Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

MILO Football Champs 2024 of Mullaitivu-northern Province

- MSA

The second match of the MILO Football Champs 2024 - Northern Province, (under 10 and under 12) were held in the Mullaitivu district over the weekend with the participat­ion of 32 teams, comprising 14 Girls teams and 18 Boys teams.

Emerging victorious this weekend were Mu/ Udayaarkad­du Government Tamil Mix School (Girls under 10), Mu/iranaippal­ai Roman Catholicma­ha Vidyalaya (Boys - under 10), Mu/ Mullaitivu Roman Catholic Girls School (Girls under 12) and Mu/mullaitivu Maha Vidyalaya (Boys under - 12)

From this weekend’s event, the teams representi­ng the following schools are qualified to compete in the highly anticipate­d final round, scheduled to be held at the Duraiappa Stadium in Jaffna on March 23.

Under 10 Girls: Mu/udayaarkad­du Government Tamil Mixed School, Mu/alampil Roman Catholicma­ha Vidyalaya, Mu/muththaiya­nkadda (Idathukara­i)government Tamil Mix Schoolandm­u/kuravil Tamil Vidyalaya

Under 10 Boys: Mu/iranaippal­ai Roman Catholic Maha Vidyalaya, Mu/alampil Roman Catholic Maha Vidyalaya, Mu/kuravil Tamil Vidyalaya and Mu/chilavatha­i Tamil Vidyalaya

Under 12 Girls: Mu/mullaitivu Roman Catholic Girls School, Mu/alampil Roman Catholic Maha Vidyalaya, Mu/kumulamuna­i Maha Vidyalaya and Mu/udayarkadd­u Maha Vidyalaya

Under 12 Boys: Mu/mullaitivu Maha Vidyalaya, Mu/chilavatha­i Tamil Vidyalaya, Mu/kompavil Vikeneswar­a Vidyalaya and Mu/kuravil Tamil

Vidyalaya

Unleashing the potential of future football stars, the MILO Football Champs programme aims to ignite the sportsmans­hip skills of aspiring athletes in the Northern Province.

Alongside the tournament, a select group of talented individual­s will receive specialize­d training on weekends over the coming months, guided by seasoned coaches from the Sri Lanka Schools Football Associatio­n.

With the support of the Ministry of Education, Northern Province Department of Education, and the sponsorshi­p of Nestlé MILO, the Sri Lanka Schools Football Associatio­n will manage the facilitati­on of this programme.

Nestlé MILO, in its journey towards fostering talent at grassroot level in all sports in Sri

Lanka and championin­g gender diversity in sports, sponsors this programme with a vision of nourishing the future generation­s of Sri Lanka.

 ?? ??
 ?? ?? FOOTBALL
Teams ignite the field at MILO Football Champs - Mullaitivu.
FOOTBALL Teams ignite the field at MILO Football Champs - Mullaitivu.
 ?? ?? Close competitio­n between teams at MILO Football Champs - Mullaitivu
Close competitio­n between teams at MILO Football Champs - Mullaitivu
 ?? ?? Football strike at MILO Football Champs Mullaitivu
Football strike at MILO Football Champs Mullaitivu

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Sri Lanka