Development of football in the city of Hoa Binh

6/5/2018 - 3:36:37 PM

(HBO) – In recent years, the movement of physical training and sports in Hoa Binh city has developed significantly with a wide range of sports. Particularly, football is considered as "the King of sport” and attracts people of all ages to participate in practice. Therefore, it helps to improve health, increase solidarity and select talents for fostering and participating in football tournaments of the province and area.

Some football competitions attract many athletes and spectators in the stadium to join in and encourage.

In current, the city has 20 football clubs which regularly practice, especially each club consists of 15 to 20 members. Moreover, some offices, agencies, schools and residential areas establish soccer teams for physical health training and to gather people who have a passion for the ball. Most recently, the "Youth Open Football Tournament in 2018" was organized from 13^th to 22^nd of April and continued to affirm as a useful playground, attracting a large number of clubs and spectators who went to cheering. Hence, it continues to encourage the development of sport in general and football in particular.

Football is also loved and interested by many government officers in the city. Mr. Xuan Trien Pham, Permanent Deputy Secretary of Party Committee Group of the provincial authorities, said: "Because of the passion and interest of officers of provincial authorities in the city, in March, the Party Committee Group of the provincial authorities held a football competition for the group of provincial authorities in 2018 including 378 athletes coming from 52 cells and affiliates of party. This is a sporty activity, healthy and useful cultures in a bid of improving health and contributing to enrich the cultural and spiritual life of government officers in the group as well as increasing the solidarity among the authorities”.

However, the football in the city is facing some challenges and the greatest one is a lack of soccer yard. Apart from provincial stadium, football lovers can only use artificial turf of private investors and children take advantage of vacant land, sidewalks and yards of cultural houses to play soccer.

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