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Sport

Indian football ‘hurt, scared’ as domestic game hits new low

Sunil Chhetri recently returned to the international fold to help India's flailing World Cup bid [Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters]

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter once called India a “sleeping giant” of football, but the sport is mired in a new crisis in the country, and faces problems from the top down to the grassroots.

The men’s national team are without a coach, and the Indian Super League (ISL) – India’s top competition – is in danger of collapsing over a dispute between the federation and its commercial partner.

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