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Messi fan from India becomes sports journalist in Spain

On: March 27, 2022

By Najiya O Calicut, March 27, 2022: Jushna Shahin’s earliest memories are of watching football matches on TV with her family in Kerala’s Mangattuparamb village. As a die-hard Lionel Messi fan, Shahin got her chance to do her bit for the game in 2009 when she was selected among theContinue Reading

Prime minister praises Meghalaya’s love for football

By: Matters India

On: May 27, 2016

In: National

India is hosting the Under-17 FIFA World Cup Football India in 2017Continue Reading

Jharkhand’s tribal girls win off football field

By: Matters India

On: August 14, 2015

In: National

Hutup : Jharkhand-based sports and literary organisation YUWA has taken yet another giant leap: This time off their favourite football field. The YUWA girls, who hail from a part of society where the average marriageable age is barely 13 to 14 years, are set to turn heads as they areContinue Reading