Despite having returned to her normal life in her tiny shanty at Bharatiya Indra Nagar, on the dingy footpath, after having attended the felicitation, Mary continues to dream bigger.
Drawn in Group A, India is led by Amarjit Singh Kiyam and will face USA in the first knockout stage on Friday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Mission XI Million, a joint initiative of the Indian government and the All India Football Federation has taken football to one million children and aims at reaching 10 million more!
15-year-old Lalchungnunga, a football player from the state, has been chosen to train at Germany's prestigious football league, Bundesliga, for six years.