Shaping Souls through Sports: AM/NS India organises 14th Thakurani Challenger Football Tournament

By Subrat Sarangi

New Delhi/ Barbil, Aug. 20 : ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has organised the 14th Thakurani Challenger Inter-State football Tournament at Barbil in association with Nehru Sport Club,Dalki. About 32 football clubs from Jharkhand, West-Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha participated in this tournament.

The final match was played between BarbilFootball Club, Odisha and Bhuyan Football Club,Jharkhand in which Barbil Football Club won the title with 1-0.

Ms. Minakshi Mahanta, MLA Champua, Mr. Laxman Mahanta Chairperson-Barbil Municipality, Mr. Pramod Mishra (Mines Manger-Thakurani) and other dignitaries were present during the award ceremony.

AM/NS India supported the participants withjersey and alsoprovided necessary support for playersfrom other states.

AM/NS India is a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, two of the world’s leading steel manufacturing organisations. A leading integrated flat carbon steel producer in India, the company has an achievable crude steel capacity of around 9 million tonnes perannum. It produces a full diversified range of flat steel products, including value-added steel, and has a pellet capacity of 20 million tonnes.