In this one-off episode, Arjun Pandit, Vaibhav Raghunandan and Siddhanth Aney get all nostalgic and emotional about the good old days of covering football. Anecdotes go back to when Sunil Chhetri played age-group football for Delhi and Pandit was still a chocolate boy. There’s train toilets, private jets, a naked …
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Because without any LIVE sport on, what else are you going to do? On this, very first, work from home special Arjun Pandit and Siddhanth Aney talk about the move to open up the top job in the Indian Super League (ISL) to Indian coaches. How will this help? When …
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Indian football legend and Olympian P.K. Banerjee has been hospitalised for a month now, battling a chest infection. The 83-year-old, who was admitted in January as well, is in critical condition this week. In this special episode, 420 Grams co-hosts Arjun Pandit and Siddhanth Aney along with senior football journalist …
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Bala Devi, the star striker of the Indian Women’s football team, has become the first woman to secure a professional contract in Europe in the country’s history. The move will take her from the relative obscurity of playing for the Manipur Police side to one of the most storied football …
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On the occasion of India’s 70th Republic Day the 420 Grams crew is rejoined by former Indian international Renedy Singh for a special! In this special episode (Season 2, Ep. 18), they examine Bengaluru FC in some depth. Starting with a breakdown of the tactics and performance of the Indian …
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The original I-League boys are back with Part Two of the 420 grams preview of the new season. India’s favourite football competition began on November 30 after the longest pre-season in recorded history. But all that is in the past. The games have begun and here are all the reasons …
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Another season of the I-League is upon us! With the action on the pitch set to kick-off on November 30, Arjun Pandit, Siddhanth Aney and the India Express’ Mihir Vasavda break down the big stories in the buildup and what are likely to be the most interesting storylines that will …
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India’s under-19 men’s football team played and lost three successive games at the just-concluded qualifiers for the AFC Under-19 Championships. In this episode of the 420 Grams, they look at the pipeline for the national team, examine the problems in the system despite the high levels of publicity and hype, …
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On October 14, in Kuala Lumpur, representatives of India’s top football clubs were presented a plan for the future. Among the most significant features of this plan is the tacit recognition of the Indian Super League (ISL), a privately owned football tournament, as the nation’s only football league. The phased …
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The Indian under-16 boys football team is on a bit of a roll. Under coach Bibiano Fernandes, they have played 42 games since February 2019 and are on a 14-game unbeaten run in international competition. Last week, the boys qualified for the AFC Under-16 Championships in style, topping the group …
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