The new facility, named The Football for Peace Mesut Ozil Centre, will be hosted at the University of Bradford and is supported by Bradford City and the Football Association. While Britain's Afro-Caribbean population is well-represented in elite sport, especially soccer, British Asians are under-represented with only 15 footballers from a South Asian background among the 4,000 professional players. "I have always been surprised why the South Asian Community are only allowed to be fans of the game, why are we not seeing more players or managers breaking into professional football?" The centre in Bradford will run football and "life skill" sessions at Bradford City's training ground. "While other ethnically diverse communities are able to find their way into elite-level sports, the British South Asian community is often overlooked," BASPA coaching vice-chair, Manisha Tailor said.

Source: bd News24 October 06, 2021 12:00 UTC