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ISL champs Atletico de Kolkata begin pre-season training in Spain

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IANS Segovia/Kolkata

Indian Super League (ISL) champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) began their month-long pre-season training at Segovia in Spain, the franchise announced on Tuesday.

The champions of the inaugural edition of ISL will train at Los Angeles de San Rafael ground in El Espinar before the second season of the tournament begins on October 3.

Atletico de Kolkata will play their first practice match against Gimnastica Segoviana CF, a Spanish U-19 team on Thursday, the franchise said in a release.

This year ATK have signed Portugal's Helder Postiga as their marquee player and have roped in Canadian forward Iain Hume from franchise Kerala Blasters to boost their squad.

 

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First Published: Sep 01 2015 | 7:18 PM IST

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