{"id":35619,"date":"2017-09-28T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35619"},"modified":"2017-09-28T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T12:48:00","slug":"we-need-to-make-the-most-of-this-opportunity-gurpreet-singh-sandhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35619","title":{"rendered":"We need to make the most of this opportunity: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27361\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg\" alt=\"Gurpreet Sandhu\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi: With just 8 days to go for the biggest footballing event India has ever witnessed, the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu declared it as a \u201cgreat honour\u201d for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-aiff.com\/\">https:\/\/www.the-aiff.com\/<\/a>, the Senior National Team custodian thinks that India has to \u201cmake most of this opportunity\u201d and use it for the betterment of football. \u201cIt\u2019s a great honour for us as a country and footballers and football lovers to have something like the World Cup happening in our nation\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make the most of this opportunity!\u201d, was how the Punjab lad put it.<\/p>\n<p>With 6 venues across the nation hosting the matches, the infrastructure has been revamped and modernised according to FIFA guidelines on a massive scale. But Sandhu thinks it should also encourage the fans to turn up at the games and hopefully spread the desired awareness, \u201cI think the modernisation of the infrastructure will be a plus no doubt, but I hope that it also educates the Indian population about the game even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also had some word of advice for the boys representing the country in the World Cup, \u201cI think the boys are very lucky to have an opportunity like this. I wish I had such a platform. It will certainly help them to develop their careers. I hope they use it in the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish all the luck to them\u201d, as he signed off wishing the very best for every challenge that lies ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-27361\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg\" alt=\"Gurpreet Sandhu\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Gurpreet-Sandhu-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi: With just 8 days to go for the biggest footballing event India has ever witnessed, the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu declared it as a \u201cgreat honour\u201d for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-aiff.com\/\">https:\/\/www.the-aiff.com\/<\/a>, the Senior National Team custodian thinks that India has to \u201cmake most of this opportunity\u201d and use it for the betterment of football. \u201cIt\u2019s a great honour for us as a country and footballers and football lovers to have something like the World Cup happening in our nation\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make the most of this opportunity!\u201d, was how the Punjab lad put it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[8827,3541,6480,466],"class_list":["post-35619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017","tag-gurpreet-singh-sandhu","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We need to make the most of this opportunity: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35619\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We need to make the most of this opportunity: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: With just 8 days to go for the biggest footballing event India has ever witnessed, the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu declared it as a \u201cgreat honour\u201d for the nation. 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