A large hole in the roll of honour of Pele, arguably soccer's greatest player, was filled 33 years after he quit when he was officially recognised as a six time Brazilian champion at the age of 70 on Wednesday. The championship officially started in 1971 but the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced that the Brasil Cup and Roberto.
A Paco Alcacer header gave Valencia a 2-2 draw in a highly charged La Liga clash against third-placed Real Madrid who had taken the lead with eight minutes remaining on Sunday.
FC Goa clinched their first win of the ongoing Indian Super League season as they beat Kerala Blasters 3-1 at the Fatorda Stadium, in Margao, on Sunday.
Jose Mourinho stayed on course to become the first coach to win the Champions League with three different clubs when Real Madrid beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on Wednesday to seal a 5-0 aggregate rout in the quarter-finals.
Real Madrid set up a titanic Champions League semi-final with arch-rivals Barcelona by beating Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 at White Hart Lane on Wednesday to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory.
ROund up of the EPL matches played at the weekend.
In the 2012 assembly elections, Goa had recorded an impressive 81.8 per cent voting.
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Facing deportation to India, which he had never visited, Yves Gomes refused to worry about the future. Instead he concentrated more on his studies and the present. It paid.
Rajneesh Gupta salutes Tamim Iqbal's courage in the Asia Cup's opening game on Saturday and lists instances where cricketers braved injuries to battle it out for their teams.
Huang, also known as Wong Kwong-yu, was convicted by the Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court with also ordered confiscation worth 200 million yuan of his assets.
Yves Gomes can breathe easy for the next two years, as he just eluded being deported to India, where he has lived for just 14 months of his entire life.
Moroccan Karim Bencherifa, who parted ways as Mohun Bagan coach recently, will take charge at Salgaocar SC on February 17, club secretary Raj Gomes said.
Trinamool Congress has won the August 18 by-elections to both the Bowbazar and Sealdah assembly constituencies, results of which were declared on Friday.
Top seed International Master Dronavalli Harika of Andhra Pradesh proved her supremacy when she won her maiden title in the 36th National Women's Premier Chess Championship in Chennai.
Telecom industry may be hit by biggest customer churn ever, due to mobile number portability.
Referee Howard Webb has admitted he was wrong to award a penalty to Manchester United in their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday.
There was no way through for Chelsea as Watford halted their recent resurgence in a goalless Premier League stalemate at Vicarage Road while Everton piled more woe on Newcastle United with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday.
Tania Sachdev recaptured her rhythm as the Indian team bounced back into contention after beating Vietnam 3-1 in the sixth round of World Women's Team Chess Championship in Ningbo, China, on Monday.
Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp has beaten Manchester United only twice in his career and never at Old Trafford -- his worst record against any Premier League side.
Juventus moved top with 19 points to Inter's 18 and it was a deserved victory in an absorbing contest.
India continued its recovery journey and downed China Two 2.5-1.5 in the seventh round of the World Women's Team Chess Championship in Ningbo on Wednesday. Mary Ann Gomes starred in India's lone victory over China Two while the remaining three games were drawn, giving the team a much-needed victory at this stage of the championship.
The Indian women's team had a dismal day out in the third round of the World Women's team chess championship in Ningbo, China, on Friday.
Aston Villa kept Tottenham Hotspur bottom of the Premier League on Monday with a deserved 2-1 victory at White Hart Lane. Villa scored after five minutes through Nigel Reo-Coker and again early in the second half when Ashley Young's shot squirmed under Tottenham's Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.
After a successful trial, Scottish striker Darryl Duffy has been included into Salgaocar FC.
Italian goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini joined Tottenham Hotspur's relegation fight on Monday, leaving Chelsea on a free transfer after 10 years at Stamford Bridge. The 35-year-old, once voted the best goalkeeper in England but second choice to Petr Cech for the last five years, could make his debut for Tottenham on Tuesday at home to Stoke City.
Title aspirant Sporting Clube De Goa were held by Chirag United Sports Club to a 2-2 draw and split points in the 17th round of the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru stadium, Margao on Friday.
Fowler, according to the committee, did not respond and said that he 'never intended to make any racist remarks and no malice was ever intended.'
On a mixed day for India at the 32nd Chess Olympiad, the women's team defeated Bulgaria to move up to joint-third place while the men slipped to tied 10th after losing to France in the seventh round. Asian women's champion Tania Sachdev and Asian junior girls' winner Mary Ann Gomes helped the Indian women to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Bulgaria.
Kachiani-Gersinka, while Mary Ann Gomes accounted for Sarah Hoolt as the Indian women's team beat Germany '1' 3-1 in the fourth round of the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany. However, the Indian men lost narrowly to top seeds Russia in the Open section after P Harikrishna's heroic efforts, that netted him a victory over Peter Svidler, went in vain.
Paula Radcliffe won the New York City marathon for a third time in emphatic fashion on Sunday, while Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil posted a dramatic come-from-behind win in the men's race.
A goal in each half helped Sporting Clube de Goa defeat Mohun Bagan 2-0 in the third round of the ONGC I-League, played at Nehru Stadium Fatorda on Saturday.
Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League for the first time since it began in 1992 when they suffered their 24th loss of the season in a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Germany moved up a gear after some unconvincing group games to beat Portugal 3-2 on Thursday and advance to the semi-finals of Euro 2008.
Former Brazil football international Adriano has reportedly been charged with links to a drug lord in Rio de Janeiro.
Group A favourites Portugal made a winning start to Euro 2008, by beating Turkey 2-0 after the Czech Republic got the better of Switzerland 1-0 in the opener.
The 31-year-old is still recovering from the knee injury which forced him to limp out of the Euro 2016 final against France in the first half, coach Fernando Santos said.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique believes his current squad is the strongest he has ever had and he is very confident of retaining the La Liga and King's Cup titles. The Spanish champions have recruited Andre Gomes, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Digne and Denis Suarez since the end of last season while Marc Bartra, Thomas Vermaelen, Adriano Correia and Sandro Ramirez have departed. "On paper, this is the best squad that I have had in my three years at Barca," Luis Enrique told the club's website. "We have a squad that has been strengthened brilliantly.
Asian junior girls champion Mary Ann Gomes made a stride forward for the gold medal after defeating Maria Ignacz of Hungary in the sixth round of the Under-18 section of World youth girls' chess championship in Antalya
Swati Ghate helped the Indian eves salvage a draw against third seed Georgia at the Women's chess Olympiad
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