Improving women’s football, albeit slowly
It rained goals at the opening day of the High Quality National Women’s Championship in Gelephu on December 21. There were 42 goals scored in two games. The first match between Sarpang and Paro dzongkhags saw the former thrash the team from Paro, 19-0 at full-time. In the second game, […]
New academy offers fresh opportunities
With the goal of ‘making football truly global’, FIFA has provided an enhanced level of development support to its 211 Member Associations over recent years. The latest nation to benefit has been Bhutan with the completion of a modern new football academy. Located in Thimphu, capital of the Himalayan country […]
60 boys to study at BFF Academy School
Sixty young football enthusiasts – under 17 years, will continue studying without the concerns of missing classes while honing their skills in football with the Bhutan Football Federation’s (BFF) starting the first Football Academy School at Changjiji. The academy was inaugurated yesterday. These young footballers, from across the country were […]
Bhutan’s football academy launched at Changjiji
His Royal Highness Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, the President of the Bhutan Olympic Committee inaugurated the Changjiji Football Academy School in Thimphu yesterday. The academic session in the school began in April and has 44 footballers in classes VII to X . Today, the school has nine teachers including the […]