Fading sports career: Lack of govt support makes it risky for youths

Except for cricket, all the other sports face lack of funding Mohan Kumar is a 72-year-old former Indian football player who now works as a security guard at Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru. He had played in several international tournaments in the 1970s including South Korea, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. But due to lack of […]

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Poverty kills dreams of Bengal’s young tribal football talents

Somnath Hembram, 24, has returned home after driving a truck from Chennai. A local football talent, he has to drive a truck to earn a living. Tribal football talents like Somnath are nipped in the bud due to poverty. Somnath alias Kunu played for Bankura district of West Bengal as a striker. He was one […]

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