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  • 1983 World Cup: What Syed Kirmani informed Kapil Dev within the center when India have been 17/5 versus Zimbabwe

    Kapil’s Devils, of their sixties and seventies now, had a get-together in Mumbai on Wednesday. They have been gearing up for the 8 pm premier. Director Kabir Khan’s ’83’ has rewound to Indian cricket’s best hour, bringing again the recollections of India’s first-ever World Cup triumph
    Over the cellphone, Sunil Valson sounded excited. “We are getting ready for the premiere. All of us will go together,” he stated. The left-arm seamer didn’t get a single recreation on the 1983 World Cup. His team-mates ensured that he by no means felt not noted.
    The official trailer of the movie, accessible on YouTube, takes the viewers again to June 18, 1983. Tunbridge Wells was the venue and India had been dealing with Zimbabwe on the heels of their back-to-back losses in opposition to the West Indies and Australia. They have been enjoying to outlive.
    A voice from the dressing-room informs Kapil Dev a couple of shaky begin. “Kaps, it’s two down.” His captain berates him: “Let me shower.” Quickly it was 9/4 and 17/5. India have been going out of the World Cup.
    Successful of that magnitude carries an overload of anecdotes. Syed Kirmani shared one… “I walked up to Kapil, who was standing there, his head down. It was a 60-over game and we still had 35 overs left in our innings. I told Kapil, ‘listen Kaps, we are in a do-or-die situation. We just cannot sit and die’. ‘Maar ke marne ka hai (we will go down hitting)’, he said. I tried to inspire him saying, ‘you are the best hitter in the Indian team. I will take singles and will give you strike. You will try to hit every delivery’. He said, ‘Kiri bhai, humko aur 35 overs khelna hai (we still have to play 35 overs). I will try my best’.”
    What adopted turned part of folklore. Kapil’s 175 not out stays unarguably the best limited-overs innings within the historical past of Indian cricket. The skipper, although, was nonetheless fuming on the top-order’s capitulation. He returned to the dressing-room at lunch, able to unleash the hairdryer. But the primary corridor was empty. Hiding in an ante-room was a senior cricketer’s thought and it stymied the captain’s anger. Last week, whereas on a promo for the movie in Kolkata, Kapil admitted that it was a sensible name.
    He was a younger captain who wanted the help of his seniors, at a time when Indian cricket was a prisoner of zonal lobbies. Kirmani recalled how the skipper’s first crew assembly was a clincher. “On the eve of our very first match we had a team meeting, where Kapil said, ‘listen gentlemen, you are all seven seniors, you don’t need my guidance. You will have to guide me’. It was a big statement which gelled the team. We improved as a team as the tournament progressed, although we didn’t have any support staff (sometimes no team bus even). Of course, we had a bit of luck. But luck only helps you when you do your job with sincerity.”
    Cut to Kapil’s crew discuss after India have been 183 all out within the remaining. Once once more, Kirmani is the narrator. “Even after we were all out for 183 in the final, we weren’t looking back. We had nothing to lose. Kapil said, ‘let’s go and give our best’. We had already overachieved. We decided to put our best foot forward.”

    Some anecdotes have an overtone of mischief. Grapevine has it that Kapil’s instruction to Balwinder Sandhu was to not bowl an inswinger, with Sandeep Patil manning the tremendous leg boundary – all light-hearted banters, by no means to offend anyone.
    Dilip Vengsarkar spoke concerning the post-final celebration. “Fans came and thronged the hotel lobby. They played drums and dholok. We danced to the bhangra beats. Champagne flowed.”
    A Malcolm Marshall bouncer that landed on the cheekbone and required eight stitches to repair, had sidelined Vengsarkar for the remainder of the World Cup. But on June 25, when Mohinder Amarnath plucked out the final West Indies wicket and ran in the direction of the pavilion, he was on the Lord’s balcony to cheerlead.
    India overcame the 66-1 odds to win the 1983 World Cup, on the expense of Krishnamachari Srikkanth’s honeymoon journey to the United States, tongue firmly in cheek. In truth, another cricketers had booked flights to the US as effectively. Nobody gave the sixty-six occasions underdogs an opportunity. When the unthinkable occurred, the primary port of name needed to be Delhi, with then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ready to felicitate the golden boys.
    The Ranveer Singh-starrer, 83, has been an formidable venture by Khan, one thing the entire nation is ready for. “It’s been a labour of love that we have nurtured for years. I cannot wait for everyone to finally watch that come alive on screen,” the director informed indianexpress.com.
    India received the World Cup, however the story wasn’t over but. Denied two additional tickets for the ultimate by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), then BCCI president NKP Salve, along with his Pakistan Cricket Board counterpart Noor Khan, got down to break the Anglo-Australian duopoly in cricket. Four years later, India and Pakistan collectively hosted the World Cup. The recreation’s new superpower progressively changed the outdated one.

