IMPHAL, October 20: The personnel of 36 Assam Rifles of 10 Sector AR under the aegis of IGAR (South), with an aim of promoting sphere and spirit of sports is conducting a football competition. A team was selected on the basis of league matches from the Sadar Hills Dist of Senapati. The selected team after a rigorous selection process and is currently undergoing training under the 36 Assam rifles under 10 Sector.
Similarly,23 Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 10 Sector Assam Rifles is preparing the District Football Team for Dist Ukhrul. As a build up to select the best players for the team, football players from all over Dist were knitted as a team which played various matches against each other since last week of August. After selection of good players from amongst all teams under various Units of HQ 10 Sector, 44 players were collected at the Unit HQs. 4 teams of these players were made which further played various matches with the teams of Ukhrul Dist Club, YKPI, Litan, Gamnum and Shangshak. After this churning exercise, finally 18 players have been selected as a team to participate in the ALL MANIPUR ASSAM RIFLES FOOTBALL CAMPIONSHIP. The players that made to the apex for representing the Ukhrul Dist team, have gone through thick of times on the football fields at Shangshak and are in full gusto to emerge victorious.