Dhaka, June 24 -- State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell on Monday said Bangladesh wants to send more young footballers to Brazil for higher training.

He came up with the remark while addressing a press conference arranged by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) at the BFF House on the occasion of the departure of four Bangladeshi young booters for Brazil for a month-long higher training.

The four Bangladeshi junior footballers -- Jogen Lorka (Rajshahi), Latifur Rahman Nahid (Rangpur), Omar Faruq Mithu (Kurigram) and Nazmul Akanda (Rangpur) - will leave Dhaka on Tuesday late night for the training in the football crazy country to groom themselves at the CR Vasco da Gama Football Club of Rio de Janeiro.

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