Football Boom To Happen In India: FIFA Chief

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    • Publish Date: Aug 30 2017 12:15PM
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    • Updated Date: Aug 30 2017 12:15PM
Football Boom To Happen In India: FIFA Chief

NEW DELHI: India is "a football boom waiting to happen", says FIFA president Gianni Infantino days before the country host its biggest football tournament, the U-17 World Cup.

Infantino felt there is plenty of scope to develop the sport in India.

"Although football has been making considerable strides in the country for years now, there is a unanimous sense that the room for growth is still of gigantic proportions.

"India is a football boom waiting to happen. It is simply a matter of investing in development - and, more importantly, doing so in a wise and effective manner," Infantino wrote in 'FIFA 1904 magazine'.

The 47-year-old, who succeeded the controversial Sepp Blatter, added, "This is what the FIFA Forward Programme aims to achieve with tailor made projects. For every territory in the world, there is a sensible plan to help football grow."

The World Cup will be held in India from October 6 to 28 across six centres.

"Today, as we count down towards the kick-off of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in October, India is fortunate enough to have this youth tournament as a valuable spotlight shining right over its development plan," Infantino said.

"With the 'Mission 11 Million', which is taking football to school across the whole country, India has been laying the foundation for a true revolution. A revolution of development and popularisation," he added.

India will make their debut in the U-17 World Cup and the FIFA chief called the tournament a stepping stone for young footballers.

"The FIFA U-17 World Cup is, by its very definition, a stepping stone for young footballers to experience what the global stage feels like," Infantino said.

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sa karunesh DAV Boys Senior Secondary School - Gopalapuram

India is in also in football now.We know India is almost in all sports. So, we need make India to win in football also.Need prove all the country we also do in every sports. MAKE INDIA FIRST !!!!!

Nisarg Mehta Thakur International CIE School,Kandivali-West

as you know India has climbed a huge ladder from 174 to 96 and it will be hosting the u-17 world cup too and the craze for football in India is also high and the example is Kerala and once it wins the AFC or FIFA world cup then it can even cricket which is played in many parts of India

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