There is set to be a record number of participants in this year’s McDonald’s Ayia Napa Youth Soccer Festival, which will get underway at the end of April.
More than 4,000 children aged between six and 17 years old are set to take part in Cyprus’ largest football festival, playing in 470 different teams across the tournament’s different age categories.
In addition, a total of 19 football academies from overseas are to take part in the tournament, bringing with them more than 750 children in total.