Football is the most popular sport across the globe. There are fans who travel from one corner to another of the world just to watch a single match of football. It is very popular in Brazil, Argentina, Australia and in some of the European countries. International Federationof Association Football organises world cup of Football after every 4 years which is known as FIFA World Cup. In 2022 FIFA world cup is held in Qatar. Surprisingly a country with 1/5 population of the world has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Yes, India has not even qualified for the FIFA World Cup where Sunil Chhetri is the second highest goal scorer in the world among the active players. There was a time when India uses to qualify regularly for the Olympics and even India had won was gold medal in 1951 and 1962 Asian games. India had also drawn a match with France by 1-1 in 1960. Then why a team like this has never qualified for FIFA world cup and presently ranked at 106. Football was neglected by the gov

Author-Dr.Aishwarya Nair