{"id":9595,"date":"2012-08-30T12:15:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T12:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9595"},"modified":"2012-08-30T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T12:15:16","slug":"two-european-teams-to-participate-in-this-years-subroto-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9595","title":{"rendered":"Two European teams to participate in this year\u2019s Subroto Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The prestigious Subroto Cup Inter-School Football Tournament this year will see two European schools in action as the Indian Air Force hopes to turn a new leaf in the country\u2019s oldest school tournament with added corporate support and new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament will kick off in the national capital on September 3 and 78 teams in various disciplines will be playing 125 matches in a span of two months. FC Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine and Cardinal Heenan College from United Kingdom will be vying for honours with their Indian counterparts in the under-17 category.<\/p>\n<p>Subroto Cup, which began in 1960, is one of the oldest tournament in the country and boasts of participation from over 20,000 schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media during launch of the 2012 edition, Air Marshal J N Burma said, \u201cSo far teams from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and other South Asian countries have taken part in the Subroto Cup. These teams received tremendous support from football lovers and we felt that it was the right time to brin g in teams from Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And this is not all. The Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) is keen to contribute handsomely to development of the sport in the country and there could be no better platform than inter-school meet. <\/p>\n<p>With this aim in mind, the inter-school girls tournament has been expanded nationally and for the first time, 17 schools representing all regions of the country would be vying for the title.\u201cWe plan to introduce U-14 girls tournament in the future so that we can identify forty talented girls who will be called \u2018Subroto Girls\u201d and are modeled like the \u201cSubroto Boys.\u201d These girls will be groomed and their skills honed by the SMSES,\u201d added Air Marshal J N Burma. <\/p>\n<p>One girl\u2019s team from Afghanistan will also be seen in action in the girl\u2019s category.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when AIFF and Rob Barn (AIFF Technical Director) are talking about the ways of improving Indian Football and are carving the way forward: development of grass root football is the primary and sole way to materialize that goal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe support of Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs and Delhi Government has always been with us. The addition of corporate support is all the more important at the grass root level so that we can also concentrate not only on the talent but diet and nutrition for the youngsters\u201d urged Air Marshal J N Burma.<\/p>\n<p>The SMSES saw a renewed interest in corporate houses coming forward in support of the Subroto Cup; Samsung, Adidas, Yamaha and media houses have pledged their support to the tournament this year. <\/p>\n<p>Rahul Saighal, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung India said, \u201cIt\u2019s our pleasure and privilege to beassociated with the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament 2012. As a Company that supports sports globally and in India, we are happy to partner with this event which gives us an opportunity to promote sporting culture in the country even as it gives us an opportunity to connect with thousands of youth in the country through the medium of football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking on the occasion, Tushar Goculdas, Brand Director \u2013 Adidas said, &#8220;Adidas is the world\u2019s number 1 football brand and we are proud to partner with The Subroto Cup, one of the most illustrious grassroots football tournaments in Asia. We are deeply committed towards building India\u2019s success as a footballing nation and are very excited to support India\u2019s most promising footballing talent that will be competing at this prestigious event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The prestigious Subroto Cup Inter-School Football Tournament this year will see two European schools in action as the Indian Air Force hopes to turn a new leaf in the country\u2019s oldest school tournament with added corporate support and new ideas. 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