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AIFF President Praful Patel meets India’s Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

From left to right: Abhishek Yadav (Deputy General Secretary, AIFF), Kushal Das (General Secretary, AIFF), Anurag Thakur (Union Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting), Praful Patel (President, AIFF), Ravi Mittal (Secretary Sports) and Sandip Pradhan (DG, Sports Authority of India). (Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)
From left to right: Abhishek Yadav (Deputy General Secretary, AIFF), Kushal Das (General Secretary, AIFF), Anurag Thakur (Union Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting), Praful Patel (President, AIFF), Ravi Mittal (Secretary Sports) and Sandip Pradhan (DG, Sports Authority of India). (Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)

All India Football Federation President Mr. Praful Patel met, and welcomed Mr. Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of Sports, Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting on Wednesday (September 15, 2021).

The AIFF President updated the honourable Minister on the forthcoming major international events which are to be held in India in 2022 viz., the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 scheduled to kick-off in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune from January 20 onwards and the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 to be held from October 11, 2022.

Mr. Ravi Mittal, Secretary Sports and Mr. Sandip Pradhan, DG, Sports Authority of India were also present along with Mr. Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF, and Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Deputy General Secretary, AIFF.

(AIFF Media)