Milo to send eight football players to MILO Champions Cup in China to develop young athletes and foo

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Eight young talented Sri Lankan football players stand the chance to win an opportunity of a lifetime; to compete in the first ever MILO Champions Football World cup which will be held in China. MILO hopes to achieve this massive feat by once again teaming up with the FC Barcelona.

Milo’s aim is to nourish the ambitions of kids through their participation in sports, and encourage well rounded personalities. FC Barcelona prides itself on five principal values, namely: ‘Humility’, ‘Effort’, ‘Ambition’, ‘Respect’, and ‘Teamwork’. Building on these shared values, Milo and FC Barcelona formed a four-year global partnership to promote healthier lifestyles and the importance of physical activity to young people. Together, they are developing a series of sports programmes to encourage more young people to take part in sports. Committed to developing school sports in Sri Lanka for more than three decades, Milo is leveraging this global agreement to help develop football in Sri Lanka as well as develop and inspire young football stars through its ‘MILO Champions Cup’.

‘The MILO Champions Cup’ will kick-off in Sri Lanka with an all-island U-12 Football Tournament, executed by the Sri Lanka Schools’ Football Association under the patronage of the Ministry of Education. The tournament will be open to boys and girls born in 2008 and 2009. 265 girls’ teams and 822 boys’ teams will take part in the tournament, bringing the total number of participants to 13,044 children. Based on the skills and values demonstrated at the tournament, the best children will be shortlisted to attend a selection camp, where an expert panel of coaches will select the most deserving eight players to represent the MILO Sri Lanka Football team.

Match schedule:

Province	Venue	Date of Tournament
North Central Province	Prison Grounds, Anuradhapura	08/09, March, 2019
Northern Province	St. Henris School Ground, Jaffna	05/06, March, 2019
Eastern Province	Kinniya Public Ground, Trincomalee	17/18, March, 2019
Uva Province	Vincent Dias Ground, Badulla	20/21, March, 2019
North Western Province	Senanayake M. M. V. Ground, Chilaw	11/12, March, 2019
Central Province	Peradeniya Campus ground, Kandy	14/15, March, 2019
Western Province- Gampaha	Sri Bodhi Ground, Gampaha	26/27, March, 2019
Western Province- Colombo	Borella Campbell Ground, Colombo	29/30, March, 2019
Western Province- Kalutara	Vernan Fernando Ground- Kalutara	01/02, April, 2019
Sabaragamuwa Province	Public Grounds, Rathnapura	23/24, March, 2019
Southern Province	Football Federation Ground, Matara	04/05, April, 2019
The final round matches of this tournament will be held at Matara District football Federation on 04^th and 5^th May, 2019

The selected 8 players will represent Sri Lanka in the MILO Champions Cup in China to compete with countries across the world such as Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Pakistan, Colombia, Chille, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago. A playing side in the tournament will comprise of 8 players, in a series of 5-a-side matches with a minimum of 1 female player on each team with each match lasting for two halves of 10 minutes. The Football event will go for 9 days, which will also include a coaching camp run by FC Barcelona – the FC Barcelona Barca Academy (Soccer School).

Throughout the campaign MILO will also put heavy focus on recognizing good team values among the young players. To demonstrate the importance of team spirit, MILO together with FC Barcelona will carry out this new initiative under the theme #TEAMMAKESME, to encourage kids around the world to work as a team.

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