Goa gets the nod to host U-17 World Cup ties

Fatorda (Goa): The Local Organising Committee (LOC) along with a 13-member Fifa delegation on Saturday carried out an inspection to ascertain Goa’s readiness to host matches and training sessions at the football U-17 World Cup, to be hosted by India in 2017. The LOC and FIFA experts expressed their satisfaction with the work which has been put in at the venue, according to a release. Tournament director Javier Ceppi, who has overseen the preparations at the venue, said: “Goa hosted the AFC U-16 Championship, which helped it get into very high infrastructure-compliance levels and gives us enough confidence to ratify it as a venue for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.”