Bangalore: St. Joseph\u2019s High School, Calicut made a winning start to their campaign, defeating Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 2\u20131 in the inter-city leg of the 3rd Mahindra Youth Football Challenge, which kicked off at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Wednesday. Javed Hassan and Leon Augustine scored a goal each, while Sanat Gupta was the lone scorer for the New Delhi team. Lazim Ali from Kerala was recognized as the Star Performer of the match.<\/p>\n
In other matches, Kolkata\u2019s Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhaban routed Panjim\u2019s Don Bosco High School 5-0, while Don Bosco, Matunga outplayed Greenwood International High School, Bangalore 2\u20130.\n<\/p>\n
A brace of goals each by Sanjib Malakar and Dipankar Baral, and one by Santanu Debnath featured in the Kolkata team\u2019s big win. Suman Dutta was the Star Performer for his inspiring on-field performance.<\/p>\n
For Don Bosco, Matunga, Pierre Noronha and Nathan Fernandes scored in the 33rd and 43rd minutes of the game, with Fernandes later being named the Star Performer of the match.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s best under-14 football players from leading schools across six Indian cities are here to battle it out in the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Mahindra Youth Football Challenge is the Mahindra Group\u2019s commitment to promote football at the grassroots level. The company has partnered with Scottish football giant Celtic Football Club, who is taking on the responsibility of training and developing young talent identified through the initiative.<\/p>\n
Don Bosco High School, Mumbai 2 (Pierre Noronha 1, Nathan Fernandes 1) bt Greenwood International High School, Bangalore 0;<\/p>\n Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhaban (Kolkatta) 5 (Sanjib Malakar 2, Dipankar Baral 2, Santanu Debnath 1) bt Don Bosco High School, Panjim (Goa) 0;<\/p>\n St. Joseph’s High School, Calicut (Kerala) 2 (Javed Hassan 1, Leon Augustine 1) bt Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj (New Delhi) 1 (Sanat Gupta 1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bangalore: St. Joseph\u2019s High School, Calicut made a winning start to their campaign, defeating Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj 2\u20131 in the inter-city leg of the 3rd Mahindra Youth Football Challenge, which kicked off at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Wednesday. Javed Hassan and Leon Augustine scored a goal each, while Sanat Gupta was the lone scorer for the New Delhi team. Lazim Ali from Kerala was recognized as the Star Performer of the match.<\/p>\n In other matches, Kolkata\u2019s Ashoknagar Vidyasagar Banibhaban routed Panjim\u2019s Don Bosco High School 5-0, while Don Bosco, Matunga outplayed Greenwood International High School, Bangalore 2\u20130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-sports-local-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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