IFA, the UAE’s largest football training academy, has launched three new coaching locations in Abu Dhabi in association with Khidmah, a new Emirati owned and operated services management company.

“Khidmah are always searching for ways to improve and enhance the quality of life for our communities,” said Nicole Oliveira, Khidmah health and clubhouse supervisor.

IFA currently has over 2,000 participants attending coaching sessions and junior leagues on a weekly basis across the UAE. The new sessions are part of IFA’s strategy of bringing sport to all and encouraging children to lead healthy, active lifestyles throughout the emirates.

“We are happy to be continuing our expansion with the addition of these three bustling communities in Abu Dhabi,” says Jim Reilly, commercial director of IFA. “We will be getting children off the settee and into some fantastic exercise.”

The new IFA weekly academy sessions are running in the Khidmah-managed communities of Khalidiya Village, Golf Gardens and Sas al Nakhl, for children aged four to 14.