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LS Speaker to present footballs to Parliamentarians today
March 29, 2017
In a unique gesture, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will on Wednesday
present footballs to all MPs of both Houses of Parliament at a function
near the Gandhi statue at Parliament.
The Lok Sabha Speaker will
do this as a part of the mass awareness programme launched by the
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to reach out to children to create
football fever.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel yesterday came to the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary meet with a football to
promote FIFA-U17 World Cup.
Kolkata's iconic Salt Lake Stadium
will stage the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup on October 28, while
Navi Mumbai and Guwahati have been selected to host the semi-finals of
the prestigious tournament which India is hosting for the first time.
Following
a week-long inspection tour of the six venues chosen for the FIFA U-17
World Cup India 2017, and with less than 200 days to go until the
footballing talents of the future compete on the pitch, FIFA and the
Local Organising Committee (LOC) have announced the tournament schedule.
The
tournament will start in New Delhi and Navi Mumbai with the first
double headers being held on October 6, while the four quarter-finals
will be held in Goa, Guwahati, Kochi and Kolkata.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi during his Mann Ki Baat on March 26 had mentioned about
the FIFA U-17 World Cup and said that it would bring football to the
forefront and encourage youngsters to take up sports
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