Day 8 saw action across all the four different venues of the football competition (LNIP Sonapur, Nehru Stadium, Sarusajai Sports Complex and SAI Centre). The day began as the U-17 boys from Punjab scored a close 1-0 win over Kerala with the girls in the same age category from Jharkhand securing a massive 8-0 victory against Himachal Pradesh. Punjab Boys from the U-21 category got a 1-0 win against Meghalaya while their state girls in the same age category were thumped 16-0 by Odisha.
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The home state side Assam finished with a 4-1 win over Delhi in the U-21 Girls category while the young U-17 boys from Odisha scoring a 2-0 win over Madhya Pradesh to close out the day.
Saturday will see a total of six matches played through the day as we get closer to the knockout competition in the football event.
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Football schedule for 18th January at the Khelo India Youth Games 2020
9:30 AM - U-17 Girls Haryana vs Gujarat, Group B
9:30 AM - U-21 Boys Delhi vs Goa, Group B
9:30 AM - U-21 Girls Manipur vs West Bengal, Group A
1:30 PM - U-21 Girls Tamil Nadu vs Haryana, Group A
1:30 PM - U-21 Boys Assam vs Karnataka, Group B
1:30 PM - U-17 Girls Odisha vs Tripura, Group B
When and where to watch
The football games will be telecasted as well as streamed live on Day 9 as a part of the Khelo India Youth Games 2020 coverage on live streaming apps and television.
The matches will be telecast live on Star Sports 3, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports Hindi TV channels. Online users can watch the live streaming telecast on the Hotstar app.
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