Durand Cup 2023 is just over now. It was the 132nd edition of the tournament. It is the oldest football tournament in Asia. The tournament was hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in cooperation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of India , supported by the Government of Assam . The official sponsor was IndianOil . In this edition 24 teams participated. The official song of the tournament was ‘ Bhide ‘ in Hindi and it was sung by Arijit Singh and Divine , composed by Arijit Singh and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Divine . The official theme song and music video was released on 10th August, 2023 featuring Vicky Kaushal. The tournament was organized in Kolkata, Guwahati and Kokrajhar. The final was held at Vivekananda Yuba Bharathi Kriangan, Kolkata on 3rd September, Sunday. It was all set for the Kolkata derby in the final between Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs East Bengal. Mohun Bagan won their 17th title by defeating East Bengal in the final by 1-0. Though Mohun Bagan was down to ten men in the 62nd minute of the match when Anirudh Thapa was sent off . Despite of this they managed to win the trophy because of a spectacular goal by Petratos in the 71st minute of the match . The Golden ball award was awarded to Nandakumar Sekar of East Bengal. He won three Man of the Match awards in the tournament. The Golden boot award was achieved by David Lalhlasanga of Mohammedan Sporting by scoring highest number of goals. The Golden glove award was achieved by Vishal Kaith of Mohun Bagan .
A . Read the passage and answer the questions below – 1×3=3
1 . Who scored the winning goal for Mohun Bagan in the final?
2. Who won the Golden boot award in the tournament?
3. In which stadium the final match was held ?
B. Fill in the blanks with the information from the passage – 1×3=3
1 . The Golden ball award was achieved by ———————————————–.
2. The Golden glove award was achieved by ———————————————-.
3. The official sponsor of the tournament was ———————————————.
C. Write ‘ T ‘ for true and ‘ F ‘ for false statements and provide Supporting Statement – 2×3=6
1 . Before 2023 the Durand Cup was organised for 132 times.
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2. Durand Cup is the second oldest football tournament in Asia.
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3. More than twenty teams participated in the tournament this year .
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D. Answer the questions in short – 2×4=8
1 . In which cities the tournament was held ?
2. Who organised and supported the tournament?
3. Write few sentences about the official theme song of the tournament.
4. Write a title for the passage and give a reason to choose it .
Writing Skills –
1 . Write a short paragraph on the Durand Cup 2023 . 10
2. Write a newspaper report on the final of the Durand Cup 2023 . 10
3. As a football lover, write your thrilling experience about the final of the Durand Cup 2023 in a letter to your friend. 10
