KOHIMA, India (AP) — In India, where cricket is one of the few things that knit together this disparate nation, the people of the distant northeast see glory in a different sport: Soccer. In Nagaland state, power authority employees have been ordered to "remain vigilant," and warned they could be called in for emergencies. Because in a region long plagued by power blackouts, officials know the electricity needs to stay on during World Cup matches. Soccer fervor is felt mostly deeply in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram, four of the seven states that dangle off India's northeast.Read more on NewsOK.com
In Cricket-mad India, 1 Distant Corner Is Crazy For Soccer
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