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July 27, 2023 Anecdotes from the Durand Cup
Once a tournament synonymous with Delhi, one for which the capital would wait all year, this is now a competition that starts the Indian season. One which has a home in Kolkata. Through Jaydeep Basu, who has been following Durand Cup much before he began writing on football, we go back in time. The 132nd Durand Cup starts on August 3.

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33 min
July 19, 2023 Women's World Cup preview: From Megan to Marta, Sinclair to Sam and everything else
In this episode of the weekly football podcast Kicks for Free, hosts Dhiman Sarkar and Vivek Krishnan talk about what we can expect from the ninth edition in Australia and New Zealand, the first with 32 teams.

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20 min
June 30, 2023 Saudi Arabia and China are like chalk and cheese: Simon Chadwick
In this episode, Simon Chadwick, professor of sport and geopolitical economy at the SKEMA Business School, explains why the boom in the Saudi Pro League is unlikely to go the way of the Chinese Super League. Chadwick also speaks on whether the influx will help the Saudi Arabia men's national team and give the women's game a fillip.

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39 min
June 21, 2023 From Pakistan: A football story
You can't blame Umaid Wasim for having conflicted feelings about Pakistan in the SAFF Championship. The Pakistani in him wants the team to win a first South Asian title but the journalist in him --
Wasim is the sports editor of Dawn, Pakistan's largest circulated English daily --- is far from hopeful

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31 min
June 15, 2023 Quarter-finals is our target, says Bibiano Fernandes
Before the Asian under-17 finals, the India head coach said they have done all that they could, which included a pep talk from Fernando Torres, to get ready for the competition from where the semi-finalists qualify for the World Cup.

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23 min
June 08, 2023 More to coaching than winning titles: Manolo Marquez
After hauling Hyderabad FC from obscurity to an ISL title and a semi-final in three seasons, Manolo Marquez has moved to FC Goa. Can the Spaniard repeat the performance? And how does he think the Champions League final will unfold? Listen here

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40 min
June 01, 2023 Winning smoothly: The Gokulam Kerala women's story
As he looks back at a season where the club completed a hattrick of Indian Women's League titles, head coach Anthony Andrews explains why prolific goalscorer Sabitra Bhandari is called Samba, how players from Manipur kept their focus even as violence rocked the state, why morning kick-offs were difficult and more.

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37 min
May 25, 2023 Shooting from the lip, Stimac style
In this exclusive interview, the India head coach talks about the challenges of playing two tournaments in June almost back-to-back, why he is unlikely to go to the Asian Games, his plans for the Asian Cup and why it is important to have only Indians playing as strikers.

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30 min
May 18, 2023 The Renedy Singh interview
The former India midfielder is forthright about the situation in Manipur, talks about his academy in Imphal, the role of the Football Players' Association in India, how it came into being, and looks ahead to the national team's engagements

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39 min
May 11, 2023 Half-time in the Champions League semi-finals
Can Real pull off another heist? Or will City take one more step towards a first? Can Milan come back stronger or will it be Inter in the final after 13 years? Tune in to find out our thoughts

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23 min

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This is a podcast where Dhiman Sarkar and Vivek Krishnan of the Hindustan Times sports desk talk about the beautiful game. From transfers to tournaments, their discussions will cover what matters in football, in India and abroad. So, join them every week on Kicks For Free, if football is a matter of life and death -- or more -- for you.