Barefoot Indian Football Team

India and its ‘shoeless’ FIFA World Cup

Did India really refuse to play the 1950 FIFA World Cup because FIFA did not allow them to play barefoot?   Football may be the most popular sport in the world, and FIFA the most well-known sports organisation, but in most of India, from the streets of Mumbai to the fields of Ludhiana, children will …

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