Two-day Merlin RISE CSJC Football Tournament 2023 flagged off

Kolkata: Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club in collaboration with the Merlin Group, on Thursday, inaugurated ‘Merlin RISE CSJC Football Tournament 2023’ at Merlin Rise.

In the two-day tournament, 19 football teams from the media in Kolkata will take part. This is the second year that Merlin supported CSJC and hosted the tournament.

Former footballers Dipendu Biswas and Mehtab Hossain in presence of Kunal Ghosh, consulting editor Sambad Pratidin, vice-president, Mohun Bagan Club, Satyen Sanghvi, Director, Merlin Group, Suven Raha, president, Calcutta Sports Journalists Club and all members of Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Club and team managers flagged off the tournament.

Speaking on the occasion, Saket Mohta, MD, Merlin Group said: “We at Merlin have kept our commitment to support the football tournament of the prestigious Calcutta sports journalists club this year. We as an integral part of our City of Joy are really happy to have hosted this tournament.”