South African U18 men鈥檚 football team in London
皇冠体育app team is in London for fixtures against the English and Brazilian teams in preparation for the U18 men鈥檚 World Cup.
皇冠体育app South African U18 men鈥檚 football team departed for London last weekend for fixtures against their English and Brazilian counterparts. 皇冠体育app planned matches are part of the teams鈥� preparations for the U18 men鈥檚 World Cup taking place in India at the beginning of October 2017.
皇冠体育app team of 20 players and 13 officials was assisted by the United Kingdom Immigration and Visa centre in Pretoria last week to prepare their final travel documents.
皇冠体育appy recognised the tour as a unique opportunity for developing and exposing the young players to international football.
Recent sporting fixtures hosted by SA and the UK with participation of the other nation includes that of the English and Welsh teams in the U19 International Series development tour to Cape Town and the tour of the SA cricket team the Proteas, to England. South Africa鈥檚 Athletics team also came third behind the US and Kenya in the AIIF championships in London in July.
皇冠体育app Springbok rugby team will head to the UK in November for this year鈥檚 Autumn International Rugby Matches.
High Commissioner Nigel Casey said:
Sport has brought our two peoples together on the field, in schools and in development programmes. 皇冠体育app British Council Premier Skills programme draws on the appeal of the Premier League to help coaches across South Africa develop leadership skills and empowers grass-roots coaches to achieve greater goals in their communities. Similarly the former UK/SA Rugby Exchange programme has allowed disadvantaged players, coaches and administrators to learn from each other since 2002, with a number of them making huge advances in their careers.