BD celebrates Int'l Day of Football and Friendship

Bangladesh, one of the participating countries of the Gazprom Football for Friendship (F4F) Programme, joined over 200 cities of the world in celebrating the International Day of Football and Friendship, says a statement.
The celebration was conducted in Bangladesh for the second time, by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) along with Md Golam Rafi Khan and Rafat Shams, young ambassadors selected to represent the country at the F4F Programme in Russia.
The young ambassadors from Bangladesh will join the kids from across 211 countries and regions, in Moscow for the F4F Programme scheduled for June 8-15.
Md Golam, selected in the role of a young footballer, will join other young footballers from around the world, in Moscow. The children will be part of the 32 International Teams of Friendship that play against each other in the Gazprom Football for Friendship International Championship. He will be joined by Rafat Shams, who will act as a young journalist and cover all the local and global activities of the F4F programme as part of the International Children's Press Centre.
The International Day of Football and Friendship was celebrated by the BFF by conducting a special practice session for the young footballer, Md Golam Rafi Khan, at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.