U-17 World Cup stadiums need major renovation: FIFA

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Even though FIFA, world football governing body, is satisfied with the planning process of the U-17 World Cup, they stressed on the importance of doing major renovation works in all the six stadiums.

A team of delegates led by FIFA head of events Jaime Yarza mentioned few changes such as having more dressing rooms.

"I must say that the FIFA delegation is satisfied with the planning of the U-17 FIFA World Cup. The AIFF, the local organising committee and governments have done a very good job as far as planning is concerned. We are 80 per cent satisfied with the planning of the tournament," Yarza said.

"But we need amendments in the ground plan and all the six stadiums need major renovations. October is the deadline for the stadiums to comply with standards required for hosting a World Cup match. The state and central governments and local organising committee will need to start the construction work immediately," he added.

On renovation changes, he said: "I cannot tell all these before I submit the report to the local organising committee in a few days. But the dressing rooms in all the stadiums are not enough and they are small in size also. Each stadium must have four dressing rooms and they need to construct new dressing rooms," he said.

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