DUSHANBE, March 5, 2009, Asia-Plus -- The first edition of the Dushanbe Tajik-language weekly, Gol (Goal), has been brought out in Dushanbe.

The Gol editor Khurshed Atovullo said that Gol was a sporting weekly and its first edition was dedicated to problems of development of sports in Tajikistan.

“Thus, one of articles titled “Zidan and Maradona in Dushanbe.  Who Does Want Them to Come?” is about reasons for decline in football in the country,” Atovullo said.

The first edition also contains information about participation of Tajikistan’s youth football teams in qualifying rounds for the 2010 Asian football championships as well as news about sports events in Tajikistan and abroad, the Gol editor said.