Lal Singh School crowned winners of the Star Sports Young Heroes Guwahati leg final

Star Sports launched its latest sporting venture ‘Young Heroes’ presented by Parle and in association with IDBI Federal Life Insurance to handpick the 16 most talented football players from schools from 15 different cities. It is a 7 a side U-15 school football tournament.

Lal Singh School were crowned champions in the Guwahati leg of the Young Heroes tournament as they defeated Pragjyotish English High School 3-1 and earned qualification to the National Finals.

In order to identify young talent, the country’s largest student direct contact programme from the very grassroots through a scouting program, Young Heroes completes its campaign in Guwahati where Arman Singh (South Point School), Sangson Saikia (Pragjyotish English High School) were selected through the scouting process at the Judges Field, Guwahati over the last two days. They will be a part of 45 selected students, who will be mentored by the specialized coaches.

The 32 schools that were approached for the Guwahati leg of the tournament were determined and displayed some enthusiastic talent. There were some standout performances by few teams whose footballers played with passion, grit and determination as a unit.

Mr. Jamshid Nassiri, Ex-Iranian International Footballer and Head Mentor, Young Heroes said, “We witnessed some thrilling and exhilarating games in Guwahati. The young players played the game with passion, enthusiasm and zeal.

“My heartiest congratulations to the winning team along with the young footballers selected from Guwahati, through the scouting process. Young Heroes’ tournament has boosted up all the young students of the country with optimism and motivation to perform better and aim to play football for their country, in future.”

In its next destination- Mumbai, Young Heroes will continue the scouting program. Young Heroes is committed to elevate the level of football at the grassroots with the intent to give birth to the football heroes of future.

The tournament will see over 100 days of activation programme across the participating schools. All through the tournament, around 45 boys will get selected to undergo a training camp, after which the best 16 will be handpicked by professional coaches to go on an international exposure trip to Spain.