  • Araijeet Singh Hundal stands tall in assault

    There wasn’t ever any doubt that Araijeet Singh Hundal would develop as much as be a hockey participant.
    His grandfather had laid the inspiration for others of their village to play the game. His father performed for high groups in national-level competitions. So did his uncles, prolonged household and household mates.
    It was pure, then, for him to hold on the custom. But as a ahead? That, for somebody who grew as much as be 6-foot-3-inch tall, was going in opposition to the conference. “People would ask, kive manage karenga, tere godeyan vich jaan hai? (How will you manage, are your knees that strong?),” laughs Jagbir Singh, one of many few 6-foot forwards to have performed for India.
    When it involves forwards, the considering goes, the smaller the higher. It was due to this logic that Hundal’s father Kuljit, a former full-back for the Railways, was chucked out to the defence. “But defenders get battered. It’s a very painful role,” Kuljit says. “I didn’t want my son to come home bruised after every match. So, we put all effort in making Araijeet a forward.”

    With an beautiful hat-trick in opposition to Canada, Araijeet Singh Hundal is the Player of the Match 👏#IndiaKaGame #JWC2021 #RisingStars pic.twitter.com/0dYFKCg9VX
    — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) November 25, 2021
    Few outright Indian forwards have been as tall because the 17-year-old from Amritsar. Gurjant Singh, the scorer of the aim that received India the final Junior World Cup, stands at 6 foot however Hundal is a minimum of a few inches taller and is so much leaner but stronger.
    In that sense, Hundal – one of many standout gamers from India’s first two matches of the Junior World Cup and the person of the match in India’s 13-1 demolition of Canada – is an anomaly in a vertically-challenged ahead line of Indian hockey.
    An eight-second spell in opposition to France, one of many fast-improving sides, was sufficient to indicate the asset he could be for the nationwide workforce if the transition is dealt with effectively.

    The ahead leaned ahead barely and used his lengthy attain to win a 50-50 ball within the centre of the midfield, towering over the others. Then, whereas shepherding it with the stick utilizing only one hand, he glided on the floor along with his big strides, protecting the defenders away and getting into the ‘D’ with none fuss. He didn’t shrink back from taking a shot at aim both, utilizing all his higher physique energy to take action, however placing it huge.
    But in these few seconds, the benefit of getting a tall ahead was obvious. “In my time, we’ve not had a striker as tall as him,” says India’s former High-Performance Director David John, who has been concerned with Indian hockey for a decade.
    Lack of measurement
    Tall forwards are at a premium not simply in India however in world hockey general. Dutch star Mirco Pruyser, additionally 6’3”, is among the many few six-foot-plus strikers, an attribute that made him some of the sought-after strikers within the Hockey India League, the place he performed for Punjab Warriors. “One of the main reasons we picked him was because of his height and the variety he brought to our attack,” Jagbir, who was the workforce’s advisor, says.
    In 2016, the International Olympic Committee launched the anthropometric information of gamers throughout totally different sports activities from most taking part nations. It revealed that of the 12 nations that competed within the Rio Olympics hockey match, the shortest gamers had been from India, with the typical top measured at roughly 5’8”, almost 3 inches lower than the tallest facet, the Netherlands.
    The lack of measurement hasn’t harm the workforce thus far. “The reflexes and brilliance of Indian forwards make up for it,” Jagbir says.
    Height, nevertheless, gives some clear-cut benefits. Jagbir lists a couple of: utilizing the lengthy attain to maintain the ball away from the defender, utilizing lengthy strides to strategy the ball earlier than the defender contained in the circle, and utilizing the physique to keep away from the tackles. And, identical to a tall ahead in soccer who has a bonus in aerial duels contained in the field, in hockey the additional inches could be useful to deflect a cross by diving – an artwork Jagbir learnt in 1989 when Australia’s Ken Read was coaching the workforce for a couple of weeks.
    Even when it comes to on-field mixtures, brief strikers usually complement their tall companions – the previous with their outstanding reflexes and the latter with their attain. “When running with one hand, I always had the advantage of my reach. As a tall person, bending forward increased my reach with the ball,” Jagbir says. “If the vision is also good and the back is good enough to look up while carrying the ball, that’s icing on the cake.”
    Ticking all bins
    Hundal’s mentor Balwinder Singh Shammi, who was Jagbir’s teammate on the 1988 Seoul Olympics, attests that {the teenager} ticks most of these bins. He spent 4 years beneath Shammi at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy in Amritsar, the place Tokyo Olympics bronze medalists Dilpreet Singh and Shamsher Singh honed their artwork. “It isn’t just his height,” Shammi, a lanky ahead himself, says. “Araijeet has a sharp hockey brain, has a very powerful shot and can also take drag-flicks. He is an all-around player.”

