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Jaydeep Basu
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Pele (1940-2022): Jewel in the crown of the beautiful game and World Cup history’s greatest hero
Pele will continue to be known as the greatest, the jewel in the crown of the beautiful game. There will never be another like him.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian Football: Balai Dey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan
Dey played for Pakistan first and then made the switch to India, where he played for both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. A truly one-of-a-kind footballing career.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian Football: CoA member Quraishi on Stimac’s contract, AIFF’s new constitution and more
The Indian team recently secured qualification for the AFC Asian Cup for the second consecutive time, but there are still off-field issues to deal with.
Jaydeep Basu
Trending
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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UP man who rescued sarus crane booked under Wildlife Protection Act
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Are your UPI payments farming your personal data without your consent?
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Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Not barefoot, but cold feet: The events that led to India’s absence at 1950 Fifa World Cup in Brazil
Looking back at things decades later, it can easily be described as one of the worst decisions in Indian football federation’s history.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian football: The AIFF has become a den of chaos, confusion and controversies
Now the question is: What’s the reason behind creating such a meaningless and easily avoidable mess?
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian football's strange history with head coaches
Coaches come and coaches go in what is an unending cycle of Indian football.
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Video
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Watch: Musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s song ‘295’ on the sarangi in a shopping area in Chandigarh
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Watch: A group of Pakistani artists creates huge portrait of Shah Rukh Khan on a beach
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Watch: Thunderstorm wrecks cars, brings down power lines, in Dibrugarh, Assam
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Indian football: Of captains and controversies
The issue of captaincy had always been a sensitive one in Indian football.
Jaydeep Basu
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From Chuni Goswami to IM Vijayan: The many selection controversies of the Indian football team
In the 75 years of the Indian national football team, team composition has been decided through reasons other than footballing talent.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian football: How AIFF have avoided fresh elections since 2020 based on mere assumptions
The Praful Patel-led committee continuing to hold its post is a classic example of how a federation can turn a lawsuit filed against it to its advantage.
Jaydeep Basu
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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Indian football: Igor Stimac’s complaints about league structure – a valid concern or mere excuse?
The Croatian coach refused to take responsibility for India’s poor showing in the World Cup qualifiers and instead put the blame on state of domestic football.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian Football: Does AIFF’s decision to freeze relegation in I-League set a dangerous precedent?
The Indian federation in an informal decision decided to scrap relegation from the second-tier competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Jaydeep Basu
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Indian Football: The North East is the top breeding ground for talent but will it stay that way?
Mizoram and Manipur alone constitute more than 25 percent of the total Indian players in ISL.
Jaydeep Basu
The Field
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Watch: Sunil Chhetri relives iconic 2017 goal against Kyrgyz Republic
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Impact player at IPL 2023: All you need to know about the new rule in Indian Premier League
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Boxing: High Performance Director Dunne on the Nitu-Nikhat conundrum, selection policy and more
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Sports world daily: Tsitsipas, Rybakina progress in Miami; France, Netherlands win Euro qualifiers
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India vs Australia: Indore pitch rating reversed from poor to below average