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A group of youngsters in Kerala organises Gender-Neutral Football League (GNFL), an event for men, women, and transgender people to come on the same field and play.

Teach for India alumni Neha Sahu and Vikas Plakkot started Just for Kicks, an organization that provides football coaching to underprivileged children attending government schools.

Bengaluru’s 18-year-old Ishan Pandita has become the first Indian to sign a professional contract with a club in La Liga, or the Spanish Football League.

Bablu Martin was a cricket and football player. He dedicated his entire life to sports and to helping people. On Saturday, he lost his life trying to save three children from being buried under the debris of a building that collapsed in Maihar.

Becoming a source of inspiration for many sports enthusiasts in the country, Chandan Nayak, an 11-year-old football prodigy from Sabar Sahi slum in Bhubaneswar, has been selected to train at Bayer Munich in Germany.

With as many as 10 national and state level awards in her kitty, Nadiya presently runs a football academy in Rambagh area of Srinagar city and trains more than 30 children, including three girls.

Dileep started learning football only two years ago. Till date, he has already participated in three national level competitions. He hopes to one day play for the country.

He cleared the All India Football Federation's course to become India's first wheelchair-bound football coach. Meet Oliver D'Souza from Mumbai!

You have heard stories of Gandhi's ideology, passion and struggle. You know him to be the driving force behind India's independence. But did you know that Gandhi had a deep interest in football in his initial years in South Africa? And he found a pretty amazing use for it.