Grass-root Football Festival commences

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 30: Soccer kids in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) has kick off a mega Grass-Root Level Football Festival for budding footballers of Under-10 and Under-13 boys at Polo Ground, here today.
According to Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, Festival Chairman, the aim of the Festival is to take soccer to nooks and corners of the State as also to as many children as possible and focus on football’s core values -sharing, learning, fair play and joy to reach out to youngsters in all of its affiliate Units.
The Festival offers everyone the chance to play football without discrimination and without need for major infrastructure as per the instructions of FIFA to develop football from grass-root level.
Mohammad Shafi Nari former International player and Zahoor Ahmad Khan are the selector for this Festival, to pick players for the upcoming Festival at Kalayni, West Bengal.