Sporting Equals, the UK's leading charity promoting ethnic diversity in sport and physical activity have announced continuation of their strategic partnership with the UK Asian Football Championships.
The UK Asian Football Championships, now in its eighteenth consecutive year has successfully raised the profile of Asian in football and in doing so continues to stimulate much debate around the issues that prevent full participation of this particular community.
The event is organised by the Scottish Ethnic Minority Sports Association SEMSA and in partnership with Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life, Rangers Football Club and Celtic Football Club. Preliminary games will be played at Glasgow Green Football Centre on Friday 30 September and Saturday 1st October 2016.The final on 2nd October will be held at Celtic Football Club.
Arun Kang CEO Sporting Equals commenting on the partnership said, "We are delighted to be able to support the Asian Football Championships in its eighteenth year of being. Even though this is a momentous achievement in itself it is still sad to think that after eighteen years there still remains a lack of Asian footballers at elite level here in the UK.”
Neil Taylor is currently the only British player of Asian descent playing in the Premier League while Adil and Samir Nabi at West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa's Easah Suliman and Liverpools Yan Dhanda are among a host of prospects hoping to make it into the top tier.
