Youth Cup begins

MALE, July 27 (HNS) -- Youth cup in which about 2,000 youths will participate began on Friday. The tournament, which is held each year in conjunction with the Independence Day, commenced when a futsal competition was kicked off. Hundreds of teams in male category and three teams in female category participated in the competition. The total number players of the tournament is 1,220. The Youth Centre said in addition to football, volleyball, basketball, netball, carom, billiard, dart and free throwing will be played during this week. One hundred and fifty teams will participate in this year's youth cup with 454 matches to be played in the tournament. To mark the Independence Day, the Centre has also organised a children's evening that will be held on Sunday. "Various sports items will be played in the children's evening," said an official from the Youth Centre. The closing ceremony of the sports festival will be held on August 1 with a special music show.