Keonjhar: Around 32 teams from six states participated in the 14th Thakurani Challenger Inter-State Football Tournament organised by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) at Barbil in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.
Football clubs from Jharkhand, West-Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha participated in the tournament organised recently by AM/NS India in association with Nehru Sport Club, Dalki, a company release said.
The final match was played between Barbil Football Club, Odisha and Bhuyan Football Club, Jharkhand in which Barbil Football Club won the title with 1-0. Minakshi Mahanta, MLA Champua, Laxman Mahanta, Chairperson-Barbil Municipality, Pramod Mishra (Mines Manger-Thakurani) and other dignitaries were present during the award ceremony.
AM/NS India supported the participants with jersey and also provided necessary support for players from 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 per annum. It produces a full diversified range of flat steel products, including value-added steel, and has a pellet capacity of 20 million tonnes.