    But with a large body comes peculiar points. The first is the size of the hockey stick, which for many gamers in India is round 36 inches on a mean. Hundal makes use of a stick that’s two inches longer and although it’d sound like a small adjustment, the 38-inch sticks aren’t simply obtainable and at one time, needed to be customized made. Not simply the size, the burden of the stick can also be essential for a participant to maintain the steadiness – the lighter the stick, the higher the steadiness.
    Then, there’s the physique’s upkeep. “I had to endure many ankle sprains and a severe back injury. If your neck, abdomen and back aren’t strong, then you won’t last long. So I worked on that for extra hours after training. Then, if you want to have flexible hips to change direction, you have to keep body fat levels to a minimum else you’ll move slowly,” Jagbir says. “With sports science, these challenges can be dealt with but they are challenges nevertheless.”
    As a young person who’s taking part in solely his first junior worldwide match, these ideas haven’t crossed Hundal’s thoughts. He is aware of simply two issues: “I have a powerful shot and because of my height, I can be a good forward.”
    If there was any doubt about that, he’s laying it to relaxation now.

  • After memorable Lord’s remaining, England, NZ meet once more in T20 World Cup with spot in summit conflict at stake

    A bit of over two years after contesting arguably the best One-Day International of all time, on the grandest stage within the sport, acquainted rivals England and New Zealand lock horns to earn the appropriate to contest the ultimate of the ICC T20 World Cup.
    The 2019 50-over World Cup remaining at Lord’s was one for the ages, and one other nail-biter could also be in retailer when the 2 sides face off in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.

    India have been many individuals’s favourites going into the match, however whereas Virat Kohli’s males regarded jaded after a busy worldwide schedule and the Indian Premier League, different groups selected to maintain a number of of their key males contemporary for the large occasion by giving them breaks. This appears to have reaped dividends for the 2 contestants on Wednesday.

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    Which batting order will reign supreme within the first #T20WorldCup semi-final? pic.twitter.com/OHPUvcH5Zm
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 9, 2021
    Having mentioned that, each New Zealand and England have key gamers who’re IPL regulars; from Kane Williamson and Trent Boult to Eoin Morgan and Moeen Ali. A month of franchise cricket on this a part of the world left them effectively ready for the showpiece occasion, nullifying the circumstances issue and all however cancelling out the subcontinental benefit.

    “I think we have seen in this tournament, and we certainly saw in the second half of the IPL, the variability and the surfaces which perhaps would have lent itself more naturally to certain sides,” Williamson mentioned on the pre-match press convention.

