SPORTS BULLETIN REPORT
LAHORE (September 25, 2021): The Sports Board Punjab (SBP) selection committee, on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, conducted trials of Punjab’s Under-17 football team at Punjab Stadium on Saturday.
The selected under-17 football team will participate in Inter-Provincial Football Youth Tournament scheduled to be organized in Gilgit Baltistan in the middle of next month.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited Punjab Stadium to witness trials of Punjab’s Under-17 football team. He was warmly received upon reaching Punjab Stadium and introduced to all participants of trials.
Talking on this occasion, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said that Sports Board Punjab was providing sufficient opportunities to players of all games. “The SBP selection committee has been directed strictly to choose Punjab Under-17 football team purely on merit”.
He said that around 40 players would be selected for the training camp where expert coaches will impart training to camp probables.
SBP’s 10-member selection committee headed by Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti conducted trials of around 300 young players from all divisions of the province in groups.
The other members of selection committee includes Divisional Sports Officer Sahiwal Faisal Ameer Khan, Divisional Sports Officer Bahawalpur Maqsood ul Hasan, Tariq Maqsood Wattoo, Provincial Football Coach Nasir Mahmood Wahid, Administrator National Hockey Stadium Nasir Malik, football coach Nasir Hussain Shah, Divisional Football Coach Shahzad Asghar, PFF Coach M Idrees and PSO to Punjab Sports Minister Nadeem Sarwar.
