Football Tourney commences

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 3: First Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Memorial Gold Cup State League Football Tournament commenced at GGM Science College Ground, here today.
The first match was played between Young Star and State Football Academy. Players of both the teams strived hard to net the goal, but failed and the match ended in draw.
In the second match, JK Bank Academy thrashed Mussa Football Club by three goals to zero. The Bhanu Partap Singh netted the goal in 40th and 60th minutes, while Shivam Mehra scored the goal in 65th minute.
The third match of the Tournament was played between Sainik Colony and Engineers XI, which ended in draw with 1-1 goals. Harnam of Engineers XI netted the goal in 37th minute, which was equalized by Navdeep Singh in 41st minute.
The matches were officiated by Koshal Sharma, Rocky Sharma, Ricky Kumar, Dil Bahadur, Dheeraj Meenia, Vijay Kumar, Ramesh Sethi, Suresh Gupta and Moon Stephen.
The matches were witnessed by Sheikh Mehmood, President DFA Jammu, Kuldeep Singh, former District President DFA, Varinder Gupta, Narinder Gupta Former Member Sports Council, Iftikhar Lone, Charan Dass and Amardeep Singh, International Player.
In tomorrow’s fixture, Jammu Sports will take on Jammu United, while NGR will lock horns with Param Football Club.