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Underprivileged Indian boys to train with Manchester United

March 16, 2014 21:37

Two underprivileged Indian teenagers are among young players chosen to take part in a Manchester United Football Club training camp.

All images courtesy AFP.

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Two underprivileged Indian teenagers are among young players chosen to take part in a Manchester United Football Club training camp.

All images courtesy AFP.
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"Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol. I am focusing on scoring goals," Rajib said in Sonagachi, the red-light district in India's eastern city of Kolkata, where he lives with his mother in a one-room home in a run-down building.
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"I am not ashamed of being a sex worker's son. She is my main source of inspiration. (But) I want to take her out of the red light district as early as possible," Rajib told AFP recently.
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Arka Dey (above), 16, said he was looking forward to the chance of fulfilling his father's wishes after he died from cancer three years ago.
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"I still can't believe that I have been selected," said Arka, who helps his mother run a roadside snack-stall in Kolkata.
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"One of my neighbours has promised me to buy me a nice kit and good pair of shoes before I leave," he said.

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