France soccer player Nicolas Anelka attends a training session ahead of the Hero Indian Super League 2014, in Mumbai
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Spanish footballer Sergio Contreras Pardo, second right, who plays for the NorthEast United club in the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL) advances during a practice match in Gauhati
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Spanish footballer Joan Capdevila who plays for the NorthEast United club in the upcoming Indian Super League (ISL) gestures during a practice match in Gauhati, India
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Spanish soccer star Luis Garcia, center, shares a light moment with teammates Denzil Franco, right, and Sanju Pradhan of the Atletico De Kolkata football club of the Indian Super League (ISL) during a practice session in Kolkata
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Apolua Edima Edel Bete, foreground left, Ofentse Nato, foreground second left, Spanish soccer star Luis Garcia, center, walk with their teammates of the Atletico De Kolkata football club of the Indian Super League (ISL) during a practice session in Kolkata, India
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FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. As far as football authorities are concerned, it's the names in the games that are certain to drive the growth of the game in India. Valcke said marquee players like Luis Garcia, Alessandro Del Piero and Robert Pires in the Indian Super League will help unlock the "huge potential" on the sub-continent.
