Sports Desk,
Guwahati, July 2 : All India Football Federation (AIFF) is planning to revamp the 71-year-old tournament. Recently, Guwahati Sports Association (GSA), the organiser of the tournament received a mail from the federation which mentioned that the AIFF would like to conduct the tournament as a qualifier event for Santosh Trophy for the Northeast states. Also Read - Neeraj Chopra clinches second Diamond League 2023 title “We got a letter from the AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey. The AIFF has already started the process of revamping various football tournaments which have a legacy… Like conducting the final of the Santosh Trophy in Saudi Arabia... As Bordoloi Trophy carries an identical legacy, they have given us a proposal whether we are willing to give Bordoloi Trophy as a qualifying tournament for all the NE states for the Santosh Trophy,” Devajit Saikia, the newly elected general secretary of GSA told the media. In the general body meeting, we got a green signal to go ahead with the plan by keeping the interest of the GSA intact. We have also discussed the matter with the Chief Minister (Assam) and after his final approval, the GSA will take it forward to the AIFF for further discussion- he added. Bordoloi Trophy is one of the oldest and undoubtedly it used to be one of the most prestigious football tournaments in India in the last several decades.
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