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The postponement of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled to be played in November in India, will not derail preparations for the tournament as the country is still committed to “delivering a memorable” meet whenever it is possible, Roma Khanna, the tournament director of the Local Organising Committee, said.<\/p>\n
FIFA, the world’s governing body for football, on Saturday announced that it took the decision to postpone the tournament after FIFA-Confederations working group, which was recently established by the Bureau of the FIFA Council to address the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, recommended the same.<\/p>\n
“We were, of course, looking forward to the tournament but everyone understands the current situation and has been supportive,” Khanna told IANS<\/em>.<\/p>\n The U-17 World Cup was scheduled to be held at five venues in India from November 2-21.<\/p>\n The coronavirus pandemic has virtually stopped all sporting activities in the world with mega tournaments like Euro 2020 and Copa America being pushed back, besides the Tokyo Olympics<\/span> also meeting the same fate.<\/p>\n “New dates will be identified,” FIFA said in a statement.<\/p>\n The working group includes the FIFA administration and Secretary Generals and top executives from all confederations. It unanimously approved a series of recommendations following its first meeting, which was organised via conference late on Friday.<\/p>\n While the tournament itself is five months away but just a few qualifying events have been held so far and the remaining have not been held due to the global health crisis which has affected more than a million people.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> kridangan <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"See Campaign: <\/strong>https:\/\/kridangan.com\/football\/covid-19-fifa-postpones-u-17-womens-world-cup-in-india\/24217\/<\/a>
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The postponement of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled to be played in November in India, will not derail preparations for the tournament as the country is still committed to “delivering a memorable” meet whenever it is possible, Roma Khanna, the tournament director of the Local Organising Committee, said. FIFA, the world’s governing body … Continue reading COVID-19: FIFA postpones U-17 Women’s World Cup in India<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading