Mid-Day Anniversary: Chilled out norm, red-hot form
Updated On: 31 July, 2026 09:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Ronan Carvalho
From innovative drills learnt through social media to beach picnics and house parties, here’s how mumbai’s top women’s football club Mumbai Knights is changing with the times to ensure fun off the pitch and success on it

A Mumbai Knights player engages in a new-age drill at Wings Sports Centre, Bandra. Pic/Atul Kamble
Sport by its very essence has a sense of coolness attached to it. It’s no surprise then that kids often look up to athletes, because why wouldn’t you want to make a career by dazzling millions with your skill and also go down in the annals of history, right?
But in today’s tech-dominated age, where outdoor sports struggles to compete for attention with online games, social media distractions and the like, one bunch of Mumbaikars are going the distance to make sure sport, specifically football, identifies with the youth and retains its charm — Mumbai Knights football club.


