EPL side Tottenham "became the latest club" to join the football drive in China as the team will take part in a "year-long initiative to develop the game at grassroots level in the Asian country," according to Nivedita Shankar of REUTERS. The London club's global coaching team "will follow methods used at their academy to provide 42 physical education teachers an insight into coaching at the elite level," which will help train 8,000 primary and middle school students in Guangzhou. In addition, 40 children -- both from Guangzhou and "underprivileged areas of China" -- will visit the U.K. for the Jaguar China-UK Football & Cultural Exchange in November, "and will undergo a week of intensive training" at Tottenham's training center (
REUTERS, 9/26). Jaguar Land Rover China, the Guangzhou Education Bureau, the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation and Tottenham are joining forces. The participating PE teachers will gain insight into coaching at the highest level, which will help promote further development of grassroots football in China (
Tottenham).