Sri Lanka, Oct. 23 -- More than 12,000 schoolboys and schoolgirls representing 620 teams from across Sri Lanka will battle for glory in the CBL Samaposha Under-14 Inter-School National Football Championship 2024, one of the island's biggest grassroots sporting events, organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association (SSFA) under the guidance of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).

The youth tournament sponsored by CBL Samaposha for the 14th consecutive year was officially launched at a lively press conference held at The Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo, on Tuesday.

The championship, which kicked off on October 21, will continue until November 10 with the first-round matches being played at 32 centres across all 25 districts. The...