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420 Grams S02E48: Sudeva FC – Putting Delhi on the Football Map!

The Sudeva FC story began as a modest football programme to complement the education of rescued child labourers at Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s Bal Ashram in Rajasthan. That was back in 2015. Now that club is set to put India’s capital back on the football radar! Vaibhav Raghunandan was the …

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420 Grams S02E46: India under Igor Stimac: Report Card with Renedy Singh & Ishfaq Ahmed!

The Indian football team has played nine fixtures so far under Igor Stimac with just one positive result – a 1-0 victory over Thailand at the King’s Cup. In this episode, the 420 Grams crew sits down with former India players Renedy Singh and Ishfaq Ahmed to analyse the national …

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420 Grams Special: 100 Years of East Bengal Part 3: The Millennial Story!

In the third and final installment of the series, Newsclick’s 420 Grams panel speak to Renedy Singh, who recounts his playing days at the club. The former Indian football team skipper tells us why the club’s fans have a big say in the sporting success of East Bengal.

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420 Grams Special: 100 Years of East Bengal Part 2: Freedom, ’50s & More!

420 Grams commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of East Bengal with a three part series featuring its history. In Part 2 of this special series on East Bengal FC, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on August 1, our panelists Jaydeep Basu and Siddhanth Aney sit down with club …

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420 Grams S02E45: How Will Foreign Player Rule and Other Changes Impact India’s National Football Teams?

Joining the 420 grams crew on the show is former AIFF national team director, Delhi Dynamos and East Bengal FC advisor Tathagatha Mukherjee. They talk about various aspects of the foreign player rule and a ground-up vs. top-down approach to developing the sport. This episode was aired live on Facebook …

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420 Grams S02E44: Ranjit Bajaj’s Bid for Quess’ Stake in East Bengal: How? Why? Will it Happen?

Minerva Academy owner and one of Indian football’s loudest voices, Ranjit Bajaj, joined 420 grams for a live interview on July 13, 2020. In this chunk of the interview, Bajaj tells us why he decided to approach Quess and table a bid for their share of East Bengal FC. We …

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420 Grams S02E43: ATK Mohun Bagan merger complete details out!

ATK Mohun Bagan – Jaydeep Basu, Siddhanth Aney and Arjun Pandit talk about why this matters to everyone with an interest in football and India. This show was streamed live on Facebook at 1900 on July 11, 2020 and is being reposted here for the friends of 420 grams on …

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420 Grams S02E42: What Does Derecognition by the Sports Ministry Mean for Football in India?

With no sport on the horizon, administrators seem to have all the time in the world to play politics. Over the past few weeks we have seen power struggles in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), tussles between the BCCI and the ICC, doping violations and the derecognition of 54 National …

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