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Bayern Munich going to India
Bayern Munich have signed a MOU with the West Bengal government to create an academy to sell Bayern Munich shirts help nurture talent in India.
Diego Maradona heads to India to raise money for charity
Diego Maradona, Argentina legend and now national team manager, will visit Kolkata, India on December 6 2008. Diego will inaugurate a soccer academy and participate in a charity dinner where some of his playing gear would be auctioned. Thousands of fans are expected to attend a public reception planned for Mister Maradona. This will be…
The Rise & Rise of Indian Football
It was a sweltering mid-August night in 2008 in the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi when the Uzbek referee Valentin Kovalenko blew the final whistle. Spectators were climbing the flag poles around the stadium in celebration & the TV commentator declared that he had just witnessed a historic event. India had beaten Tajikistan convincingly in…
The Arsenal Way – sponsors convince Gunners to train Indian kids
Arsenal staff recently held a 2-week coaching program in Calcutta and selected 16 schoolboys for a training program at the Emirates dubbed ‘The Arsenal Way’. The boys, aged between 10 and 15, are flying out to begin their training at the club’s stadium, The Emirates, from next month. How did Arsenal, a club notorious for…
Manchester United, India and the English Premier League
When David Gill was asked whether Manchester United planned to go to India for a preseason tour in the future, he told us what we already knew: That the market in India was huge, that they’d had offers to come play there, that Manchester United needed to conquer that final frontier before any other football…
How About an Indian-Style Football Premier League?
I felt a mixture of bemusement and enjoyment as I sat and watched the fascinating and lively auction for cricket’s upcoming Indian Premier League. But once I’d got over the amusement of seeing players being bought for different teams in an auction house and awarded their price as wages with no choice as to who…
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