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Sikkim Football Association (SFA) is organizing the first All Sikkim Women’s Football Tournament from 26 to 30 December at Paljor Stadium.

Eight teams from all four districts are taking part in the tournament.

The participating teams are D’zongu Girls Football Club from North Sikkim, Women’s FA Gyalshing, Soreng Girls Academy, Pragati Sangh, Soreng and Maneybong Dentam Girls Academy from West Sikkim, Girls FC from South Sikkim and Corinthian Girls FC, Pakyong and Sikkim Himalayan Girls FC from East Sikkim.

As per SFA’s women’s wing the idea behind organizing such a championship was to empower more women from the nook and corner of the state in the era of women empowerment.

Sagar Chhetri is Northeast Now Correspondent in Gangtok. He can be reached at: [email protected]