Mongolia Launches National Programme To Promote Football Development

Mongolia Launches National Programme To Promote Football Development

ULAN BATOR, May 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia has officially launched a national programme, to promote the development of football, under the auspices of President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, the presidential press office said yesterday.

The national programme is being implemented across the country, within the framework of developing public sports, reflected in the president’s policy and the government’s “Healthy Mongolians” programme, according to the press office.

“We hope that the national programme will help increase the number of children and youth involved in football, create professional high-ranking footballers and pave the way to promote the country’s name internationally through the sport,” Khurelsukh said, at the programme’s launching ceremony yesterday.

“I also hope that under this programme, the number of professional teachers and sponsors will significantly increase,” he added.

According to the programme, Mongolia will organise an annual football competition called “Dream Goal” for students of all ages, build standard football fields in all 21 provinces, and implement the “Cooperation and Partnership” programme, to promote domestic products and services around the world, through football.– NNN-XINHUA  

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