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Football.. A sport in India

As the Football Fever has just began, the world seems dancing to one tune.. Ole Ola.. Yes, why not, after 4 years of wait, finally, the period comes again. People are all over discussing and let know their opinion to other’s when it is coming to the FIFA World Cup 2014.
But, what this really means for a nation who ranks 154 in the whole world when it comes to Football. We know India is nation known for rich ground sports like Hockey, Kushti, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho etc. We know India is a nation where Cricket is the religion and Cricketers are the God. But, do this sport of skill, time and speed Football, occupy the hearts of 120Cr population?
Football is richly celebrated as a religion also in some parts of our country. It may be sparse in India, but wherever the game is followed it is done in unanimity. My city, Kolkata is one such place in the country, where this sport is a religion to many. FIFA World Cup is the biggest festival for the people which comes once in 4 years. Similarly, states of North East, Goa, Pune, Bangalore are some places where this sport has lots of significance for the people.
Football in bengal is enthralled with the club rules. East Bengal, Mohon Bagan are two oldest clubs and most renowned clubs in Bengal as well as in India. This two clubs had the privilege getting the lights of some real Indian Football legends like PK Banerjee, and Baichung Bhutia. It has seen present Indian football stars Sunil Chetri, Rahim Nabi, Subrata Pal etc. Though, people like me who are not a great fan of Indian Football, but players over here have tremendous potentiality to progress and shine for the nation if given proper training and stuffs. Football in India is not so privileged to have amenities & facilities like Cricket.
Cricket in India, has been ruling for decades and with the present boost of IPL, it has gained the plethora in front of the world. The time was now for this sport in India to take a high. ISL is recently being introduced to ignite the spark into a fire. Business men, sportsmen and even the Bolywood Stars came upfront and through this medium like the IPL, created their own franchise. Saurav Ganguly, the legendary sport man from Bengal, bought the kolkata franchise along with 3 business men and the collaboration with Atletico Madrid brought Football fever in Bengal to a new height.
Now, talking about Football in India, for those who were unknown and only knew soccer is football only, with the kick of social media, people are tending to receive information and are understanding the game. The interests these days are not among the men only but also among the women, and it is growing and people have started to take interest and watching the game. With the names of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar striking the front pages of news paper, people are learning the colors of football in India too.
Kids, teenagers and bachelor corporate workers are leaving their cozy bed at night and gathering in front of their television with coffee’s and beer. They are enjoying and chilling the sport even in the clubs.
Most of the People in our country, might know how a franchise in IPL advances towards the play offs, they might be aware of the owners, coaches and the big names playing for their respective franchise’s. They may be from different states but they are supporting franchise’s in the name of different cities, this is how the sport of cricket is in India. But, conversely it is a different in case of football. Hope, someday in India, large no. of people like the FIFA World Cup, gather and talk about the La Liga, EPL & Italian Series A. Hope, People in India, like the IPL grow mad for the ISL.  In, 2017 our country is going to host under 17 world cup, this is a huge achievement for India, who knows some day Football will be an aggrandizement like Cricket in India.

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