Football academy to be set up at Sairang: Vijay Goel

Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel today said that a football academy would be set up at the Mizoram Football Association's (MFA) football ground at Sairang village near Aizawl.

Goel, who is on a maiden two-day visit to Mizoram after becoming the Union Minister, said that the Football Academy would be set up in view of the recent excellent performance of Mizoram teams in national level football tournaments.

Mizoram's Aizawl Football Club (AFC) bagged the prestigious I-League 2017 while Mizoram team also won the National Games football in 2015 and the the Santosh Trophy in 2014.

Goel accompanied by Mizoram Sports minister Zodintluanga also visited the Suaka Cricket ground.

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)