国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

FIFA to sponsor junior, women tournaments in East and Central Africa

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-31 23:02:49|Editor: yan
Video PlayerClose

KAMPALA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) has announced that the world football governing body, FIFA will sponsor four of their tournaments this year.

Nicholas Musonye, the CECAFA Secretary General told Xinhua on Wednesday that the development comes after they lobbied through the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

"We are happy that the region will have several tournaments played this year with support from FIFA," Musonye told Xinhua. He said FIFA has agreed to fully sponsor the U-17 and CECAFA Women's Challenge Cup that will take place in Burundi and Rwanda respectively in April.

He also made it clear that FIFA will finance the Beach Soccer and Women U-20 Championships that will all take place in Uganda in September. "We are optimistic that with FIFA's support we shall have even better organized and competitive tournaments," added Musonye.

During his campaign to become FIFA president, Gianni Infantino mentioned that he would give every regional body like CECAFA and Cosafa 1 million USD (6.2 million CNY) for development purposes. Last year the CECAFA region did not get support from FIFA.

Musonye said since the region has been struggling to find sponsorship to stage some of these tournaments, FIFA's support will be a very big boost. He said besides the tournaments that will be supported by FIFA, the regional body is also working hard to make sure the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup and the Kagame Club Championships also get sponsors.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011105521369399421
主站蜘蛛池模板: 长寿区| 西宁市| 无锡市| 南丹县| 林芝县| 密云县| 普安县| 长白| 新巴尔虎右旗| 永嘉县| 东至县| 南汇区| 和静县| 邹城市| 五原县| 布拖县| 化德县| 冷水江市| 通榆县| 驻马店市| 阜平县| 济源市| 迭部县| 琼中| 双辽市| 澄江县| 盈江县| 海晏县| 贵南县| 永德县| 马山县| 绥宁县| 东山县| 北安市| 瑞安市| 广汉市| 张家港市| 白山市| 潮安县| 涞水县| 许昌市|