GUWAHATI, April 26 - Over 12,500 young footballers will play more than 1200 matches in next three months when the Oorja U-19 football talent hunt kicks off across the country on May 1 with India hosting the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October this year.
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) � ssb, bsf, itbp, crpf, cisf and Assam Rifles, under the aegis of the All India Police Sports Control Board (aipscb) are organising the event in the country. The Rs 20 lakh prize-money tournament will be held in three phases and it will culminate with the final in Delhi on July 25.
The curtain raiser of the Oorja-Capf�s U-19 football talent hunt tournament of Assam, organised by ssb Guwahati will be held here tomorrow, stated a release.
