August 16, 2026 02:38 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe

Kolkata to host Star Sports Young Heroes

| | Aug 25, 2015, at 02:42 am
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): After a grand opening, Star Sports Young Heroes is all set to kick start the campaign in Kolkata where matches will be played between Aug 25 to Aug 26 at the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium, 8 am onwards.

Members of High Life Management congregated at Calcutta Sports Journalists Club on Saturday to divide 64 selected schools from West Bengal into 16 groups, where each school will play three matches in the group stage.

In order to identify young talent the Country’s largest student direct contact programme from the very grassroots through scouting program, Young Heroes promoted by Star Sports along with Parle Products and IDBI Federal life Insurance aims to provide guidance and a platform to under-15 footballers from over 650 schools across 15 cities in India.

Nitin Kukreja, Business Head, Star Sports, “As the country’s leading sports broadcaster, we are committed to building a multi sports culture in the country. We want sports to be the trigger for creating and nurturing new opportunities for children and youth of India. The Star Sports Young Heroes programme will reach out to thousands of young footballers offering them a strong platform to develop their skills in sport through guidance and supervision of world class experts.”‎

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.