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Beled-weyne defeats Guri-el 3-2 in friendly match.
Mogadishu Isniin 7 May 2012 SMC
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Beled-weyne defeats Guri-el 3-2 in friendly match.
Beled-weyne district football team in the Hiiraan region defeated its
Guri-el district rivals by 3-2 in a friendly match hosted in the
district of Guri-el in the central Somali region of Galgadud over the
weekend.
This was the first time in three years that young boys representing
the Hiiraan region have been able to cross into the neighboring
Galgaduud region. The Hiiraan region has been under the control of the
Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants of Al-shabaab and football has been
banned in the entire region during the Islamist rule which ended
earlier in the eyar.
The friendly match held in Guri-el on May 5 was officiated by Ali
Hassan Beile and other young referees who were trained under the
Somali Football regional boost up program last month.
Galgadud regional sub football committee chairman Abdirashid Aden
Roble who welcomed the arrival of Hiiraan region delegation told the
media that he was very pleased that his city hosted the first football
match between cities from the two regions whose people didn’t cross
from region to region for the past three years, because each region
controlled by a hostile Islamist group.
The Hiiraan region was under the control of Al-shabaab, while the
other region was administered by the none-militant Islamist group of
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a who has ties to Somali government and
international community too.
“Although my district team was defeated at home, then I am very happy
that we can cross to each other and football competitions between the
two regions will continue—we are very grateful to Somali Football
Federation for assisting the promotion of football in the regions” chairman Abdirashid Aden Roble added.
Somali Football Federation secretary General Abdi Qani Said Arab
praised both regions for the revival of football competitions between
them. “This is what the Somali Football Federation has been expecting
in the past and the continuation of football competitions will help
the development of football across regions in the country” the SFF
secretary General said in a press statement” Monday.
He said that Somali Football Federation had earlier in the year drawn
a special development program for the regions across Somalia which so
far yielded positive results. He emphasized that the development
courses held in the Gal-Mudug state last month were part of the
regional football boost up program adding that some of the young
referees trained last month are now on duty.
Maxamuud Axmed Xasan
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