Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday called for an open trial for boys and girls of up to 12 years old for this year's Gazprom Football for Friendship (F4F) event.

The trial will be held on March 12 BFF's artificial turf, with children born between 16 June 2005 and 16 May 2006 eligible to take part, said the press release.

The program, expanded to 211 countries this year, will have a defnder from Bangladesh in one of the 32 teams, with the final events to be held in Moscow from June 8 to 15.