Now this is a first kick of a kind

Michael Chopra, the gangling 19-year-old son of a shopkeeper, has become the first British Asian to play in the high-powered world of English Premier League football, and he might well set a trend. Chopra, who went to school where former England captain Alan Shearer learned his trade and dearly hopes to follow in his hero’s boot steps, came close to scoring a goal for Newcastle United against Manchester United last weekend. (Economic Times)