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AC Milan plans big kick-off in schools

Italian football club AC Milan said it plans to popularize soccer in 1,000 primary schools in China in three years. The club gave a donation to the China Next Generation Education Foundation this month, which will be used to improve sports facilities and cultivate football teachers in those schools. Zhang Lu, an expert from the Ministry of Education, said the project aimed to encourage more children to participate in the sport instead of training future football players.

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