India to host 2022 edition The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 Women’s World Cup which was supposed to be held in India in 2021 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, India has been given the opportunity to host the tournament’s next edition, which will be held in 2022. The tourney,…
FIFA announces new dates for 2020 U-17 Women’s World Cup
May 15, 2020The marquee event to kick-off from Feb.17, 2021 in India New Delhi: The 2020 edition of the U-17 women’s World Cup hosted by India will kick-off from Feb.17, 2021, the International Federation of Association Football – FIFA – has confirmed. The junior women’s World Cup was earlier scheduled to take place in November this year…
FIFA unveils official slogan, schedule of 2020 U-17 Women’s World Cup
February 20, 2020The official slogan, match schedule and host cities for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Under-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 were unveiled by FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) in the National Capital on Tuesday. A total of 16 teams will compete across 32 matches to lift the trophy on Nov.21 in…
FIFA World Cup Football: FIFA sticks to 32 teams for 2022 World Cup
May 24, 2019FIFA has shelved a proposed expansion of 2022 World Cup playing teams in the tournament to be held at Qatar to 48 teams, dealing a blow to World Cup football body President Gianni Infantino. The 2022 tournament will now be played with 32 nations taking part. FIFA said it had examined the possibility of Qatar…
After 18 years, Indian team to play FIFA Ranking Tourney
April 10, 2019The Indian men’s national Team will be playing in the invitational King’s Cup in Thailand in June. All matches will be held at the Chang Arena, Buriram, which has a seating capacity of 36000. Besides India and hosts Thailand, the other teams in the competition are Vietnam, and Curacao. As per April 2019 FIFA Rankings,…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino says ‘Will stand for re-election in 2019’
June 14, 2018Moscow: FIFA Chief Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday he will stand for re-election as the head of football’s world governing body next year. Infantino said earlier that FIFA had been “clinically dead” when he took over in 2016 from long-time president Sepp Blatter who was engulfed by corruption allegations. Two years later, it was “very…
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