The World Cup trophy arrived in Kolkata

The Coca-Cola FIFA 2014 World Cup Trophy was on display at the ITC Sonar in Kolkata on Sunday afternoon as part of its world tour. The trophy is scheduled to remain in the City of Joy for a period of three days before continuing on its journey across the world that sees it visiting 88 countries over 9 months.

Carlos Alberto Torres, the Brazilian World Cup winning captain in 1970 was present to the handle the trophy while Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were among the celebrities in attendance.

The trophy was brought in and joined on stage by the host of the evening, Mir Afsar Ali as the event got underway.

AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das creditied Coca-Cola for their role in Indian football of late. "Coca-Cola have participated in youth development programmes. The U-17 World Cup is a great platform for all stakeholders to come together to realise our dream. We are on the threshold of someting in Indian football."

Sourav Ganguly spoke about interacting with Brazilian legend, Carlos Alberto Torres when he took the stage.