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IPL style league

ITALY'S World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the success of cricket's Indian Premier League.

Some 30 players and six coaches from abroad will be auctioned off in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata for the February 25-April 8 league. Other signed-up players include Portuguese midfielder Maniche, former Nigeria international Jay-Jay Okocha, ex-Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler, former Spain striker Fernando Morientes and Argentine Hernan Crespo.



 

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