The Girls Skills Soccer School sessions organised by Maria Coppola started last week in Birkirkara.

Several girls are attending these sessions – the main objective of which is to attract more girls to playing football and improve their skills.

Champions Valletta will be facing Tarxien Rainbows in their first game from the BOV Premier League 2012/13. The draws for the BOV Premier League, BOV First Division, BOV Second Division, BOV Third Division, BOV Women’s First Division and BOV Women’s Second Division were held on Saturday at the Grand Hotel Excelsior.

Runners-up and U*BET FA Trophy winners Hibernians will face Mosta while newly-promoted sides Melita and Rabat Ajax will be facing Birkirkara and Qormi in their first league match. The other games for day 1 are: Hamrun Spartans vs Balzan and Sliema Wanderers vs Floriana.

The draws for the BOV Premier League, BOV First Division, BOV Second Division, BOV Third Division, BOV Women’s First Division and BOV Women’s Second Division were held on Saturday at the Grand Hotel Excelsior.

The following is the match sequence for the twelve Premier League clubs, the twelve First Divsion clubs, the fourteen Second Division clubs, the fifteen Third Division clubs and the sixteen clubs in the Women’s League.

Birkirkara will be hosting Group 3 of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, facing SU 1° Dezembro of Portugal, Olimpia Cluj-Napoca of Romania and Glentoran Belfast United of Northern Ireland. The draws were held at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon on Thursday.

There will be 54 teams from 46 countries in the running for the 2012/13 UEFA Women’s Champions League and 32 of them were involved in the qualifying round draw.

Luxol Sports Club will be organising an Open Day for Girls aged 7 to 17 years at Luxol Stadium on Monday 9th July from 18:00hrs till 20:00hrs. National Team Coach Pierre Brincat will be in attendance on this day.

This is a great opportunity to play the game of football in a fun, enjoyable way with different games, skills and techniques taught by professional football coaches on the day.