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The Subroto Cup International Football Tournament will kick off on Tuesday evening. The 61st edition of the tournament will be staged across four venues in Delhi till 13th of next month. The first match will be played between NCC versus Chandigarh at 4PM this evening.
The Subroto Cup, an annual school’s football tournament inaugurated in 1960 by the first India Air Force chief, Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, will be resuming after a Covid induced restrictions. The matches will be played in the Dr. BR Ambedkar Stadium, Tejas Football Ground, Subroto Park and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. This year a total of 92 schools representing 25 States and Union Territories have qualified across three categories Under-14 boys, Under-17 boys and Under-17 girls. A team from Bangladesh will also be participating.