National Students' Football League launched in Kazakhstan
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - The National Students' Football League has been created in Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan and the Football Federation signed the corresponding memorandum of cooperation in Astana on Monday.
Minister of Education Aslan Sarinzhipov and Secretary General of the Federation Allen Chaizhunussov became the signatories to the memo. Based on the new memorandum, the sides will jointly conduct regional and republican tournaments among educational institutions of Kazakhstan. The document is set to promote mass football in the republic by attracting more and more students into the sport. It is planned that this league will embrace all higher education institutions of the country by September 2014. The first football tournament under the auspices of the league will be held in Astana on May 14.