Football Academy team announced for National Soccer.

PESHAWAR -- The coach of Directorate General Sports Football Academy Jamshed Khan on Friday announced a 20-member team for the forthcoming National Football Tournament to be organized in Shabqadar Tehsil, District Charsadda, under the aegis of District Administration Charsadda and District Sports Officer Charsadda here.

Talking to reporter , Jamshed Khan, coach of the Qayyum Sports Football Academy said that the young footballers part of the academy were highly talented and such talent would be further boosted up through provision of competitive exposures.

He said participation in various tournaments meant ensuring proper exposures to the young footballers. Jamshed said that currently they were training in two different sessions with one in physical training while the other in game training.

He said former National team skipper, head coach Arshad Khan was also monitoring the performance of the players. He said the players in the football academy were undergoing rigorous training.

Khan said currently 82 players were associated with the football academy between the ages of 14 and 20 and added "we have more than three teams in three different...