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Indian Football is a gold mine waiting to be explored, says Arsene Wenger (www.the-aiff.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are several factors but racism plays a big part. Even in cricket, South Asian origin players in England face a lot of institutional racism, despite the fact that British South Asians have been integral to England winning World Cups and Ashes, and three different countries in the Indian subcontinent had won the World Cup before England did.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

There is also a traditional view in Indian culture that pursuing a career in sport might be seen as throwing away an education, so while it’s not as prevalent anymore it still plays a factor in it.