Over 50,000 kids in Chennayin FC's grassroots program

Mumbai : Over 50,000 children, a majority of them being girls, are part of Chennayin football clubs ambitious grassroots program, co-owner of the club Vita Dani has revealed.

"We like to bet on young talent and will be more than happy to absorb any talented little girl into our ecosystem," Vita said on Friday while speaking at an exclusive webinar for women called 'She Is Gold' organised by Sports For All.

Featuring a power-packed panel of ladies who have all made it big in the world of sport, including Go Sports Foundation's director Deepthi Bopaiah, Corvuss American Academy's Deeksha Kumar, AM Sports Law's Aahna Mehrotra and Women In Sport's Vaidehi Vaidya, they discussed the various challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and athletes in Indian sport.

"In fact, Indian women are leading the country's charge in the world of sport simply because today's girls want to excel at anything and everything that they do," she added.