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Sisola, a village near Meerut has made a mark for itself for its prowess in making footballs 

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020 is from February 17 to March 7, 2021 (tournament to keep original eligibility criteria: players born on or after January 1, 2003 and on or before December 31, 2005)

'The #BreakTheChain campaign carries the message of solidarity in these challenging times and promotes the guidelines put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO), particularly #StayAtHome'

The 'Pass the message to kick out coronavirus' campaign promotes five key steps for people to follow to protect their health in line with WHO guidance, focused on hand washing, coughing etiquette, not touching your face, physical distance and staying home if feeling unwell. Sunil Chhetri is part of the campaign along with Lione Messi and others

PK Banerjee is survived by daughters Paula and Purna, who are renowned academicians, and younger brother Prasun Banerjee, who is a sitting Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP

Portugal and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is often referred to as the 'Greatest of All Time' and there is nothing the man cannot achieve while playing football. Apart from his skills on the field, the striker also enjoys a huge fan following on social media and he recently recorded 200 million followers on Instagram. In his career, Ronaldo has won three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, one Serie A, five Champions League. As Ronaldo turns 35, let’s a look at the football superstar’s career so far and all possible records he can break this year.

It's official. Bengaluru is the world's most traffic congested city. Believe it or not, the time spent by Bengalureans on the road in 2019 is equivalent to the time taken in planting 244 trees, watching 215 episode of Game of Thrones or watching 139 football matches! According to a report by TomTom, the Netherlands-based global provider of navigation, traffic and map products, India’s startup hub beat 415 other cities across 57 countries to earn the title in 2019. The report said: Bengaluru takes the top spot this year with drivers in the southern Indian city expecting to spend an average of 71% extra travel time stuck in traffic.

From Irengbam, a village 22 km away from Imphal, to Scotland’s Glasgow. That is a life’s journey for India’s Bala Devi, who on Wednesday proudly wore the No.10 jersey of Scottish football giants Rangers FC. The Manipuri striker made history by becoming the first Indian woman footballer to bag a professional contract from a foreign club. With this she also becomes Rangers’ first Asian international footballer. Let’s find out more about Bala Devi’s historic feat in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

On today's episode of The Good Fight on MyNation, take a look at these soccer sisters bending it like Beckham, while belonging to the single largest community of women in amateur Indian football

Rohit Sharma is the first non-footballer in the history of the league to have signed the dotted line with them. Rohit comes on-board following a series of major initiatives by LaLiga in India since 2017

Mohsin Al Ghassani scored the all-important goal in the 33rd minute at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Stadium as Oman beat India for the second time in the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign

Senior women's team captain Ashalata Devi has been nominated for the AFC Player of the Year (women) award while the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is one of three federations named as nominees for AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football (Developing)

In the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers, India escaped with a 1-1 draw after an injury-time goal saved them the blushes against the lower-ranked Afghanistan. The result meant the 106-ranked India remained winless in their qualifying campaign so far

India began the second round of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers with a narrow 1-2 defeat to higher-ranked Oman before a memorable goal-less draw against Asian champions Qatar in Doha in September