Bengaluru, November 5, 2019: A Football Complex with the State-of-the-Art

artificial Football ground with flood lighting as per FIFA standards will be
inaugurated at HAL Sports Club here tomorrow by Mr. V. M. Chamola, Director (HR)
in the presence of former Indian Football team captain Baichung Bhutia and Mr.
Shekhar Shrivastava, CEO (Bangalore Complex, HAL).

“The aim is to spot and develop players of exceptional calibre and prepare them to
be professional players for the tough domestic and international tournaments and
provide the right kind of infrastructure that matches the international standards”,
says Mr Chamola.

The football complex within the sprawling HAL Sports Club is capable of organising
various top class tournaments and training. The Complex also has full size natural
grass grounds which give the players opportunity to train in both artificial turf
and natural grass grounds.

HAL has taken up significant development activities for youth in sports. The HAL
Football Academy strongly promotes football right from the grass-root for the
development of the game in Karnataka and the country.

The selected players from across the country are provided professional coaching
with complete lodging and boarding facilities for the players. The players have
access to use the modern gymnasium for strength training and state-of-the-art
swimming pool.