‘Khelo India’: Girls football tournament held at Samba

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SAMBA, Dec 26: Under the aegis of ‘Khelo-India, Sports for Peace and Development’ programme, a close contest of girls football event was witnessed today here at Sports Stadium Samba.
On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Samba Sushma Chauhan interacted with the participants of girls football match held under-17 category.
The DC said that sports is an extremely important component for the overall development of any society. She said “Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and establish India as a great sporting nation”.
She also felicitated the winners and runner-up team.
In today’s Girls football event Government Middle School Penthi defeated Government High School Smailpur by 2-0.