\"When all the boys huddled in the ground after finishing their homework I would enter the huddle as I was the youngest player. And they would let me play. It became a routine and later when they shifted to a bigger ground, so did I. It was the playground of Amar Singh College and here things changed forever,” recalls Nadiya. <a href=\"http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/kick-off/she-cut-her-hair-to-fit-into-a-boy-s-game-now-this-19-year-old-kashmiri-football-coach-trains-kids-for-free-261796.html\">http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/kick-off/she-cut-her-hair-to-fit-into-a...</a> http://www.indiatimes.com/sports/kick-off/she-cut-her-hair-to-fit-into-a-boy-s-game-now-this-19-year-old-kashmiri-football-coach-trains-kids-for-free-261796.html

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