Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 2 : The Department of Youth Services and Sports is all set to host the National Championship in football in which teams from various States of the country are expected to participate. This was stated by Director of Youth Services and Sports Department, Shiekh Fayaz Ahmed in the Flagg off ceremony of a contingent of those 50 student players who are scheduled to take part in the Sqay Martial Arts and Rope Skipping Championships which are being organized under the aegis of School Games Federation Of India at Goa and Gujrat in the coming days.
While providing the details about the forthcoming National championship in Football Director YSS said that Department is committed to boost sports talent of School Children of the state and organizing National level Championship in a game like Football will help us to achieve the desired goal of encouraging the mass participation of young school children in the games and sports.
He further said that this land has produced the football stars like Abdul Majeed Kakroo, Mohammad Yousuf Dar, Mohammad Shafi Nari and today’s favourites like Mehraj ud Din Wadoo and Ashfaq Ahmed. He hoped that conducting a National Level Championship in this game will help us to preserve this legacy and will certainly boost the morale of those young football players of the State who want to showcase their talent on a bigger platform.
MoS Youth Services and Sports, Sunil Kumar Sharma was the chief guest on this occasion. He after flagging off the contingent of sports players expressed his views about the participation of young school children in games and sports. He stated that the time has come when parents should encourage their wards for taking part in the game of their interest. He said that the clear guidelines have been given to the concerned officials that the sports talent of the children of this State should be tapped and encouraged in such a way that it achieve laurels for all of us.
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