FIFA president Gianni Infantino has held a gathering to personally congratulate Kalyan Chaubey, upon his latest election as president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
Infantino met his new counterpart from the AIFF in Doha, Qatar – and the 2 presidents wasted no time in discussing a variety of males’s, girls’s, youth and grassroots improvement plans for soccer in India.
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After being elected as president on 2 September, Chaubey – a former skilled soccer participant himself – instantly revealed daring reform plans to develop soccer in India, with a powerful deal with infrastructure, grassroots and ladies’s soccer.
Speaking after the assembly, Chaubey thanked Infantino for his phrases of congratulations, and praised the position that FIFA performs in growing soccer throughout the globe.
“[FIFA’s support] is very essential, as they help to promote sport in India,” Chaubey mentioned. “So, that’s how we have spoken with the FIFA president and I am honoured that he has given his stamp and I’m happy and looking forward to FIFA and the All India Football Federation working together to take Indian football to international level. Mr Infantino has been really supportive and encouraging, and I hope that we will go a long, long way.”
The AIFF is within the remaining phases of its preparations to host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, which will likely be performed throughout three host cities and kicks off on 11 October and runs till the ultimate on 30 October.
In 2017, India hosted a record-breaking males’s version of the FIFA U-17 World Cup – through which greater than 1.2 million folks attended video games – and with simply over one month to go till they host once more, president Infantino obtained an replace on the preparations forward of the 16-team event.
Chaubey ended by revealing his hopes for the upcoming event, and the way he and the FIFA president mentioned harnessing the chance it creates throughout his huge nation.
“The All India Football Federation, allied with the Government of India, has identified 40 places, 40 cities and areas where this FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup replica will be taken, and then each of the 40 places will have one match, one football match,” Chaubey defined.
“We’ll ensure that people living across India will come to know about how the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is going to take place, and I’m sure, having a [female] President of India this time and a FIFA Women’s World Cup being played, it’s going to have a huge impact for Indian women across the globe.”
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