Airtel Rising Stars 2013-14, a talent hunt program which provides the young footballers opportunity to train at Manchester United Soccer School, today concluded with selection of 11 under-16 players.
The selected players were Arka Dey and Rajib Roy from Kolkata, Md Aqib and Karan Khurana from Delhi, Premchand Singh and Niraj Singh from Bangalore, Sanath Valldares and Akram Khan from Mumbai, Rakesh K from Hyderabad, Liston Colaco and Jolitan Dias from Goa.
The two-day final trials took place under the guidance of Manchester United coaches Lami Sonola, Kevin O' Connell, Dave Chapman and Adam Hilton.
The selected players would travel to Manchester for a week and train alongside the Manchester United Academy team.
Rohin Pinto (Zonal Business Head, Goa & Konkan), Bharti Airtel, said, "The program gave many young children across India a chance to display their talent. We believe the 11 young children chosen today will transform into excellent footballers in the time to come.
