<h1 class="entry-title" style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 5px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 34px; color: rgb(30, 30, 30); font-size: 29px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">From Jharkhand To Bernabeu : The Heroic Tale Of Yuwa Girls</h1><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Will Dinesh Sau apologize to Rinki Kumari now? After all he had slapped the captain of a certain U14 girls football team just few months back. Her fault? She was asking Sau to issue birth certificate for her. Mind you, she had gone through the legally illegal process of getting government officials to do work in India. She had </span><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Jharkhand/Spain-bound-Jharkhand-footballers-slapped-abused-for-seeking-birth-certificates/Article1-1052740.aspx"; target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155); text-decoration: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">already paid Rs 200 bribe</a><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, a significant amount for her poor family, to the official. Still her work was not done. When she pressed Sau to complete the formalities, she was slapped. Her team mate Sunita Kumari was further humiliated by being asked to sweep the floor of the office. All this, for the first girls team from India which was travelling to Spain to play in two prestigious tournaments. It is moronic characters like Dinesh Sau who are dragging the country behind on its path to progress.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(40, 40, 40); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Read more...brilliant article - </span><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/from-jharkhand-to-bernabeu-the-heroic-tale-of-yuwa-girls/"; style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/from-jharkhand-to-bernabeu-the-heroic-tale-of-yuwa-girls/</a></div>;
FIFA VIDEO OF THE WEEK - Empowering women in India (This is My India )
Women’s football is experiencing a considerable boom in India and helping to bring about positive change in a society where women have been discriminated against for many years.
Football has repeatedly demonstrated its power to transcend borders and make the world a better place, and this impact is evident once more in the second most populous country in the world.
Girls are now being introduced to sport at a young age in India. In this video, we introduce some impressive examples of the extent to which football can help an entire society to choose the right path.
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