SEPPA, Jan 17: The 1st Abo Dali Singhi Football Tournament was kicked off at the general ground here in East Kameng district on Thursday.
In the opening match, Type-III FC defeated 9th Chayang Tajo FC 1-0. The only goal of the winning team was netted by Omak Tawe.
Earlier, attending the opening ceremony, local MLA Mama Natung encouraged the youths to take sports activities like football as their profession. He also assured to sponsor the next edition of the tournament.
EKSCWO vice chairman Dahey Sangno also encouraged the youths to take part in sports activities. He requested all the MLAs of the district to sponsor at least four footballers from their respective constituency for training at national level football academies in the country.
