“Indian football team had to play the 1948 Olympics match with France on barefoot as the Nehru Government couldn’t provide shoes for the team”
What FACTLY found
Majority of the Indian football team members played the 1948 Olympic match barefoot as they were not used to playing with shoes. The shoes given by the AIFF were not usually used by the members of the Indian team except in wet and slippery conditions. This is the reason because of which in the 1948 London Olympics match, only a few played in shoes. Also, France won against India in that match 2-1. The captain of the team was Talimeran Aao, not Shailendra Nath Manna
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 22 August 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 August 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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