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Tag Archives: NewsClick

420 Grams S02E27: PK Banerjee – The Player, the Coach, the Man!

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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420 Grams S02E26: Closed-door ISL Final, Mohun Bagan I-League champs & more!

The final of the Indian Super League between ATK and Chennaiyin FC is going to be played behind closed doors due to fears over COVID-19s. Over the last week, the pandemic has affected major sporting events worldwide. Arjun Pandit, Siddhanth Aney and Jaydeep Basu talk about the virus and its …

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420 Grams S02E24: Exclusive Interview with Isac Doru (Indian Football’s TD)!

Isac Doru, Indian football’s technical director, joins the 420 Grams crew in the Newsclick studio for his first extensive interview since joining the All India Football Federation (AIFF) nine months ago. In this hugely engrossing conversation, Doru spoke about many things, including the developmental programmes for the men’s and women’s …

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420 Grams S02E23: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup schedule & slogan launch!

FIFA and India’s football establishment pulled out the big guns for the launch of the slogan and schedule for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. For the first time, at a FIFA Women’s Youth World Cup, there will be five host cities. Not for the first, however, was the …

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420 Grams S02E21: Gokulam Kerala FC win Indian Women’s League!

A fourth season of the Indian Women’s League is done and dusted and for a fourth consecutive time the league has a new champion in Gokulam Kerala FC. This year’s edition has caught more eyeballs than before in what can only be interpreted as a huge plus for women’s football …

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420 Grams S02E19: Bala Devi – Manipur Police to Glasgow Rangers!

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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420 Grams Republic Day Special – Examining Bengaluru FC with Renedy Singh!

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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