Blackburn to play local Pune team on Oct. 7

Blackburn to play local Pune team on Oct. 7

Published Sep. 26, 2011 8:14 a.m. ET

A prominent Indian football club says it will host Premier League team Blackburn for a friendly game on Oct. 7 after an earlier match was canceled over security fears.

Pune FC director Nandan Piramal made the announcement Monday in a press release.

Blackburn, owned by Pune-based poultry firm Venky's, was scheduled to tour the western Indian city for a game on July 22, but it was postponed following three bomb blasts in Mumbai on July 13 in which 26 people were killed.

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