CRPF felicitates Odisha U-19 football team
Bhubaneswar: CRPF Odisha sector IG Kamal Kant Sharma felicitated Odisha Boys and girls team here on Saturday on their arrival from the 2nd phase Oorja U-19 football tournament concluded at Ranchi in Jharkhand. While the Odisha girls bagged the runner up title and boys team finished third.
In a bid to create a buzz and awareness about football in the country ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in October the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Bhubaneswar group center was given the task of conducting the tournament in Bhubaneswar and they, in collaboration with Football Association of Odisha (FAO) successful conducted first zone tournament.
Altogether 16 districts teams including eight women team were took part in the Oorja CRPFs Youth Under-19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament held at KIIT University here from May 4 to 14.