Draw out for junior boys’ and girls’ national football championships
The HinduThe junior boys’ and girls’ national football championships will be held in September, with 16 teams participating in both competitions. According to a release issued by the All India Football Federation on Tuesday, the tier 1 of the junior boys’ national championship for the Dr BC Roy Trophy and the junior girls’ national championship will be held in Bhubaneswar. The 2023-24 edition will mark the return of the BC Roy Trophy for the first time since the pre-COVID 2019-20 tournament, which saw Mizoram clinch their second successive title after a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory over Punjab in Shillong. Dadra and Nagar Haveli emerged champions of the previous edition of the junior girls’ competition in 2022-23, edging Bihar 1-0 in the final in Guwahati.