The three-day Inter DPS Football Tournament (Boys:Open), 2014 Zone-4 commenced at the Risali Sector School Campus of DPS Bhilai on Thursday.
The Chief Guest for the Opening Ceremony was S. Chandrasekaran, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), Bhilai and the Guest of Honour was R.K. Nehru, Chairman, S.E.S Bhilai and E.D. (M.M.), BSP, Bhilai.In his address, BSP CEO S. Chandrasekaran said that such tournaments created a sense of unity amongst participants from different schools and that along with academics, sports and games too should be given importance.
He said that football as a game was gaining immense popularity nowadays.Chandrasekaran concluded by saying that whether one won or lost, it was important to play the game by the rule and with the spirit of sportsmanship. He extended his good wishes to all, for the success of the tournament.
At the end of the first day’s play the results are as follows:
In the matches held at DPS Risali School Ground (Scores in brackets): DPS Korba lost to DPS Bokaro (1-2). There was a draw between DPS Bhilai and DPS Damanjodi (0-0), DPS Bokaro lost to DPS Kalinga (0-1), DPS Durg defeated DPS Digboi (7-0), DPS Durg lost to DPS Newtown (0-1), DPS Dulliajan lost to DPS Dhaligaon (1-3) and there was a draw between DPS Bhilai and DPS Siliguri (1-1).
In the matches held at Pant Stadium (Scores in brackets): DPS Angul lost to DPS Ruby Park (0-3), DPS Megacity defeated DPS Ranchi (5-1), DPS Raipur lost to DPS Itanagar (0-1), DPS Angul defeated DPS Balconagar (4-0), DPS Megacity lost to DPS Bilaspur (0-1) and DPS Dimapur defeated DPS Raipur (9-0).
This three day Tournament is scheduled to conclude on 18 October 2014.