FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India conducted a workshop for the Commercial Affiliates of the tournament. The presentation was run by FIFA and LOC members of the marketing delegation, who had travelled to each of the venues for a detailed …
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A FIFA delegation accompanied by members of the LOC visited the D.Y. Patil Stadium to assess the progress of preparations at the Navi Mumbai venue for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. FIFA Head of Events Jaime Yarza expressed his satisfaction with the progression of preparation at the …
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A team of 21 members of FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) inspected Kochi, one of the six venues for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, to ascertain its readiness. Describing the preparations at one of the southernmost venues in the country, FIFA Head of Tournaments, Jaime …
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FIFA’s Governance Committee have informed the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that, following eligibility checks, all the candidates vying for the vacant four AFC seats on the FIFA Council can be admitted to the election. The candidates, who will contest three FIFA Council seats, are: Zhang Jian (China), Mong Gyu Chung …
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New Delhi: Starting on its 7-day inspection tour to the 6 host cities of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India, a 21-member strong FIFA and LOC Delegation visited Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to assess the progress of preparations for the tournament. Present at the event were Jaime Yarza, …
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India is getting ready to host the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October 2017. While most of the infrastructure will be ready before time, a FIFA delegation will visit for another round of inspection next week, tournament Director Javier Ceppi told NNIS.
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Only yesterday it was announced that the India Under-17 national team in preparation for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup would host Mali in Mumbai for a two match series on April 6 and 9, but the matches had to be cancelled today after Mali was suspended by world football …
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With the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup a little over six months away, India is gearing up to host what will be the highest ever international football event on the Indian soil. NNIS spoke with FIFA’s chief commercial officer Philippe Le Floc’h about the tournament and its aim to inspire …
Read More »The curtain yesterday came down on the last of a series of 11 FIFA Executive Summits held in six venues across the world. London provided the setting for this concluding stage, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Marco van Basten, FIFA’s Chief Officer for Technical Development, among the speakers. On …
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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the March rankings, India dropped two spots be in 132nd position behind Guyana and ahead of Tajikistan. India have 233 points, 11 points less than last month but …
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