Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to attend the ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be invited to attend the ceremony. Opening ceremonies at FIFA events is a rare occurance but Sports Minister Vijay Goel said that they will like to have one for the U-17 FIFA World Cup in New Delhi and he will also ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the ceremony. “We know that they (FIFA) don’t do this but we will try to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the opening ceremony,” Goel said. “We will distribute 1000 footballs to (hosting) states to be given to kids and would love to see the states gift more to the kids,” Goel said.

Source: Indian Express August 25, 2017 15:02 UTC