Academy progress to be assessed
The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to pick 60 young booters for its Sylhet Football Academy which is yet to start functioning.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the BFF Development Committee yesterday with BFF vice-president Badal Roy in chair.
“We will pick a set of 30 footballers each for U-14 and U-18 and the final selection of those players will be done by the foreign coaching staff,” said Badal Roy after the meeting, adding that they were hoping to rope in foreign staff by the middle of next month.
Roy informed that the meeting decided to start the talent hunt programme at upazila level from September 1 with the help of District Football Association and then the BFF coaching staff will start their work at district level.
The Football Academy in Sylhet is not yet ready for operation as there is still no furniture at dormitory, staff quarters and administrative building. There is a gymnasium but that is not well-equipped while the football pitch is not playable and there is no filtration system at the swimming pool.
To assess things again, the officials of football federation and National Sports Council will visit the Sylhet Football Academy on August 25 and based on the assessment, the renovation work will get underway, informed Badal.
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