New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The 79th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy is all setfor kick-off with Assam hosting it for the seventh time in its chequered history.
The land of the Brahmaputra and the white rhinos is leading the path in spreading the game to even the remotest areas. It hosted it in Nowgong for the first time in 1959-60 and then again in 1969-70.
In between, four editions were organised efficiently in Guwahati. Now again, the football fraternity will have the opportunity of witnessing some of the finest exponents and aspirants of the country in remote Dhakuakhana near Lakhimpur and Dhemaji, on the northern banks of the great Brahmaputra, and Silapathar.
The rock bed of Indian football witnessed all the state teams...