Football coach Akbar salay. (Photo/ts.cn)
Football coach Akbar salay in Atushi city : let more children' s football dreams come true
Akbar salay got up at 7am to train schoolboys for a coming football match in Artux on July 20.
Artux city is the home of football in Xinjiang. Everyone loves to play it and Akbar became a football coach in an elementary school. Now he had 30 youngsters in his squad. Every morning he invites them to have breakfast at his home and in the afternoon he helps them in their studies.
"Six of my family members are devoted to football," he said. He wishes that with his work, more children's football dreams may come true.
Many of his students have been enrolled into the best local high schools. One is now playing for a professional football club in Xinjiang.
"I wish I can cultivate more football talents, and I wish Chinese football could go further," he said.
Maytursun maysadi, a peasant in Yutian county: a dream for a better life
Maytursun maysadi got up at 5 am, and the rain did not stop in the small village where he had been sleeping.
He got up early with his wife to load sheepskins onto his truck. Then he left, heading to the Hetian wholesale market before 9 am. After that, he would load 150 cases of fruits before driving back to Yutian.
He made 1,400 yuan from the job. He used to do the journey once a week now he runs his business every day.
He said it was because he had moved into a new home, sponsored by the local government, which only cost him 25,000 yuan.
There was a festive atmosphere in his house - he used red carpet, a red sofa cover and red curtains to decorate the new house. He said: "I am very happy after moving in and I wish life would be better."
