I-LEAGUE : Salgaocar beat Shillong Lajong 2-1.

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04.01.2012 : Salgaocar   2-1   Shillong Lajong (GOA - FT.)

SAL : Seuoka 15', Isfaq 54'
SLFC : Christofer 42'
RED CARD : Francis (SAL)

SLFC : L. Ralte, Lallawmzuala, W. Pasah, Aibor, Boithang, Lalramluaha, Lalchhuanmawia, Lyngdoh, Subhash, Jonny, Christopher.

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Salgaocar Sports Club continued with their winning ways as the defending champions recorded their third win in four games with a laboured 2-1 victory against Shillong Lajong at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Wednesday. The defending champions were not at their best but goals from Ryuji Sueoka and Ishfaq Ahmed ensured the hosts walked away with full points.

Shillong Lajong had lost all of their previous matches here by big margins but on Wednesday they seemed to make a match out of this contest. Striker Christopher Iyikwobe brought the visitors back in the match with a gem of a goal to tie the match in the first session but his efforts counted for nothing in the end.

Salgaocar, as expected, started strongly with Ryuji Sueoka bringing the best out of goalkeeper Lalthuam Mawia early in the game. But while the Lajong goalkeeper was equal to the challenge at first, he could do nothing in the 19th minute when Ryuji, within handshaking distance, directed the ball into the goal after being nicely picked up by Francis Fernandes.

Lajong could not enforce their superiority but there was no doubting that striker Christopher was a constant threat upfront. The striker put his skills to good use in the 39th minute when he cut past two defenders, and then the goalkeeper, to bring his side on level terms. Salgaocar continued with their attacks in the second session and got the match winner they had been hunting all along, when Ishfaq Ahmed did well to connect Ryuji's measured cross from the right in the 52nd minute.

The hosts had at least two clear cut opportunities to inflate the lead but Edeh Chidi and Ishfaq Ahmed missed sitters. The win took Salgaocar's points tally to 19 while Shillong Lajong are stuck on 16 points.

I-LEAGUE :Chirag United thrash Mumbai FC 2-0.

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04.01.2012 : Mumbai FC   0-2   Chirag Kerala (Pune - FT)
CUK : Asif.K 15', Sunday 50'

MFC: Nidhinlal, Dhanachandra, Nichiolas, Abhishek, Friday, Lobo, Sukore, Kima, Fakruddin, Faizal, Dane.
CUK : Sarath K, Asif K, Chandandeep, Charles, Issaq, P.Mohonraj, D. Sunday, Vineeth, vignesh, Osman, Sajesh P, serin sam.

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Chirag United Kerala rode on goals from Asif K and David Sunday to beat complacent Mumbai FC 2-0, to earn three crucial points from the Round XIII of the I-League Football Championship at the Balewadi Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Host Mumbai had themselves to blame for allowing Chirag United to dictate terms from the start and once the Kerala outfit was comfortable with the situation they never let go the advantage. David Sunday played part in both the goals-after he set the first goal in the 14th minute that left the Mumbai defence in tatters. On Sunday's cross in the middle found Vineeth, before Asif K grabbed the chance and slotted in the goal.

After the lemon break, substitute Jimshad U Babloo cut through the right wing with Sunday running parallel in the middle. Babloo went right in before releasing the ball for Sunday to complete a set-piece in 51st minute that broke Mumbai's resilience. Throughout the second half, Mumbai FC tried in vain as Gbeneme Friday wanted to do everything upfront, but ended up in flaring up tempers.

Chirag had begun aggressively from the start and their game-plan of catching Mumbai FC by surprise which paid off well-an early yellow card to Asif for pulling down Friday prove out to be no dampener. Mumbai FC had just a few chances which if applied could have rattled Chirag, but then Wednesday wasn't there day by any measure. Vineeth worked in upfront nicely keeping the Mumbai FC defence on toes.

Mumbai FC remain at 10th position with 14 points, while there was no change at the bottom as Chirag United will stay on 12th spot despite improving their points tally to 11.

I-LEAGUE : HAL Bangalore draw with Sporting Clube 2-2.

