SUMMER basic football and futsal training programmes will be provided free in five cit­ies, according to the Myanmar Football Federation.

Basic soccer training classes for kids 10-15 years old will be opened in Yangon, Mandalay, Taunggyi, Pathein and Mawlamyine, aiming to encourage the development of physical, intellectual and per­sonal skills for young people, having a passion for football sport and more new genera­tion players to appear.

It will be conducted in two batches- from 9 March to 8 April for the first batch and from 20 April to 20 May for second batch, and basic football playing tactics will be trained for a total of 1,700; 500 football trainees and 200 futsal trainees in Yangon, 400 football trainees in Mandalay and each 200 football train­ees in Taunggyi, Pathein and Mawlamyine.

Training uniforms will be provided free for all trainees. Parents or guardians can contact respective football institutions between 3 and 8 March during office hours: 09 698858827 for Pathein, 09 250345219 for Mawlamyine, 09 691241995 and 09 402394496 for Taunggyi, 09 694488008 (Grass­roots Hotline) and 09 40372542 for Yangon (Thuwunna Stadi­um gate 2) and 09 696463565 and 09 428360656 for Mandalay (Myanmar Football Academy), said MFF. — MT/ZS