Sub-junior National Football Championship from tomorrow

Gurgaon, Dec 9 : The 32nd Sub-junior National Football Championship for Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy will be organised in Gurgaon from December 9 to 22.

The opening match between Haryana and Delhi will be held at Tau Devi Lal stadium in sector 38 at Gurgaon tomorrow.

The Championship will be inaugurated by Haryana Football Association president and Rohtak Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda. The working president of the Association and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Rao Dan Singh would also accompany him. Teams from ten states including Maharastra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tripura, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Mizoram and Haryana are participating in the event.

Mizoram, being the last year's winner of this championship, and Haryana, being the host, have got direct entry into the final competition of the championship.