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Indian footballer Nikhil Poojary feels that the ISL has had a tremendous impact on Indian football, with him also going on to say that the cash-rich league has given a structure to the sport in the country. The Indian footballer has played seven matches for the Indian national team so far.

The Qatar government has decided to excuse the mandatory quarantine period for the Indian footballers, which gives them approximately two weeks preparation time ahead of the first match against the hosts. The Blue Tigers will play of their remaining 2022 World Cup Qualifiers next month, in Qatar.

Fortunato Franco, one of India’s heroes during their gold medal-winning squad during the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games, passed away on Monday. At the domestic level, he played for Tata Football Club and also captained Maharashtra in the Santosh Trophy for eight consecutive years from 1959 to 1966.

Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri has handed over his Twitter account to ‘real-life heroes’, who are working hard to eradicate the Covid-19 situation. The national team skipper has around 1.6 million followers on the social media platform and it will help the concerned people get better reach.