goa police after he was found loitering suspiciously at the Vasco railway station gathering information about bomb blasts.
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The victory enabled the defending champions displace Dempo from the top spot in the National Football League.
The Kolkata side rallied to scored a 3-2 victory in the National Football League.
Brazilian winger Gustavo dos Santos' magical left-foot kept Delhi Dynamos in contention for a semi-final berth as they beat Pune City FC 1-0 in the Indian Super League.
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the central mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano, killing at least 120 people on Friday, witnesses and police said, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Second-half goals by Nigerian Akeem Abolanle and Jiten Rai gave the Kolkata side a 2-1 victory in the National Football League.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
Len Aiyappa scored twice in a 5-3 victory that gave the Asia Cup champions their second straight win in the men's hockey competition at the Afro Asian Games.
The Mumbai outfit rallied from a goal in arrears to beat Tollygunge Agragami in the National Football League.
They beat Tollygunge Agragami 3-0 in the All Airlines Gold Cup football tournament.
The Tollygunge goalkeeper saved a late penalty in a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
Dudu Omagbemi and Konstantinos Katsouranis scored in each half as FC Pune City beat Atletico de Kolkata 3-1 and snapped the league leaders' unbeaten run in the Hero Indian Super League in Kolkata on Friday.
The Nigerian striker scored a brace in a 3-2 victory over ITI in the National Football League.
The defending champions won their National Football League match 5-1.
It has been a gruelling time for nearly 2,000 Delhi Police personnel, including 16 DCPs, protecting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is sitting on a dharna against city police's alleged high-handedness.
Nigerian international Odion Ighalo scored twice as a buoyant Watford won 3-0 at home to Liverpool to consolidate seventh position in the Premier League, only one point behind the top four.
But the club is likely to appeal, contending that Nigerian recruit Isa Musah was suspended on grounds of indiscipline.
'It's commendable how earnest Anya Singh remains even after Qaidi Band does everything to undermine her efforts,' says Sukanya Verma.
In another match in the Amsterdam tournament, Ajax held Liverpool goalless.
Kolkata soccer giant East Bengal returned to victory trail as they got the better of a fighting Salgaoncar from Goa 2-1 in their sixth National FootbaLL League tie at Salt Lake stadium.
A late strike by Manitombi Singh saved the day for Mohun Bagan in the match against Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Mohammedan Sporting rode on a late strike by S K Sanjib to pip Tollygunge Agragami 1-0.
Vasco officials allege that Mohun Bagan signed their Brazilian striker Marcos Pereira against the rules.
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