SHILLONG, May 18 -- The Meghalaya Football Association's (MFA) celebrations of AFC Grassroots Day concluded on Saturday at Third Ground, Polo, Shillong, with well over 200 children and adults taking part in a range of activities.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) celebrates its annual Grassroots Day on May 15 with the intention to increase participation at all levels and stimulate greater interest in each aspect of the sport.

In this regard, the Meghalaya Football Association marked AFC Grassroots Day on May 11 with an afternoon of girls' football and on Saturday with a day of veterans, blind and children's football (boys and girls).

The AFC defines grassroots football as "all football which is non-professional and non-elite". This ...