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    Which bowling assault will come out on prime within the first #T20WorldCup semi-final? pic.twitter.com/xYtigw7QI8
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 9, 2021
    The bedding-in interval however, New Zealand’s march to the semifinals, on the expense of India, is right down to enjoying higher all-round cricket by a facet that has been on a gentle rise because the final World T20 in 2016. Back then, they misplaced to England on the identical stage of the match in Delhi. At the 2019 50-over World Cup remaining, that they had been on the receiving finish of a boundary count-back outcome. But the Kiwis didn’t maintain any grudge after the Lord’s heartbreak.
    “… it was an amazing game to be a part of. And when it does come up in conversation, it’s looked back on fondly. Although, at the time the aftermath was very difficult to understand and perhaps didn’t make a lot of sense,” the New Zealand skipper was grace personified.
    Five years again on the World T20, Williamson was new to captaincy and so they had a younger quick bowler in Boult. The left-arm fast has progressed to be among the best within the enterprise and the match-up between him and Jos Buttler – who selected to skip the second part of the IPL – might be thrilling. England’s openers type the bedrock of their heavy steel cricket within the shorter codecs and Buttler performs the function of an enforcer.
    He will miss his standard accomplice Jason Roy, dominated out of the match with a calf harm, however James Vince is a like-for-like alternative, with a strike price of 128-plus in T20s over the past couple of years.
    Punching above their weight
    England got here into this match as one of the best T20I facet in line with the ICC rankings, whereas only a few backed New Zealand to trump India to achieve the final 4. But that’s what the Black Caps do, quietly dismantling pre-tournament predictions.
    Even of their nation, there’s little or no hype over the workforce’s ahead march. On Tuesday, the lead story on The New Zealand Herald sports activities web page was Aaron Smith’s ‘shock return’ to the All Blacks facet. Cricket performed a peek-a-boo with readers from one unassuming nook. Stuff.co.nz additionally had Smith’s return as their No. 1 sports activities story. Cricketers slip underneath the radar however they don’t thoughts their low profile. Quietly however assuredly, they’ve been doing their job, not solely in worldwide cricket, but additionally their home cricket has grow to be extra aggressive of late, producing high quality gamers.
    The seamless transition of Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway to the highest degree is reflective of home cricket offering a gentle provide line. “He is a very experienced player. Although relatively new to the international game, but clearly world-class in his skill-set and a fantastic head on his shoulders. He has made those adjustments really quickly and come over to the UAE, which is his first time,” mentioned Williamson about Conway.
    The skipper was equally effusive in his reward for Mitchell. New Zealand don’t have a big expertise pool. But they’ve turned that to their benefit, focusing extra intently on a bunch of 90-odd cricketers, enjoying or aspiring to play worldwide cricket.
    England have given world cricket the brand new white-ball template to observe, the important thing options of their sport being fearlessness and adventurism. They have additionally proven that it’s now crucial for the large groups, with bigger expertise swimming pools, to have totally different squads for various codecs. White-ball skipper Eoin Morgan has constructed the workforce in his personal picture and his authority will not be form-specific.
    England’s one lacking piece might be Tymal Mills, whose absence was felt of their slim loss towards South Africa. Mark Wood got here in because the injured quick bowler’s alternative, however he’s extra of a long-form bowler, length-wise. Abu Dhabi pitches thus far have assisted batsmen and the primary semifinal might be high-scoring.
    Kane’s elbow problem
    A longstanding elbow downside, which flared up through the warm-up video games forward of the T20 World Cup, has considerably restricted Williamson’s hitting on the nets. Nowadays, it’s about sustaining the appropriate stability.
    “That has been a bit of a challenge for me personally. And the balance between the loading of the elbow and things like that to try and stay as fresh as possible for the game. So, it’s a bit of a delicate balance to get my head around,” the Kiwi captain mentioned.

    Ahead of Wednesday’s (3am Thursday morning NZT) @T20WorldCup semi-final towards @englandcricket relive the workforce’s path to the finals. Match Highlights | https://t.co/6ThlKiymVM #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/56evuQYOUJ
    — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) November 9, 2021

  • Malik sizzles in Pakistan’s 72-run win, to face Australia in semifinals

    Playing worldwide cricket for the reason that final century, when a few of his present teammates weren’t even born, Shoaib Malik on Sunday confirmed them the way in which with an astonishing 18-ball 54 to arrange Pakistan’s 72-run mauling of Scotland within the T20 World Cup.
    It was the event’s joint quickest half-century alongside India opener Ok L Rahul’s 18-ball 50, which additionally got here in opposition to Scotland, as Pakistan stopped the Scots at 117 for six after posting an imposing 189 for 4.

