FIFA Futuro III starts

A six day long FIFA Futuro III Refereeing Instructors Course got underway yesterday at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel.
A total of 33 participants from 9 neighbouring countries are taking part in the course which is split into three groups -- technical instructors, fitness instructors and heads of refereeing -- in the joint-effort to take Asian refereeing to a higher level.
The course uses a regional format, assembling and educating instructors and heads of refereeing selected by the member associations from neighbouring countries in a centralised venue.
Seven Referees and Developments officers -- Mohsin Arif (Sri Lanka), Samsul Maidin, Ganeshan Manyam (Singapore), Masud Enayet (Iran), Victor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan), Utshumi Toshio (Japan), Azimi Abdullah (Malaysia) will be conducting the course.
Abdus Salam Mushedi, senior vice president of Bangladesh Football Federation inaugurated the course as chief guest.