Airtel Rising Stars: 4,000 youngsters vie for Arsenal Football Clinic

Airtel Chief Operating Officer , Srivastava, 

The Airtel Rising Stars football tournament has entered the zonal championship stage with over 4,000 youngsters vying for space in the forthcoming Arsenal Football Clinic.

DigitalSENSE Business News confirms that this follows the successful completion of the nationwide registration of participants for the season three of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS-3) national U-17 Tournament for boys and girls, the zonal championship of the competition Monday, July 22 kicked off.

The tournament which is expected to end on August 9 across six centres, DigitalSENSE Business News gathered, has attracted over 4000 registered youngsters from secondary schools and academies, nationwide.

The championship the management of Airtel Nigeria confirmed has been slated for Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and the FCT, Abuja.

Airtel’s Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, Deepak Srivastava, revealed that the registration exercise was hugely successful as thousands of youth indicated interest in beginning their journey to football stardom through the ARS tournament.

“We have concluded preparations to ensure a hitch-free tournament that will be full of fun and excitement. More so, this year, as we shall host teams from 16 other countries in Africa for the African Championship as well as the Soccer Clinic to be facilitated by a team of coaches from Arsenal Football Club of England. We have no doubt that the Nigerian teams will make the country proud by lifting the all-African Trophy”. 

Tournament partners, Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) and the Nigeria School Sports Federation (NSSF) are to lead an independent team of seasoned sports personalities including grassroots coaches to conduct the screening exercises that will begin from 10 am to 5 pm on designated days across the six centres.

The Zonal Championship will run on a three-leg format beginning with roadshows in the designated host cities, followed by the screening of registered players and finally, the play-off matches which will run in a league format.

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