    As her Indian tennis participant spouse Sania Mirza watched from the stands, Malik, 39, blasted six sixes throughout his whirlwind unbeaten knock, which overshadowed skipper Babar Azam’s fourth half-century of the event.
    Batting first, Pakistan pummelled 129 runs within the again 10 after limping to 60 for 2 on the midway stage.
    With the ball, the in-form workforce did what was anticipated of them of their final Super 12 engagement to arrange a semifinal date with Australia.
    Pakistan blazed their method into the final 4 with 5 wins from as many outings, underlining their credentials as one of many agency favourites.
    Thanks to Malik’s blitz, Pakistan scored 43 runs within the final two overs, together with 26 within the closing six balls bowled by Chris Greaves.
    Coincidentally, it was at this very venue that Malik made his One-day International debut in October 1999, in opposition to West Indies. His first Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram, retired from the sport practically twenty years in the past.
    Meanwhile Babar, who as soon as once more donned the function of the accumulator, turned solely the third batter to attain 4 half-centuries in a T20 World Cup after former Australia opener Matthew Hayden and India captain Virat Kohli, who achieved the feat in 2007 and 2014 respectively.
    Having struggled to 60 for 2 on the midway stage, Pakistan bought 129 runs in again 10.

    🚨 The fixture particulars for the #T20WorldCup semi-finals are in!
    Details 👇https://t.co/2if25Us6tK
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 7, 2021
    Opting to bat first, Babar Mohammad Rizwan have been off to a sedate begin, because the Scotland bowlers managed to maintain the run charge under six till the ability play.
    Having smoked Bradley Wheal for a big six over deep mid-wicket, Rizwan was dismissed by Hamza Tahir, who drew the batter with a tossed-up supply earlier than getting an under-edge to the wicketkeeper.

    The Scots deserves plaudits for the way through which they stored a lid on the Pakistan scoring as they ended the ability play at 35 for no loss, which turned 35 for one within the first ball of the subsequent over with Rizwan’s dismissal.
    Pakistan weren’t so properly positioned at 60 for 2 on the midway stage as Scotland managed to maintain their opponents to a run a ball.

    Onto the semis for Pakistan 💪#T20WorldCup | #PAKvSCO | https://t.co/Wbd8jqC0g6 pic.twitter.com/124R2KV60c
    — T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) November 7, 2021
    However, issues modified fully as Pakistan entered the again 10 with each Babar and the veteran Mohammad Hafeez (31 off 19 balls) chopping free to clear the ropes at common intervals throughout a brisk 53-run third-wicket partnership.
    Babar was his ordinary stylish self when he performed the ball alongside the bottom, however on the similar time, he didn’t hesitate to go excessive, the results of which have been three sixes.
    After Babar’s dismissal, the present belonged to Malik.
    In a large chase, Scotland misplaced the wickets of skipper Kyle Coetzer and Matthew Cross with simply 36 runs within the board.
    Scotland have been by no means within the recreation as they struggled to 42 for 2 on the finish of the primary 10 overs.
    Richie Berrington was the lone Scotland batter to shine with a 54 ball off 37 balls.
    One of the largest positives for Pakistan bowling was the way through which Shadab Khan (2/140 bowled, getting his googlies and leg-spinners proper forward of the massive semifinal in opposition to the Aussies.

  • Football dangers dropping its attraction, we should rethink the way in which it’s structured: Infantino

