2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation has secured clearance from the Union Sports Ministry to bid for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. The other country in the running to host the event is football superpower France. 

“The Sports Ministry has given a no-objection certificate to the AIFF which it had been asking for. They said it's a prerequisite thing to be submitted with the bid document, so the government has given them the document," Sports Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar told Times of India.