Airtel’s talent search for budding footballers

NEW DELHI, June 26:
Bharti Airtel today said it has launched a talent scouting programme for football players in association with UK-based soccer club Manchester United.
‘Airtel Rising Stars’, a three-month long talent hunt, will choose 36 footballers in the age group of 14-16 years from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who will get a chance to attend a week long training camp with Manchester United in Old Trafford, England.
“Given the mass appeal of football and a large youth population…We are today excited to launch ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ as a hunt for under-16 Soccer players (PTI)