PHNOM PENH, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia will send a squad of street soccer players to join the tournaments for the 2011 Homeless World Cup to be held at the Champs de Mars, Paris, France from 21-28 August.
Chan Vibol, Executive Director of Happy Football Cambodia Australia (HFCA), which organizes and sponsors the trip for the team, said that eight young homeless Cambodian athletes will leave Cambodia on Aug. 18 for Paris.
“This will be the fourth time Cambodian team has participated in the contest,” he said in a press briefing on Wednesday. “We want to demonstrate that they are also capable to join social activities.”
There are about 48 countries sending their homeless soccer players to join the upcoming event.
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