Noted sports commentator and author Novy Kapadia passed away in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 68. The sports journalist was a well-known name among footballing circles in the country and was often referred to as ‘the Football encyclopedia’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kapadia was often called \u2018the voice of Indian football\u2019. The noted commentator had covered nine FIFA World Cups, as well as Olympics, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games. As an author, Kapadia had written books like Barefoot to Boots, The Many Lives Of Indian Football among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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