"Afghan soccer booming thanks to Premier League"

The Chief Executive of Afghanistan has said he will appear to understand from additional Premier League societal inclusion jobs after the success of the Premier Abilities initiative. & quot;Football is booming in Afghanistan," said Dr Abdullah Abdullah, "and we’d like to thank the Premier League for the help they’ve supplied us in developing and modernising the game in our state."

Dr Abdullah, who’s in Great Britain for the London Conference on Afghanistan, took time out to meet Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore to thank him for the work undertaken by the Premier League as well as The FA in training new Afghan trainers and referees through Premier Abilities, also to investigate additional ways of developing Afghan football.

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"Clubs are dedicated to supplying great value for the money to lovers"

In his regular site to the Everton site, Robert Elstone, the Everton chief executive, addresses concerns in regards to the price of seeing football and of supporting his club:

I spent a heartwarming day yesterday at ‘An Audience with Everton in The Community’ listening to your team of individuals wholeheartedly dedicated to supporting all residents of Liverpool, Merseyside and beyond. 

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"Clubs are dedicated to supplying great value for the money to lovers"

Premier League response to FA Chairman"s England Commission Report 2

In response to The FA Chairman’s England Commission Report 2 the Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Scudamore, has issued the following statement:

"The Premier League and our clubs have a long-held commitment to investing in and supporting community sports facilities, sports participation projects, and schools football," said Scudamore. "In the 2013/14 season alone we invested in 52 new 3G artificial grass pitches, our club community coaches delivered 66,000 PE lessons in primary schools, and 20,000 children participated in our competitive schools football programme.

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Premier League Reading Stars inspires south London students

A report released on Monday shows that England is one of the most unequal countries when it comes to children’s reading levels. Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore has joined a coalition of charities, teachers, parents and businesses uniting to get children aged 11 in England to read well by 2015 with the Read On. Get On. initiative.

Over the last 11 years, the Premier League and its clubs have been using the power of their brands to improve literacy among English children. The National Literacy Trust’s Premier League Reading Stars programme harnesses children’s passion for football and uses it to motivate them to enjoy reading and improve their literacy skills.

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Scudamore part of coalition to improve reading skills

The Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore has joined a coalition of charities, teachers, parents and businesses uniting to get children aged 11 in England to read well by 2015.

A report by the coalition shows that England is one of the most unequal countries when it comes to children’s reading levels, second only to Romania in the European Union. The gap between the strongest and weakest readers is equivalent to seven years of schooling and the report calls for a concerted effort from all corners of society.

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