{"id":73677,"date":"2019-07-27T02:11:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=73677"},"modified":"2019-07-27T02:11:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T20:41:59","slug":"i-day-football-tourneys-begin-in-tawang-miao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/07\/27\/i-day-football-tourneys-begin-in-tawang-miao\/","title":{"rendered":"I-Day football tourneys begin in Tawang, Miao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TAWANG, Jul 26:<\/strong> The Independence Day (I-Day) Cup football tournament was kicked off by 190 Mountain Brigade Commander, Brig Zubin Bhatnagar, at the Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso high altitude stadium here on Friday.<br \/>\nBrig Bhatnagar encouraged the youths in sports, saying \u201cgames and sports are very important for physical development as well as character building.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThere are lots of talented footballers in Arunachal, and I hope we will see international level footballers from this state very soon,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe also remembered the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during THE Kargil war while defending the nation.<br \/>\n\u201cToday is very important day for all of us to remember our brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil war. We soldiers are always blessed to receive so much love and respect from the people of Arunachal, which encourages us to serve more dedicatedly and sincerely,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nEarlier, Tawang district Football Association (TDFA) chairman Namgey Tsering highlighted the aims of the tournament, which are to provide the players of the district a platform to show their talents and help talented footballers further hone their skills.<br \/>\nHe also paid tributes to the martyrs of the Kargil war.<br \/>\nThe opening match was played between Pingya XI and Dosti Club Jang.<br \/>\nOrganized by the TDFA, the tournament is being participated in by 19 teams.<br \/>\nThe tournament is sponsored by Chief Minister Pema Khandu and MLAs Jambey Tashi and Tsering Tashi.<br \/>\n38th Bn SSB Commandant Rajesh Thakur and Tawang DRDA Project Director Lobsang Tsetan attended the opening ceremony.<br \/>\nOur Miao corres-pondent adds: The I-Day Cup football tournament, sponsored by local MLA and minister Kamlung Mossang, began at the general ground in Miao in Changlang district on Friday.<br \/>\nReigning champion Namphai-II (A) FC beat Wunpawng FC 1-0 in the nail-biting opening match.<br \/>\nEighteen teams will fight for the coveted cup and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh during the 20-day tournament.<br \/>\nThe runner-up will be awarded Rs 75, 000 with a trophy. There will also be individual prizes for the highest scorer, the best goalkeeper, the player of the tournament, and the \u2018best disciplined team\u2019.<br \/>\nThe final will be played on the eve of the 73rd Independence Day.<br \/>\nDiyun-Bordumsa MLA Shomlung Mossang, who kicked off the tournament, advised the teams to demonstrate sportsmen spirit and entertain the football lovers with their skills.<br \/>\n\u201cFootball is not only about winning or building good physique but it helps youths to stay aloof from antisocial elements,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, as part of the \u2018Clean-Green Arunachal\u2019 campaign, 1000 saplings of different species were planted in Miao town by the forest department, led by Range Forest Officer T Mali. (With DIPRO input)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWANG, Jul 26: The Independence Day (I-Day) Cup football tournament was kicked off by 190 Mountain Brigade Commander, Brig Zubin Bhatnagar, at the Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso high altitude stadium here on Friday. Brig Bhatnagar encouraged the youths in sports, saying \u201cgames and sports are very important for physical development as well as character building.\u201d \u201cThere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73678,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}