Football Fever ; the Australian Football League (Afl) has Grand Plans for India and an Amateur Indian Team has Already Been Formed Which Will Travel to Australia to Participate in an International Amateur Competition.

India Today › August 11, 2008

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The growing Indian economy and lucrative sponsorship deals have made the Australian Football League (AFL) gravitate towards India, a country that Australian former cricket captain Steve Waugh used to refer to as the final frontier .

The sport, hugely popular in Australia, was started by cricketers in 1858 to stay fit in the off-season. About 600 players in 16 teams play AFL in 12 venues.

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Football Fever ; the Australian Football League (Afl) has Grand Plans for India and an Amateur Indian Team has Already Been Formed Which Will Travel to Australia to Participate in an International Amateur Competition.

But almost every Australian kid, who has...

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