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Tribune News Network
The Under-19 boys' football team of MES Indian School won the CBSE Qatar Cluster Boys
Football Tournament championship by defeating Ideal Indian School 6-0, in a tournament that featured all the CBSE affiliated schools in Qatar. In the final match held at MES Indian School recently, Captain Safdar Hussain and Salman Khaleel of the winning team scored two goals each enabling the team to register a thumping win over their opponent. In its journey to the summit clash, MES trounced Bhavan's Public School in the quarterfinal with a convincing margin of 9-0 and Birla Public School by 6-0 in the semifinal. In both Under-17 and -19 categories of the tournament, the MES boys' teams maintained a record of not conceding any goal to their opponents.
By winning titles in both under-17 and 19 categories, MES emerged the overall champion in the Qatar Cluster Boys Football Championship.
Salman Khaleel, Ibrahim Zar and Farooq Mohamed Iqbal became the top scorers of the tournament in their respective categories. The winning team was trained by Head of the Department, Physical Education Akbar Ali, and Physical Education Department teacher Binoy K K. With this win, now, MES has qualified to participate in the National Football Championship to be held at Noida, India. The officiating principal Hameeda Kadar congratulated the winners on their commendable performance.
