STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The first phase of the 29th Annual Football Championship kick started on Tuesday at TRC, Srinagar. Sports Officer of the J&K Sports Council (JKSC), Nuzhat Ara inaugurated the event in the presence of office bearers of the J&K Football Association (JKFA).
In the opening match of the tournament, DFA Zone Hajin defeated DFA Zone Rafiabad by five goals to one. The other match of the day played between DFA Kupwara X1 and DFA Pulwama XI where former made it a 2-1 win. Both teams played quality Football and the game remained goalless in the first half of the play.
Among those present included Z.A Thakur (president JKFA), Iftikhar Lone (vice president JKFA) and Fayaz Ahmad Sofi (president DFA Srinagar).