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A Cup too far
Indian football is far removed from its goal. Lack of drive, poor infrastructure and outdated training methods have led the game to dribble aimlessly for too long. But now with FIFA’s backing, there is reason to hope that may be one day the
117-ranked India would play in the World Cup, says M.S.Unnikrishnan, as all eyes are riveted on the grand spectacle, beginning June 9
The best-known face of Indian football, Baichung Bhutia, lamented the other day about the meandering ways and falling standard of Indian football. He said the decline of the game was mainly on account of the All-India Football Federation’s (AIFF) failure to have the right kind of people at the helm. |
The strongman of Indian football: Baichung Bhutia (in blue)
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From riches to rags
Vikramdeep Johal
India might be a nonentity in world football today, but there was a time when it was a force to reckon with. The period from the late 1940s to the early 1960s was the “golden age” of Indian football, an era which in all probability will never return.
Olympians P.K. Banerjee (left) and Chuni Goswami distinguished themselves during the “golden age” of Indian football.
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‘My father is my best teacher’
Fardeen Khan gets chatty with Gayatri Rajwade about all that’s dear to him — his family, love for acting and racing fast cars
With more than six films in his kitty, including an Abbas Mustan film and one for “buddy” Sajid Khan, this Khan is on a roll and his career graph proves that infamy does not stick (remember the drugs incident?), only success does.
With his fingers in many pies, including rehearsals for an awards functions in Mumbai where the tête-à-tête took place, Fardeen Khan attributes his time management to his newly acquired secretary, “who ensures I get home by nine every evening to have dinner with my wife.”
Newly married (wife Natasha is former actor Mumtaz’s daughter) and much in love, Fardeen believes he is a “good husband, responsible son and a faithful friend, besides being a good master to his dogs.”
Cool dude: Fardeen is keen on experimenting with all kinds of roles. |
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