SL academy FC Sopore wins Shaheed Sultan memorial football tournament
Sopore: The SL academy Football Club Sopore on Wednesday clinched the title of Sultan Memorial Football Championship 2022.
The tournament was organised by Sopore Police under the banner of Civic Action Program held at Khushal Sports Stadium.
Commanding officer 179Bn CRPF Rabish Kumar Singh was chief guest on the occasion. He was accompanied by CO 177Bn CRPF Manish Sharma as Guest of Honour. SSP Sopore Shabir Nawab, SDPO Sopore Furqan Qadir, SDPO Rafiabad Mohamad Ameen Bhat, DYSP DAR Sopore Aabid Rashid, Addoitional Commandant 179Bn Navin Chander, Commandant 177Bn CRPF Santosh Sharma, DYSP Dr. Umer Urfaan SHO Tarzoo Inspector Imtiaz Ahmad, DO Fruit Mandi Inspector Sajad Ahmad, Inspector Mudasir Shafi Inspector Zia ul Rehman DO Bus Stand PSI Aijaz Ahmad, SI Javaid Hameed, G N Kabli, Jameel Ahmad, Football Patron Sopore Javaid Bhat, Chairman SRM WET Haji Inayatullah, president Traders Federation Sopore Haji Mohammad Ashraf Ganaie, members of Sports Council Sopore and officers from Police and Civil administration attended the closing ceremony, wherein about 200 palyers of different football teams from Police District Sopore participated in the event
The final match of the Championship was played between SL Academy FC and Wular FC, which was won by SL academy FC by margin of 4-3 in penality shots.
Hundreds of spectators witnessed the final match.
During the closing ceremony SSP Sopore interacted with the participating players and sports lovers of the area.
SSP Sopore assured the participants that every kind of assistance will be provided by District Police Sopore to boost the sports activities.
He said better platform will be provided to the youth to prove their talent.
In a closing ceremony, SSP Sopore along with Chief Guest distributed Cash prizes, trophies, medals and certificates among the winners and distributed certificates among all the participating players.
SSP Sopore Congratulated the winners and said that J&K Police was committed to give boost to the sports activities in the area and channelize youth energy in a positive manner.
Bilal Ahmad
