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NAIROBI， Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Kenya aims for a top 100 finish at the 42nd Chess Olympiad scheduled for Sept. 1-14 in Baku， Azerbaijan， officials said on Tuesday.
Kenya team coach Stephen Ouma said the team consisting of five women players and five men players， trained well and prospects for the biennial tournament are high.
""It is unrealistic to expect us to register better results than a top 100 finish considering the fact that Kenya were ranked number 149 during the last championship，"" Ouma said during a ceremony to award the Kenya Chess Olympiad team a sponsorship cheque towards the event.
The coach said chess is gaining popularity in the country， adding that he expected good results from the team， which jets out of the country to Baku Wednesday evening.
The Championship is organized by the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) and over 2，200 participants from 176 countries and regions are expected to take part in the competition.
The East Africa nation first participated at the Chess Olympiad in 1980 during which it registered its best results so far finishing at position 13 with a silver medal to boot.
This will be the 16th time for Kenya to be represented by men's team and the seventh time for Kenyan women to take part in the competition.
The International Olympic Committee excluded chess from a list of Olympic sports because it is not a physical sport， but a game of the mind.
In Olympics， most events are combination of games and every event is performed in such a way that defines competition along with physical ability. FIDE later came up with the Chess Olympiad to cater for the game's adherents.
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SHIJIAZHUANG， March 21 (Xinhua) -- The football association of north China's Hebei Province and Hebei China Fortune Football Club signed a strategic cooperation agreement here on Tuesday in a bid to foster the province's young football talents and establish a top-class youth training system in China.
The cultivation of youth talents aged between 7 and 12 will be a priority of the newly-formed strategic partnership between the provincial football association and the Chinese Super League (CSL) club as part of their forthcoming 10-year endeavor on youth training.
"The development of Hebei's football requires efforts from both local football associations and professional clubs，" said Jerry Zhao Hongjing， president of Hebei China Fortune FC.
"Hebei is rich in football talents. However， the sport's sustainable development in the province can only be achieved when there is a steady supply of youth talents，" said Zhao，
According to the agreement， the club will provide bountiful funds for the program while Hebei football association is responsible for mobilizing resources， such as sending top coaches in the province to the project， providing training facilities， food and accommodation.
Meanwhile， the agreement pledges those who stand out will continue to receive campus education and be trained by China Fortune's coaches as candidates for the club's youth squad.
It also promises that partnered educational institutions， from elementary schools to high schools， will keep their doors open for those who may not pursue a professional career.
The strategic project will cover 30 schools that feature football education in 11 Hebei cities， to select youth talents from the province's appropriately-aged reserve， according to the agreement.
Tian Jiangong， deputy director of Hebei Provincial Bureau of Sports， is full of hope for this project.
"With a glorious past， Hebei has a solid foundation in football while youth talents are the future of the sport in Hebei，" he said.
"Now we have attached so much importance to youth training and built bridges between campus， sports schools and professional clubs. I hope this will become a big boost for its development here."
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