Players and activists say there is already excess demand for the ground, and that the government has already signed away management of several other grounds.

Thackeray, who is also president of the Mumbai Football Association, made the remarks at the ‘Maidan Bachao Tiranga Andolan’ at Bandra Reclamation, where the BMC recently changed…

Footballers and coaches protest against BMC's plan to convert Bandra's Neville D'Souza ground into a convention centre, jeopardizing youth football.