India start their campaign in the inaugural edition of the BRICS U17 football tournament against Russia at the Bambolim Stadium in Goa. The tournament will see Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa fight for the trophy.India will play Russia in the opening match at the GMC Stadium, Bambolim. The Indian colts are led by Nicolai Adam.

• The Government of India initiative is a precursor to the U17 FIFA World Cup, to be held across the country next year.  For the first time Doordarshan has tied up with the local Kendras to broadcast the event in four languages (English, Hindi, Malayalam and Bangla).
• Apart from this, an added feature would be that viewers can watch free mobile TV using DVB-T2 dongles in OTG enabled smart phones and tablets, Wi-Fi dongles for moving vehicles, besides the TV sets having built-in DVB-T2 tuner which are called Integrated Digital TV (iDTV).
• India come into the tournament at the back of a not-so-very-good result in the recently-concluded AFC U-16 Championship, where they picked up just a point off three games.
• The Russia youth side, who won matches against Latvia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova in their qualifying campaign of the FIFA U17 World Cup, 2017, are not at all an easy side for India to get past.
• Russia are a fantastic team and we respect them as opponents,” the German coach continued.
  Russia, meanwhile, are cherishing taking on hosts India and putting up a brave fight. “We are expecting a tough challenge from India.
• However, we are ready for the tournament as we come on the back of a tournament in France and had participated in the UEFA Development Tournament as well,” Russian Head Coach Dimtry Ulyanov said.