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Forlan magic lays Kerala low Nandakumar Marar

Diego Forlan struck three goals back-to-back giving the home team a 5-0 — its biggest — win in the in Hero ISL 2016 match against the Kerala Blasters

Pune shades seven-goal thriller Nandakumar Marar

PUNE: Antonio Habas’ fantasy of his forwards scoring goals came true. Punch-drunk after being taken apart by Delhi Dynamos FC in the first half, FC Pu

TWO-GOAL HERO: Anibal Rodríguez of FC Pune City scores against Delhi Dynamos on Friday.

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Second half brilliance lifts Brazil over plucky Peru

Argentina’s Lionel Messi scored the first with a breathtaking free kick, gave two assists, dribbled through Colombia’s defense several times and coordinated his teammates on the pitch... and off it as well.

Chennaiyin deserved win: Habas S. Prasanna Venkatesan

CHENNAI: FC Pune City coach conceded that Chennaiyin FC played better on Tuesday and rightfully deserved to win.“We had a couple of tight games before

Mehrajuddin Wadoo. File photo: Kamal Narang

Forlan magic lays Kerala low

Pune shades seven-goal thriller

Messi magic sparks Argentina

Chennaiyin deserved win: Habas

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Guimaraes cautious ahead of derby

Nandakumar Marar FC Pune City (FCPC), coming off from a hard-earned home win, has the ability to trouble any opponent in the Hero ISL 2016. In eight games so far, FCPC has 2000 successful passes, which suggest that there is better coordination in the middle where Mohamed Sissoko towers over others with his work-rate and energy level.Its opponent on Thursday, Mumbai City FC has managed 1926 passes. Eugeneson Lyngdoh, who is likely to play in the Maharashtra derby, can lift the midfield and link up well with Siss

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Proud of recruiting players only from Basque region: Athletic Bilbao president

S. Sudarsan In an era where football clubs are chasing new frontiers to earn more money and more access to young talents, Athletic Bilbao looks no farther than home.In an interview to the The Hindu, club president Josu Urrutia takes immense pride for not deviating from the policy of recruiting players from the Basque region and hints that central defender Aymeric Laporte could be sold, if the club gets the right price, in January.ExcerptsHas the policy of signing players from the Basque region handcuffed yo

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Vineeth does it for Kerala Blasters

Stan Rayan There was some doubt whether he would play this game. C.K. Vineeth was meant to have gone for an ISL photo-shoot on Tuesday after Bengaluru FC’s fantastic run in the AFC Cup recently. But, apparently, there were some discussions late on Monday night and the Kerala player found a place in the line-up for the match against FC Goa.It was Vineeth, who came in as a substitute in the 79th minute, who struck Blasters’s match-winner against last year’s runner-up Goa in the dying minutes of their rough

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Hammadi winner helps Air Force Club fly high

N.Sudarshan Bengaluru FC falls at the final hurdle

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Hero Indian Super League: Atletico lets Goa off the hook

Amitabha Das Sharma Atletico de Kolkata continued to remain winless at home as bottom-placed FC Goa picked up its first point with a 1-1 stalemate in a fourth-round encounter of the Hero Indian Super League on Sunday. More than the goals, the contest was remarkable for the number of bookings and ejections. Both teams were reduced to 10 in the second half after Atletico’s Scottish midfielder Stephen Pearson was given the marching orders in the 53rd minute and Goa defender Sanjay Balmuchu was flashed the red card,

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Not an end zone for Bengaluru FC

Harish Jayakumar Mustafa Ghouse on BFC’s performance, Ashley Westwood, AFC Cup quarterfinal and more

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Blasters looking for men upfront to ‘explode’

Worried that it would miss the playoff bus, Kerala Blasters FC will be hoping that one of its attacking players ‘explode’ against Zico’s FC Goa at the Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday evening.Ironically, Blasters and Goa – which finished runner-up in the past two editions, are now at the bottom of the eight-team table and realise that it is time to pull themselves out of the deep pit with just six rounds remaining.“We’re looking for somebody to explode. I think upfront, we are looking for one or t