Premier Futsal on Monday June 06,2016 unveiled musical maestro AR Rahman as the composer of the league's official anthem, to be sung by India Test captain Virat Kohli, at an event in Chennai ahead of its inaugural season.
This is the first time that the Oscar Award-winning Rahman is lending his musical genius to a franchise-based sports league in India
A R Rahman said, "I'm proud to associate with Premier Futsal for the league's official anthem. It makes me happy to see such young entrepreneurs being passionate about the sporting scenario of the country and I wish them all the success in this venture. I'm especially excited to work with Virat Kohli on this, let's hope he is as good with his melody as he is with his bat!"
Virat Kohli, league ambassador, Premier Futsal said, "I have been a fan of AR Rahman for years. It will be a personal achievement and also a privilege to share the screen with him and lend my voice to the anthem of Premier Futsal."
Note
Premier Futsal is a first-ever multi-national futsal league conceptualized by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd.
It was founded by Indian entrepreneurs Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Subban.
Futsal, a 5-a-side shorter variant of Soccer with two halves of 20 minutes each, is governed by Futsal Association of India (FAI) with accreditation from the international governing body,Association Mundial de Futsal (AMF)
Premier Futsal, will bring together 56 of the best current Futsal players from across the world in a competitive format.
The pioneering model will see each playing team mandatorily consist of three international Futsal players, one international marquee soccer player and one Indian Futsal player.
Each squad size will be of 12 players.
This franchise-based league is set to take place across 8 cities in India from July 15-24,2016
No comments:
Post a Comment