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Spirited Kerala Blasters FC successfully managed to fend off a daunting Delhi Dynamos with a 1-0 win in a hard-fought battle at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the capital on Sunday.

"We go for a win in every game. Our aim is to stop others from scoring against us and hope we can get goals", said Darby.

The Kerala Blasters player-manager isn't happy with ISL scheduling while saying that lack of quality coaching hurts the development of football in India.

Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands have made disappointing starts to their campaigns and are all outside the top two in their groups after three games.

The 18.4 million pounds profit follows the 1.4 million pounds generated two years ago. The turnover figure - up from 255.8m pounds.

"Pele had surgery to remove kidney stones and he is now in a stable condition and recovering," the hospital said in a statement.

FC Pune City drew first blood in the match by getting an early goal but Chennaiyin FC came back strongly in the second half with an equaliser in a fiercely contested match.

FC Pune City drew first blood in the match by getting an early goal but Chennaiyin FC came back strongly in the second half with an equaliser in a fiercely contested match.

Chelsea striker Costa was dropped from the Spain squad for the European Championship qualifier next week while he nurses a groin injury.

Super substitute Milagres scored his first goal of the season to give Kerala Blasters FC a 1-0 win over FC Goa in their first home game of the Indian Super League in Kochi.

Cavani's early goal helped Paris St Germain secure their place in the Champions League last 16 with two games to spare after a 1-0 home win over APOEL.

Lallana says the performance of a supposed weakened Liverpool side in a narrow 1-0 defeat by Real Madrid on Tuesday augurs well for their Champions League prospects.

Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 on Benzema's 27th-minute goal to advance to the knockout phase of the Champions League along with Borussia Dortmund.

John Goossens struck a last-gasp goal to help Pune FC beat NorthEast United 1-0 in a hard-fought Indian Super League match on Monday.

"It's good to have Theo back. Hopefully he will come on and have no setbacks," Wenger said.

Ronaldo put Madrid at the top of the standings by scoring for a 12 straight game before setting up a second goal in a commanding 4-0 win at Granada.