    Football dangers dropping its world attraction within the face of myriad challenges posed by a technology-driven and altering world, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has warned.
    To retain its maintain over billions of followers, the world sport, or the spectator’s sport, should embrace new concepts and improvements going ahead, one in all which seems to be the contentious proposal to organise the lads’s and girls’s World Cups biennially.
    Infantino made it clear that his organisation — a behemoth on the earth of sports activities — just isn’t solely guided by income.
    After attending the FIFA Council assembly on Wednesday, Infantino spoke on a spread of points together with the sport’s socio-economic affect the world over, and the way the physique has develop into extra inclusive now.
    “We must take responsibility to ensure that our children and their children will continue to fall in love with our game. Football is risking to lose its appeal and that is why this process of giving everyone the possibility to express themselves is so important for us,” Infantino stated after the FIFA Council in a digital press convention.
    “We are right here to information soccer, kind the worldwide match calendar dis-balance between nationwide staff video games and membership video games which has modified loads in final couple of a long time.
    “We are looking for a common viewpoint from everybody. We must rethink the way in which global football is structured. We have to organise more meaningful tournaments for fans without adding financial motivation but sporting motivation… we are speaking about football, not about revenues.”
    The FIFA boss although admitted that income, aspect by aspect, is equally essential for the sport’s sustenance.
    Following a request by FIFA’s member associations to hold out a feasibility research to discover the potential affect of holding the World Cup each two years as an alternative of 4, the apex physique has been engaged in in depth session course of with all stakeholders.
    Among different issues, the session course of has targeted on addressing worldwide match calendar points for each ladies’s and males’s soccer, popping out with proposals for youth tournaments, moreover points regarding gamers’ well being and well-being.
    “We are going to change things completely only if it’s beneficial to everybody and if that is the case, than I don’t see why it should be a problem,” Infantino stated.
    “(Through) the feasibility study (that) we have started this time we wanted to reverse the process, starting with the football side and not finance. 166 associations have voted in favour of having the feasibility study including the Europeans (who have raised strong objections to the biennial World Cup proposal).”
    The FIFA chief added, “We would go ahead only if everyone is better off.”
    On the problems dealing with the game, Infantino is hopeful of reaching a “global consensus”.
    To talk about the way forward for the game and the challenges dealing with it, a world summit has been scheduled on December 20. There is a chance of FIFA issuing an replace on its World Cup proposals throughout that summit.
    “We will not be solely considering economically but in addition sportingly. I believe there’s likelihood to come back to a world consensus. This is my goal, my activity. It’s not all the time straightforward to be president of FIFA, particularly on this specific context.
    “It’s not solely depending on FIFA president, all of us have accountability in making an attempt to make the sport higher everywhere in the world. Let’s not overlook each sport organisation previously have taken their alternative to develop their competitions and everybody have added 100s of sport.
    “It was not done when it should have been,” Infantino stated, referring to the earlier dispensation headed by Sepp Blatter, who’s serving a suspension for a number of breaches of FIFA’s ethics code.
    Infantino, who took over from Blatter at a essential juncture when the organisation’s picture took a beating following accusations of embezzlement, added, “It’s about global football ecosystem. I believe we can come up with something that makes sense.”
    Infantino stated his dispensation has managed to take FIFA away from the taint.
    “Here we’re speaking in regards to the world sport cherished by billions of individuals. Many of you and many people have been very essential of the tradition of FIFA…
    “We cleaned FIFA from a governance point of view.. Governance of the new FIFA is completely restored. We are in a phase which is about the democratic functioning… the culture of debate, discussion, the culture of bringing ideas we are going through now for the benefit of our future.”

  • FIFA President Gianni Infantino explains outcomes of FIFA Council assembly

    The FIFA Council on Wednesday endorsed the holding of a worldwide summit twentieth December 2021 by videoconference with the intention to talk about the way forward for soccer after receiving an in depth replace on the continued session course of on the subject.
    Following the request by FIFA’s member associations on the 71st FIFA Congress in May 2021 {that a} feasibility research be carried out to discover the potential impression of holding the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Women’s World Cup each two years as an alternative of 4, FIFA has been implementing a complete session course of involving all stakeholders.
    This course of has targeted on addressing worldwide match calendar points for each ladies’s and males’s soccer, presenting proposals for world youth tournaments, and making certain all proposals assist participant well being and well-being.
    The FIFA Council’s resolution will now present the platform for FIFA’s 211 member associations to additional talk about the proposals within the coming weeks, with the target of reaching an settlement on the constructions of membership and nationwide staff competitors home windows throughout the worldwide match calendars for ladies’s and males’s soccer.
    In addition, the FIFA Council additionally appointed the United Arab Emirates to host the seven-team FIFA Club World Cup 2021 in early 2022 with the exact particulars to be communicated later.

    In relation to the present worldwide match calendar for ladies’s soccer (2020-2023), the FIFA Council accepted three amendments:
    *FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 play-off event: 13-23 February 2023 (solely for the groups concerned on this event).
    *International window: 10-18 July 2023.
    *FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: 20 July-20 August 2023.
    The FIFA Council confirmed that the 72nd FIFA Congress might be held on thirty first March 2022 in Doha, Qatar, together with the Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
    FIFA President Gianni Infantino additionally knowledgeable the FIFA Council of his intention to be nearer to the FIFA World Cup and, subsequently, to divide his presence between Zurich, Doha and the world over, with the intention to ship his presidential duties.