FIFA has postponed the women’s U-17 World Cup until November next year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The football’s governing body announced that the tournament, to be played in five cities across the country, will now start February seventeenth.
India is looking to boost its international standing as a host of top sporting events after holding the men’s U-17 World Cup in 2017.
FIFA also unveiled new dates for this year’s U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica and Panama, which will now be played from January twentieth to February sixth, 2021.
The 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania has been pushed back to September twelfth next year.
Meanwhile, the 70th FIFA Congress, which was due to be held in Addis Ababa, will be run as an online event on September eighteenth.
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