In the premises of Hazaribagh new stadium in front of St Columba's college, MP cum Central Minister Jayant Sinha and MlA Sadar Manish Jaiswal jointly inaugurated the Hazaribagh Premier Football league in which 75 teams of boys and 15 teams of girls are participating. Sinha and Jaiswal inaugurated the league by lighting the lamp.
In his address Jayant praised the efforts of the organiser of this league and said that perhaps it will be the biggest football tournament of the district till now. He said that special budgetary allocation has been made to promote sports in the rural areas and soon you all will see some changes in the sports scenario.
Jaiswal said that these tournaments help the good players to come into limelight. This is an opportunity for the football players of Hazaribagh and hoped that in the days to come some of the players will certainly make their ways into state and national levels. In the opening match of this league a match was played between Jharkhand XI and Jharkhand Blues XI in which the girls of Jharkhand XI won by a solitary goal.