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Juvenile soccer launched

BISHWAJIT KUMAR RoY
To inject some new life into the country's football, the Dhaka Metropolis Inter-school Football Tournament was inaugurated yesterday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium with a huge enthusiasm.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has belatedly launched the juvenile tournament to discover new talents at the tender age and popularise the game, which is in the doldrums.
The idea is very much like cricket's Nirman Schools Championship that ran successfully for over a decade.
But event made for the future footballers failed unfortunately to attract a sponsor though there was spontaneous response from over 60 Dhaka-based schools.
"We tried our best to arrange a sponsor for the tournament but couldn't because different companies offered very nominal sums," secretary of the school tournament committee Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu told The Daily Star Sport.
The celebrated winger of the 80s, however, said that this time there is only one target to hold the tournament successfully so that sponsors come forward in future.
"The National Sports Council (NSC) generously paid us Tk 10 lakh to hold the tournament."
Though the BFF officials lamented the lack of response but some feel that the football authorities showed their reluctance to chase a sponsor after getting assurance from the NSC.
It was learnt that an insurance company offered more than Taka ten lakh to get the sponsorship but BFF was reportedly not willing to
accept anything less than the double the offered figure.
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Chowdhury Kamal Ibne
Yousuf inaugurated the 60-school meet where State Minister for Youth and Sports Fazlur Rahman has announced that the champions would be given Tk one lakh, Tk 50,000 for the runners-up and Tk 30,000 for the third placed team.
After the simple ceremony Segunbagicha High School thrashed Shahid Nabi High School 5-1 in an exhibition match at the all-purpose venue.
The real battle however kicks off today with ten matches taking place at five different city venues.
A total of 60 Dhaka-based schools split into five zones, are taking part in the under-16 competition. Each zone will comprise four groups. The two top finishers from each zone will qualify for the 10-team final round.
TODAY'S MATCHES
Rayerbazar High School vs Junior Laboratory (3pm) and Loretto vs Saint Joseph's High School (4:30pm) at the Dhanmondi Club ground.
Shahid Ramizuddin High School vs Uttara High School (3pm) and IAS School vs Monikanan High School (4:30pm) at the Uttara Police Line.
Segunbagicha High School vs Rahmatullah Model High School (3pm) and Millat High School vs Nabakumar Institute (4:30pm) at the Dhaka University ground.
Willes Little Flower School vs Shah Noor Model High School (3pm) and Ali Ahmed High School vs Khilgaon High School (4:30pm) at the Basabo Sports ground.
National Bangla High School vs Rajdhani High School (3pm) and Islami Adarsha High School vs Mirpur Bangla High School (4:30pm) at the East End Club ground.