FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP AT THE ICONIC LOCATION OF INDIA GATE

The official winner’s trophy for FIFA U-17 World Cup was launched on saturday at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. Hundreds of children gathered and took part in the Mission XI Million Festival held on that day to have a glance of the Official Trophy. Participant Navdeep Singh from St. Mark’s School became the first Indian to pose with the prestigious Trophy.

On Sunday the trophy was located at the iconic location of India Gate, a popular tourist spot in the capital, allowing fans from all over the city to take a glimpse of the beautiful piece of silverware and take photographs with it.

The Winner’s Trophy is all set to tour all six tournament host cities over the next few weeks. The idea behind the same is to give all the Indians an once-in-a-lifetime experience to see the FIFA U-17 World Cup Winner’s Trophy up-close.

As Project Director of Local Organising Committee Joy Bhattacharjya said,"This is a start of an incredible journey. The first actual FIFA World Cup to come to India, and it’s a once in a lifetime experience for someone to come close enough to it, to take a picture with it, to be with something that the world will be vying for in less than two months’ time. This is really special.”

The winning team will lift the trophy in the final, to be played on October 28.

Comments

INDIANS ? ARE YOU AWARE OF THE PRESENT SCENARIO OF "INDIAN FOOTBALL" ?

Indian Football is currently on a roll. Ranked 100th as per the latest FIFA rankings, Indian Football can only think of climbing up the ladder from here.

India Lock Horns With Kyrgyzstan; Looking For Their 8th Straight Win

Expectations from the Indian Football Team are at an all time high post breaking into the FIFA Top 100 for the first time in 21 years. The Indian fans would be expecting nothing less than a victory when they lock horns with 32 ranks below Kyrgyzstan at Bengaluru's Kanteerava stadium. Here is all you need to know about today's encounter - India and Kyrgyzstan are currently ranked at 100 and 132 respectively Both teams had won their previous matches of their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. While India defeated Myanmar 1-0, Kyrgyzstan beat Macau 1-0 Macau and Myanmar are the other two teams in Group A. Whoever wins today brightens their prospects of qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 to be held in the United Arab Emirates. AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. Both these teams have play

India takes the Penalty!!! All you need to know about the FIFA Under-17 World Cup and Its importance for India

I have fond memories of the 33 rd National Games in Guwahati. My city was decorated like a bride. A well maintained traffic system, clean roads and a plethora of sportstars in the city. It was more of an extended celebration for most citizens. And more recently, the first season of the ISL, Guwahati had never seen something so grand. Be it the football stars or our very own Bollywood heroes, people thronged to the stadium to have a glimpse of them. Even my friends in Delhi have similar memories of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Come October 2017, the country is set to experience one of the biggest sporting extravaganza it has ever seen. India is all set to host the 17 th edition of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Let’s put the grand event is numbers – It started in 1985 as the FIFA Under-16 World Championship in China. Then it became known as FIFA Under-17 World Championship and finally the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Unlike the FIFA Men World Cup that has been dominated by

SportsMaddy

Search This Blog