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04.01.2012 : HAL   2-2   Sporting Goa ( Bengalore - FT.)
SCG : Anthony 30', 54'
HAL : R.C.Prakash 40', Goutam Debnath 51'.

HAL : P. Promod, Chandandeep, Kenneth, Biju, Rohit, Vinod, James, Goutam, Metei, R.C.Prakash, Hamza.

SAL : Gerard, Sanmananda, Adil, Keita, Kalu, Moga, Jovel, Anthony, Borges, Boboi, Dawsan.
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HAL Bangalore who are languishing at the bottom of the table played draw with Sporting Clube de Goa 2-2 in the crucial XIII Round of the I League Championship played at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Wednesday.

RC Prakash in 38th and Goutam Debnath in 50th minute scored for HAL Bangalore while Anthony D'Souza scored a brace in 33rd and 53rd minute for Sporting Clube.

Sporting Clube now have 14 points from 13 matches while HAL Bangalore are at the bottom of the table with only 2 points from 13 outings.

Samuel Eto'o launched his own Mobile Company in Cameroon.

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.....Ex-Barcelona and Cameroonian soccer star striker Samuel Eto'o is now trying to become the Africa's Newest Telephone/ Mobile Tycoon. The four-time African player of the year, Eto'o, ho just signed a record Dollar 28 million per Year deal with Russian Premier League soccer club Anzhi Makhachkala.

Now the Striker is preparing to launch his own mobile phone network company SET MOBILE, in his home country Cameroon before starting of African Nations cup in 21st January. Eto'o is out for a 15-match ban from National team after he was found guilty by the Cameroon FA disciplinary committee during a friendly match against Algeria on November 15.

SET, may be short name of Samuel Eto'o where he is going to invest 1,80000 Dollar for his company to established as the Cameroon's 3rd largest Mobile company after Orange Telecon of France and MtN South Africa. Eto's new mobile company plans to compete by dropping the cost of voice calls, while offering SMS and data services and attracting the youth population in the country

His company already started the operation in the Country and sol more than 50,000 SIM card to the customer. The network will be activated on January 21, which is the opening day of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Cup. Ghana's Peace FM has reported the news.

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME : WORLD FOOTBALL NEWS MAGNET..

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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al Khelaifi has revealed the prospective deal to bring David Beckham to the French capital is off. The former England captain is said to have opted to stay in Los Angeles with LA Galaxy despite being out of contract with the MLS side.

Inter Milan appear to be ready to sell star player Wesley Sneijder in the January transfer window if a big-money offer comes along. La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the Serie A club's sporting director Marco Branca is set to travel to England in the upcoming days in order to open talks with English Premier League outfit Manchester United about a potential transfer.

Real Madrid will go into Tuesday's Copa del Rey match against Malaga without the services of Angel Di Maria due to injury. The Argentina international sustained a thigh problem in training in the last week of 2011 and Madrid confirmed on their official website that Di Maria has not recovered in time to make the match squad for the game at the Santiago Bernabeu.

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said Argentine striker Carlos Tevez is not a priority for the Serie A leaders. The Italian giants have been linked with a move for the want-away Manchester City star, but Allegri refused to be drawn on the issue when questioned in Dubai.

Arsene Wenger has slammed referee Lee Probert after Arsenal's 2-1 defeat at Fulham. An injury-time winner from Bobby Zamora has left Arsenal in fifth, one point behind Chelsea, after Steve Sidwell’s 85th-minute header had cancelled out Laurent Koscielny's first-half opener.

Aly Cissokho wants to leave Ligue 1 club Lyon in the January transfer window, with the English Premier League his preferred destination. The 24-year-old full-back was linked with a move away from the French outfit before the 2011/12 campaign, while Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas hinted on December 24 that Cissokho could be on his way.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is hoping his side can benefit from a change in luck when they face Manchester City on Tuesday. Liverpool are in sixth place in the English Premier League, but have struck the woodwork 18 times this season, more than anyone else in the Premier League, while their tally of 24 goals is the worst in the top six.