BKSP retains U17 Girls Subroto Cup International Football title

Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) defeated Nilmani English School, Manipur with 4-0 to successfully defend their U17 Girls Subroto Cup International Football 2019 title held in New Delhi.

Key Highlights

In first half of game, Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan (BKSP) started with enjoying majority of possession while Nilmani English School from Manipur failed to make any further impact and half ended with Bangladesh leading 2-0.

The second half, started with Nilmani English School, Manipur trying to take game to BKSP but they didn’t have much success. Bangladesh held their ground and defended their goal by maintaining a very strong formation at the back and later launched timely counter attacks to push Manipur defence back.

The game ended with Shirina Akter, Akilma Akter and Sapna Rani scoring for Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothistan (BKSP) and cruising the team to a 4-0 win over Nilmani English School, Manipur, in final of Diamond jubilee edition of Subroto Cup (U-17 girls).

Result: Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Prothishtan: scored 4  with Aklima Akter (2), Shirina Akter, Sapna Rani and beated Nilmani English School, Manipur: 0

Prize Money: BKSP, Bangladesh won a sum of Rs.4,00,000 and Nilmani English School, Manipur won Rs.2,50,000.

THE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

Best Coach: Jaya Chakma, BKSP (Bangladesh)

Best goalkeeper: Surudhani Kisku, BKSP (Bangladesh)

Best Player: Afeida Khandaker, BKSP (Bangladesh)

Most Contributing School for Football: Nilmani English School (Manipur)

Fair play Award: Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai.

About Subroto Cup International Football Tournament

It is one of the famous inter-school football tournament in India. It was founded in 1960 and since then it is being conducted annually every year.

It is named after Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee.

It is conducted by IAF, with help of Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019