The Walton-DRU Media Cup Football Tournament, organized by Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and sponsored by Walton Group, will begin on Sunday (Aug 28) at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here.
Thirty four teams of different prints, electronics media, news agencies and on line media houses, split into 16 groups, will compete in the six-a-side competition exclusively for the journalists.
All the matches, except the final will be of 20-minute affairs with a break of five minutes. The final match will be of 30-minute with a break of five minutes. Nine first round matches will be held on the opening day (Sunday) from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm at the same venue.
Opening day’s matches are: Radio Today vs The Reports (8:30 am), Jamuna TV vs Channel 1 (9:00 am), ATN News vs Ittefaq ((9:30), Samakal vs UNB (10: am), Janakantha vs Naya Diganta (10:30 am), Kaler Kantho vs BSS
(11 am), GTV vs Boishaki TV (11;30 pm), Amader Shomoy vs RTV (12.00) and Observer vs BD News (12:30 pm).
