A Soccer Camp in Tsunami Island

Former Indian skipper Jo Paul Ancheri is on a mission to Tsunami hit Andaman and Nicobar islands, finding talented youngsters for training in football.

Ancheri, hired by the All India Football Federation, will be spotting talent in the faraway islands and then start a coaching camp.

"I am loving every moment of it, we have loads of tribals in the camp already," Ancheri told ATP in a telephonic interview from Port Blair.

Ancheri said he will pick up as many as 30 players and then put them through a gruelling camp for a month.

Interestingly, this is the first such camp for young footballers in the Tsunami-struck islands.

The veteran footballer said he has found the youngsters full of stamina and skillful.

"Probably it happened because they were more adopted in playing beach football,"laughed the former Indian skipper.

ATP