The MKM football tournament will take place at Udaipur's Zawar village, home to HZL's Zawar Mines from 21-30 January 2023. It is the biggest national level sports competition organised at Udaipur, according to Dilipsingh Shekhawat, Secretary of Rajasthan Football Association. This will  be the 43rd MKM competition and is held as a memorial to former Union Minister for Steel and Mines, Mohan Kumar Mangalam.  It was in October 1972 that the then Union Minister, Mohan Kumar Mangalam visited Zawar Mines. In May 1973, Mangalam expired and from 1976 onwards, the football tournament in his memory is being organised at Zawar Mines by Hindustan Zinc Ltd and the Zawar Mines Labour Union.

“Udaipur team will be selected in the first week of January for the tournament to be held after two years. This will be followed by a 15-day camp for the team to prepare for the competition” - Shakeel Ahmed, District Football Association Secretary

Two teams from Udaipur, viz. Hindustan Zinc and Udaipur District Football Association will compete with 16 other teams. Zawar Mines situated in the plains of the Aravalis is famous for the production of lead, zinc and also for this national level football competition. Apart from top clubs from Rajasthan, clubs from neighboring states also participate in this tournament.

List of Teams winning the MKM Football Tournament since 1976 is as follows:

Year	Champion
1976	Hindustan Zinc XI
1977	Rajasthan Police, Bikaner
1978	Hyderabad XI
1979	CRPF, Neemuch
1980	Eastern Railway
1981	CRPF, Neemuch
1982	RTBP, Dehdarun
1983	ASC Centre, Bangalore
1984	CRPF, Neemuch
1985	ASC Centre, Bangalore
1986	Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF), Mumbai
1987	BEML Limited
1988	Garhwal Heroes FC
1989	Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF), Mumbai
1990	Students FC, Delhi
1991	Punjab Police
1992	ITI, Bengaluru
1993	Border Security Force
1994	Punjab State Electricity Board
1995	Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
1996	Border Security Force
1997	Border Security Force
1998	Punjab Police
1999	Punjab Police
2000	Kerala Financial Corporation
2001	National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Bhubaneswar
2002	Border Security Force
2003	Border Security Force
2004	Border Security Force
2005	Indian Air Force
2006	Army XI
2007	Corps of Signal
2008	Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala
2009	Lt. B Choudhary & Zawar Mines
2010	J&K Police, Jammu
2011	Uttarakhand Police, Dehradun
2012	Union Bank of India
2013	RCF, Mumbai
2017	Kerala Police FC
2019	Gorkha Brigade, Lucknow
2020	Sikh Regiment, Jalandhar

Source: Wikipedia

The last MKM Football competition was held in 2020, before the COVID lockdown was imposed. In 2014 and 2016, the approval was not recieved from the Environment Ministry for organising the competiition in Zawar Mines. The MKM Trophy is currently held by Sikh Regiment, Jalandhar, who beat Indian Air Force, New Delhi, in the 42nd edition of the tournament in 2020.