Sending Young Bangladeshi Footballers to Brazil

It was a memorable day at the Bangladesh Football Federation. We eventually succeeded to send four talented Bangladeshi young footballers to the Gama Club of Brazil. BFF organized a reception for the selected booters. BFF also offered us a lunch. Hon'ble Youth and Sports Minister, Youth and Sports Secretary, President of BFF, Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh spoke on the occasion. We have a dream to strengthen Bangladesh-Brazil cooperation in the arena of Football. A delegation of the Gama Club is expected to visit Bangladesh soon.
We wanted to send the footballers to Brazil for a year long training. We could not do that due to age restrictions. Instead we plan to implement a permanent training programme with the support of Brazil in Bangladesh.
It is a very modest initiative. However, we are confident that it will have a much deeper impact in the field of our soccer which is immensely popular in Bangladesh.
The media coverage that we have received in implementing the programme was truly inspirational. Assistant Secretary (Americas Wing), Ministry of Foreign Affairs was involved in the programme from the very beginning. He was very passionate about it.