FEDERATION CUP 2013
JKFA Seeks Govt. help to host football tourney in August.
Yash Khajuria
JAMMU, Jan 10: After the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has accepted the proposal of J&K Football Association (JKFA) thereby giving its nod to host the prestigious Federation Cup in August 2013, the association has now decided to approach the State Government in a bid to get its necessary approval for conducting the event.
According to sources, AIFF President Praful Patel during the recently held meeting at New Delhi on December 20, had verbally assured JKFA president, Thakur Zamir Ahmed that the federation would allot the coveted the tournament to J&K provided the concerned authorities back home would also show their keenness to host it.
Sources added that after the successful hosting of Santosh Trophy national football championship in 2008, JKFA had submitted a proposal before AIFF to hostFederation Cup in the State. Sources said the football association in its proposal had briefed the apex football body about the infrastructure they possess to conduct the tournament in a smooth manner.
AIFF President, Praful Patel has assured JKFA verbally to allot the prestigious championship to J&K and a lot depends on the State Government to whom we are going to meet soon to discuss the modalities besides getting green signal to host the championship, he added.
Much ambitious to this event Thakur Zamir Ahemed president JKFA said that indeed we did not get the officially allotmentof this event yet by the AIFF but as per the process is on we are hopefull that we will be able to conduct this event very successfully.
The last time J&K had hosted Federation Cup was way back in 1986 at Srinagar and we are waiting for a long time to push our case forward before AIFF to host it again. “With the kind of infrastructure we have, I am hopeful that the State Government would not let us down and give its necessary nod to host the coveted championship after 26 years”, JKFA President claimed.
“Conduct of any national championship in the State will not only help in improving the image of sports but more importantly, the budding footballers will get an excellent opportunity to interact with the star players representing various prestigious football clubs of the country”, Thakur said.
“The matches in the Federation Cup will be played at Bakshi Stadium and Polo ground. Though, the infrastructure for hosting national level tournaments at present is satisfactory with some renovation work is to be done at Polo Ground but once we got the allotment we will complete all needed work with the help of sports council. We are optimistic about getting further support from the authorities to improve it further for overall betterment of this famous game”, he maintained.
JAMMU, Jan 10: After the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has accepted the proposal of J&K Football Association (JKFA) thereby giving its nod to host the prestigious Federation Cup in August 2013, the association has now decided to approach the State Government in a bid to get its necessary approval for conducting the event.
According to sources, AIFF President Praful Patel during the recently held meeting at New Delhi on December 20, had verbally assured JKFA president, Thakur Zamir Ahmed that the federation would allot the coveted the tournament to J&K provided the concerned authorities back home would also show their keenness to host it.
Sources added that after the successful hosting of Santosh Trophy national football championship in 2008, JKFA had submitted a proposal before AIFF to hostFederation Cup in the State. Sources said the football association in its proposal had briefed the apex football body about the infrastructure they possess to conduct the tournament in a smooth manner.
AIFF President, Praful Patel has assured JKFA verbally to allot the prestigious championship to J&K and a lot depends on the State Government to whom we are going to meet soon to discuss the modalities besides getting green signal to host the championship, he added.
Much ambitious to this event Thakur Zamir Ahemed president JKFA said that indeed we did not get the officially allotmentof this event yet by the AIFF but as per the process is on we are hopefull that we will be able to conduct this event very successfully.
The last time J&K had hosted Federation Cup was way back in 1986 at Srinagar and we are waiting for a long time to push our case forward before AIFF to host it again. “With the kind of infrastructure we have, I am hopeful that the State Government would not let us down and give its necessary nod to host the coveted championship after 26 years”, JKFA President claimed.
“Conduct of any national championship in the State will not only help in improving the image of sports but more importantly, the budding footballers will get an excellent opportunity to interact with the star players representing various prestigious football clubs of the country”, Thakur said.
“The matches in the Federation Cup will be played at Bakshi Stadium and Polo ground. Though, the infrastructure for hosting national level tournaments at present is satisfactory with some renovation work is to be done at Polo Ground but once we got the allotment we will complete all needed work with the help of sports council. We are optimistic about getting further support from the authorities to improve it further for overall betterment of this famous game”, he maintained.
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