Indian captain Sunil Chhetri (right) vies for the ball with Chinese Taipei’s Wei-Chuan Chen during the 2018 Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai on 1 June. They did qualify for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil but withdrew ahead of the tournament, citing expenses and a preference to focus on Olympic football instead. To everyone, who is not a football fan... please come and watch us. India play Kenya on Monday and New Zealand on Thursday, and Chhetri implored fans to fill the stadium even if only to criticise the national side. “And we want to be called a proud sporting nation, we need to accept and support all sports equally.”

Source: Mint June 04, 2018 10:41 UTC