India will see what it has not seen in football so far: Javier CeppiSome of the top footballing nations such as Brazil, Germany, Spain, France and Colombia are going to compete in the tournament, the first F...
14 Jun, 2017, 05.49 PM IST
Bank of Baroda announces support for FIFA Under-17 World Cup India 2017, 1st Indian company to do soThe first ever FIFA event in India, scheduled to kick start in October 2017 will see participation from 24 countries and matches will be pl...
20 Dec, 2016, 01.05 AM IST
FIFA ropes in Bank of Baroda as first ‘National Supporter’ for the FIFA U-17 World CupFIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 will see participation from 24 countries and matches will be played at six different venues.
19 Dec, 2016, 06.50 PM IST
FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held from October 6-28The draw for the mega-event, to be held across six venues in India, will take place on July 7.
25 Oct, 2016, 02.41 PM IST
Guwahati gets FIFA nod for hosting Under-17 World Cup gamesThe FIFA delegation along with members of the Local Organising Committee visited the site and had a comprehensive look at the stadium and t...
24 Oct, 2016, 01.25 PM IST
Kochi gets FIFA nod to host FIFA U-17 World CupA 23-member high-level delegation comprising experts from FIFA and Local Organising Committee (LOC) ratified Kochi as the venue for next ye...
19 Oct, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Javier Ceppi's worried about the details nowCeppi had taken to Twitter to congratulate Indian fans for getting the broadcaster to show India's AFC U-16 matches, but why was it so impo...
05 Oct, 2016, 12.44 AM IST
U-17 FIFA World Cup organisers buoyed by PM Narendra Modi's repeated encouragementThe Local Organising Committee (LOC) set up by AIFF is working in tandem with the Government of India to ensure that the event becomes a ma...
20 Apr, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
2017 FIFA U-17 World Cupcan bring football revolution in India: OfficialCeppi today said the government's involvement in the prestigious event will play a major role towards creating a "football revolution" in I...
20 Apr, 2016, 02.31 PM IST
Preparations for U-17 world cup satisfactory: FIFAThe delegation is led by Yarza - FIFA's head of events - and it would now travel to two other cities - New Delhi, and Guwahati - after havi...
18 Feb, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
FIFA U-17 World Cup: How it can persuade a generation of Indian athletes to choose footballCan we get more people passionate about football? The only way of doing that is getting more kids to kick a football, more kids who think f...
13 Nov, 2015, 11.36 AM IST
FIFA Under-17 World Cup: World football coming soon to a town near youThe FIFA under-17 world cup will be held in India from August 19 to September 10, 2017. How ready are we -as both hosts and team -to showca...
13 Nov, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
FIFA under-17 World Cup 2017: It’s for the children, reallyThe FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 will have the single largest outreach of any school programme ever attempted to make playing football bo...
11 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
FIFA under-17 World Cup football coming soon to a town near youA set of 15- and 14-year-old players can wake up the great Kumbhakarna of world football that is Football India.
11 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Delhi government joins hands with FIFA for U-17 World CupDelhi government today joined hands with FIFA for the Under 17 Football World Cup, which is to be held in August-September 2017 in India.
21 Aug, 2015, 11.03 PM IST
U-17 WC stadiums should be ready 9 months prior to event: FIFAFIFA Director of Competitions Colin Smith said his coming down to the country was not for an inspection but for a series of meetings with t...
21 May, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
Tournament, project director for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup appointedDas stated: "We are extremely pleased with the appointments as both Javier and Joy bring to the table a great amount of experience and expe...
23 Sep, 2014, 03.00 PM IST