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Regi, Tehkhal club play 0-0 draw in Regi Socce

Village Regi and Tehkhal club match ended goal-less draw on the opening day of the 8th Village Regi Football Tournament, which got under in

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Village Regi and Tehkhal club match ended goal-less draw on the opening day of the 8th Village Regi Football Tournament, which got under in the premises of village Regi, near University of Peshawar, on Monday.

Former national football and President of the FATA Football Association Shahid Khan Shinwari was the chief guest on this occasion who formally inaugurated the tournament in which a total of 20 teams are taking part. The first of the 10 matches will be played on knock-out basis while the second round will be played for League basis and will continue for a month.

There were capacity football enthusiasts witnessed the opening match. Former Commissioner Peshawar Shahjehan Khan, office-bearers of Regi XI club who organized the event, elders of the village and a heavy contingent of police for maintain security were also present.

The event is an annual feature of Regi Village, situated near University of Peshawar. Both the teams Village Regi XI and Tehkhal club presented good display of soccer but they were failed to score any goal. After the goal-less of the first session, no team scored any goal in the second session despite some goal-fetching moves and thus the match ended a goal-less draw.

Speaking on this occasion, Shahid Khan Shinwari lauded the efforts of the organizing committee for holding the tournament in the premises of the Regi village by preparing field for the ground purpose. He said involving the youth in healthy activities, specially the youth of villages would bear out good result in future.

He said the youth of the villages have great talent of all games but football and volleyball are more prominent. He also assured them full support to the organizers and announced that attractive cash prizes would be given in the final besides trophies.

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