Novy Kapadia handed away on November 18 and was 67-years-old.© Twitter
India soccer captain Sunil Chhetri condoled the demise of famend journalist and commentator Novy Kapadia. He was affected by motor neurone illness and handed away on Thursday. “Novy Kapadia’s passing is the lack of an establishment. He introduced the sport nearer to all of us in a means that was distinctive to him. He’ll all the time be a chapter in Indian soccer historical past that we are going to flip to usually,” Chhetri stated in a tweet. Novy Kapadia was a recognized soccer pundit, who had coated 9 FIFA World Cup tournaments. He was additionally an creator and wrote Barefoot To Boots, The Many Lives Of Indian Soccer and the Soccer Fanatic’s Important Information E book.
Novy Kapadia’s passing is the lack of an establishment. He introduced the sport nearer to all of us in a means that was distinctive to him. He’ll all the time be a chapter in Indian soccer historical past that we are going to flip to usually.
— Sunil Chhetri (@chetrisunil11) November 18, 2021
The Union Youth Affairs and Sports activities Ministry had in March 2020 sanctioned Rs 4 lakh to Novy in direction of his medical bills.
The choice was made after it got here to gentle that he was but to get his pension from the Delhi College from the place he retired as a professor after 40 years of service.
He was additionally given monetary help from the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Nationwide Welfare Fund for Sportspersons.
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