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This is an archive article published on April 22, 2006

My Game

Football is the most popular sport in Sikkim and the north-east in general, so I started playing it.

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8226; Why I took to football:

Football is the most popular sport in Sikkim and the north-east in general, so I started playing it.

8226; My favourite moment in the game:

When I got an offer to play for East Bengal, I was only 15 years old.

8226; My favourite football player:

Diego Maradona, he8217;s undoubtedly the best.

8226; One thing I like best about soccer:

Scoring goals, gives me a great kick.

8226; One way it has changed my life:

It has given me purpose.

8226; One thing I would like to change about the game:

The entire system in our country.

 

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