Zhongshan-England school football cooperation program started its Classes “England School Football International Basis” in Zhongshan yesterday. At the opening ceremony held on the afternoon, British Sun Yat-sen Youth Foundation signed a 15-year school football strategic cooperation agreement with Zhongshan School Football Association. Thereafter the two parties will cooperate to held Zhongshan junior, medium and senior school football training classes to promote development of school football.

This Zhongshan-England School Football Training Class is sponsored by British Sun Yat-sen Youth Foundation and Zhongshan Administration of Education and Sports and hosted by Zhongshan School Football Association and Zhongshan Experimental Middle School. The training class will first open to school football coaches and the teaching crew consists of six British football instructors with international training experience. Seventy two teachers from Zhongshan middles schools and primary schools with participate in the one-week training.