Bollywood actor and Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan (R) gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to direct children accompanying him off the playing field after the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in May 2012. AFP
Bollywood actor and Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan (R) gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to direct children accompanying him off the playing field after the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in May 2012. AFP
Bollywood actor and Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan (R) gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to direct children accompanying him off the playing field after the IPL Twenty20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in May 2012. AFP
Bollywood actor and Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan (R) gestures towards a security guard blowing a whistle to direct children accompanying him off the pl

Shah Rukh Khan to buy a football team

Christine Iyer

February 22, 2014

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The Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he wants to buy a football team, which will be part of a league promoted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

“I am interested in buying stakes in the football league. If the football team happens then it is for Kolkata. We have limited resources but we are working towards it. Football team is 100 percent on cards,”Khan said.

The 48-year-old actor and the actress Juhi Chawla are the co-owners of the Kolkata Knight Riders cricket team, which will participate in the Indian Premier League 20-20 tournament scheduled in April and May.

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