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ISL-3 : Football fever grips Guwahati

| | Oct 01, 2016, at 01:18 am
Guwahati, Sept 28 (IBNS): Football fever now grips Guwahati, the gateway of North East India as the city go to host the opening ceremony of the third season of Indian Super League (ISL) on Oct 1.

Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Sarusajai, Guwahati will be witnessing another mega sporting event as the Indian Super League’s third season to kick off from Oct 1 after hosting the South Asian Games opening ceremony earlier this year.

The opening ceremony of the ISL-3 will held at Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium, Sarusajai at around 5-30 pm on Oct 1 in presence of several Bollywood stars, sporting icons ahead of the opening match between hosts NorthEast United FC and Kerala Blasters FC.

Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt, Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan, Abhishek Bachchan, who also owns the Chennaiyin FC, John Abraham ,owner of NorthEast FC United, Indian Super League (ISL) Founding Chairperson Nita Ambani on Friday reached Guwahati.

After reaching in the city Alia Bhatt, Jacqueline Fernandes, Varun Dhawan had took participating in trial performance of the opening ceremony.

“I am so excited for the opening ceremony of ISL-3 and go to Let’s football,” Alia Bhatt said.

The three bollywood stars along with 500 other performers will perform in the opening ceremony of the ISL-3.

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar who owns the Kerala Blasters, MS Dhoni,  Ranbir Kapoor who owns Mumbai City FC, Olympic medalist PV Sindhu will also present in the opening ceremony.

Ahead of starting the ISL-3, Guwahati city police has arranged adequate security measures in the capital city of Assam.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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