India: Maradona welcomed like a god in Kolkata...

Thousands of football-crazy fans lined the streets of the eastern Indian metropolis Kolkata on Saturday to welcome Diego Maradona, news reports said. 

The Argentinian football legend is on a three-day trip to India's football capital to lay the foundation stone of the Indian Football School. 

The 48-year-old newly appointed coach of Argentina, who was accompanied by his girlfriend Veronica, seemed pleased though a bit nonplussed by the response of his Indian fans, PTI news agency and NDTV television channel reported. More...

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