In a major boost to promotion of sports in SAIl-ISP, an advanced training camp on football began in SAIl Football Academy, Burnpur by the Baichung Bhutia Football School (BBFS). The BBFS has been sponsored by SAIl Corporate Sports to conduct a week-long training camp for the coaches and cadets of SAIl football academies at Burnpur and Bokaro.
Thirty-five players and six coaches; including two coaches from the SAIl Football Academy, Bokaro participated in the week-long training camp that began on November 18 at Burnpur Stadium.
Grieve Stephen, the head Coach of BBFS, is the Chief Trainer for the camp inaugurated by Rakesh Gupta, GM (CSR & PR) and lS Shankar, GM (Traffic) and the President of the Football Subcommittee of IISCO Steel Plant. The camp will provide an impetus to the young talents and equip them with advance skills of the sports, official said.