Burkina Faso secures sports training opportunities with Italy
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Netafrique
Burkina Faso secured training and development opportunities for sports stakeholders during a meeting with Italian sports authorities. The cooperation includes training for coaches and referees, with a focus on women’s football, according to Charles Kaboré’s communications service.
The ambassador for sport to the Presidency of Faso, Charles Kaboré, secured training and development opportunities with Italian sports authorities for Burkinabè sports stakeholders, according to the ambassador’s communications service.
The discussions include support in football for the training of coaches and referees, with particular attention to women’s football. Burkina Faso is also expected to gain greater access to Italian sports cooperation programmes for African countries, according to the results announced by the Burkinabè delegation.
The delegation, led under the auspices of Burkina Faso’s ambassador to Rome, Cyrille Ganou Badolo, also requested the organisation of a friendly match between Italy and Burkina Faso in 2027. The discussions were held at the headquarters of the Department of International Communication, Studies and Research on Sport of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, where Roberto Sampiero, director general, received the Burkinabè representatives.
