“Before Taliban it was football and after Taliban it was football….” On December 11th, 2011 – a dejected 20-year-old Zohib Islam Amiri knew he would have to work a lot harder to prove his credentials on the international stage. Afghanistan had just lost in the finals of the…

Few more days till the end of 2011. Time to look back at what the Indian national team has achieved to date since my last post earlier in August. Where did I leave off? Fundamentally, mentioning the idea of watching the Bhangra boys, as they are known, playing…