National U-17 football starts from today
Both the Bangabandhu Under-17 (boys) National Gold Cup and Bangamata Under-17 (girls) National Gold Cup football tournaments will get underway today at the Tangail District Stadium, where a total of 113,050 boys and 11,826 girls will take part in the two events.
Arranged by the Youth and Sports Ministry, this will be the second edition of the boys’ event while the girls’ event will mark its inaugural edition in the nation-wide tournaments, floated to find talented footballers for the future.
“These tournaments give a platform to the talented players from the primary school tournaments to further show their skills. We hope to find players who would be considered for club teams and national teams for the future from these tournaments,” State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Rasel, MP, told the media during the tournaments’ logo and trophy unveiling programme at the NSC Tower yesterday.
In the preliminary round, the boys’ event will start from the upazila level while the girls’ event will start from the district level. The final round, featuring eight teams in each event, comprised of the best performers from previous levels, will be held in Dhaka.
“We found 42 players from the Bangabandhu Gold Cup last year, and those players are now with the BKSP for further training. Four of those players have received higher training in Brazil this year. We hope the talented players we find this year will be further nurtured by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), who will give technical support during these tournaments,” added the minister.
The program was attended, among others, by Bangladesh Olympic Association secretary general Syed Shahed Reza, BFF president Kazi Salahuddin and secretary of the Youth and Sports Ministry Dr. Jafaruddin.
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