KARACHI: Differently-abled children took part in the 2019 edition of the Standard Chartered-Karachi United Youth Football League, which came to a close on Wednesday.

The tournament, that initially started off as a boys’ tournament, opened the doors to differently-abled children in its third edition with the Pakistan Special Olympics girls team taking part in the girls’ tournament this year.

Karachi United Academy won the girls’ tournament with Lyari claiming the boys’ under-14 crown. Earlier, Karachi United Academy and Baldia had won the U-10 and U-12 boys’ editions respectively.

Over a 1000 boys and 100 girls participated in the league which kicked off at Karachi United Stadium in September last year. There were 177 matches that were played amongst children from 14 community centres and the matches were played in different locations including Old Golimar, Clifton, Malir, Baldia, Lyari, Korangi and Mauripur.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2020