Decathlon's new megastore makes sure that you never run out of space

The store has a basketball ring, a football net, a table tennis table and a whole of space to just run, jump, skate and cycle

A little girl came running out of a tent big enough for nine plus her. She flung a tennis ball towards a man standing at a distance. A game of catch began between father and daughter close to the entrance of Decathlon’s new mega store in Noida’s Mall of India. At most other stores, a duo like this would have been treated with the disdain accorded to unwanted stray elements who try everything and buy nothing. And these two were possibly not there to buy anything at all. They looked like they had just come to play with the staff