‘Everyone is hooked on football’: Indian league seeks to ride World Cup wave

Club chiefs hope that a revitalised setup can help huge interest in this summer’s tournament translate into growth of the Indian domestic game India was not at the World Cup, but the tournament drew huge interest from within the country. This has happened before but now comes with significant, and necessary, changes in the domestic game that could transform a quadrennial passion into perennial interest. After more than a year of negative headlines regarding the Indian Super League, the countr...

By John Duerden