@Aaryan_AFC@noontonightt In India, many so called football fans have never even touched a football in their lives, let alone played the sport. A true football fan is someone who plays regularly or has at least experienced playing football during their school or college days.
@roguebits24@arun10venkat Before sending players overseas, we must build a football culture in rural areas. World-class players are born when young people discover the joy of playing the game.
2026 FIFA World Cup attendances so far:
Mexico vs SA - 80,000+
SOuth korea vs Czec - 44,985
Canada vs Bosnia - 44,315
USA vs Paraguay - 69,650
Qatar vs Switz - 69,391
Brazil vs Morocco - 78,576
Haiti vs Scotland - 63,815
Australia vs Turkey - 48,821
Germany vs Curaçao - 68,000
These part-time fans don't watch a single game all year but stay permanently attached to thr glazing agenda , post 1999 cricket wc celebration was on next level but now they're sixtime winners—at this point success is just another Tuesday for them
@AdiiiFCB Today, much of the excitement revolves around the IPL. Even if India wins the next ODI World Cup, it may not evoke the same emotions and celebrations that cricket once did.
@AdiiiFCB Australia has dominated cricket for over a century, so winning a World Cup is nothing new for them. Similarly, while India remains a cricket giant, the kind of nationwide passion for cricket seen in the 1990s and early 2010s is no longer the same.
Two Italian marines killed two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala in 2012. They were arrested and detained in Kochi without bail for 105 days causing severe diplomatic row between India and Italy. Even after bail was granted, they were allowed to leave India only in 2020. Italy paid Rs 10 Cr as compensation.