Unlike other parts of India and Pakistan, the biggest sport in Kashmir is football. One club today, Real Kashmir, are bringing unity back to the region
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In a West Delhi slum, former street beggar Khushi, 14, rises in complete darkness. It’s 3.30am. Blindly she gathers boots, shinguards and clothes, trying not to wake her mother, sister and two…
FOOTBALL IN INDIA IS GROWING ALL THE TIME. Right now, the place is abuzz with anticipation ahead of the Under-17 World Cup finals which are set to kick off in October, and…
WHEN STEPHEN CONSTANTINE TOOK CHARGE of the Indian national team for the second time, he found out that Indian football’s elite academy recruited players from just two youth tournaments in New Delhi.…
Cyril Radcliffe was a civil servant who was little known outside British bureaucratic circles before 1947. However, the events which transpired in August of the same year would etch his name into…
Despite boasting the largest youth population in the world and a rapidly advancing economy, Indian athletes have always flattered to deceive on the international stage in most sporting events across the globe.…
Despite a population of over a billion people, India’s best ever national team performance has only been qualification for the 1950 World Cup. Even then, they pulled out because of a lack…
This feature is part of A Tale of One City It wasn’t meant to be quite like this. A stiff breeze swept across one of the world’s oldest football stadia on the most…
In 1911, Mohun Bagan, an all-Indian team from Kolkata, captured the hearts of the nation when they won the IFA Shield. The IFA Shield was a football tournament created for English troops stationed…
Fresh air: emotive words that evoke the notion of a better, cleaner place. A place where all your troubles can be left behind and a momentary breath can de-stress and revitalize. A…