New Delhi, August 10: Sports Minister MS Gill will meet FIFA chief Joseph Blatter at the world football headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland to discuss the development of the game in India. All India Football Federation”s outgoing General Secretary Alberto Colaco will also be with the minister when he meets Blatter either tomorrow or the day after.
“The minister is already in Switzerland. He (Gill) has not specifically gone to Switzerland to meet the FIFA chief.
He has other programmes during the next three-four days and he will meet Joseph Blatter in one of these days,” Joint Secretary Sports Injeti Srinivas told PTI. Colaco is leaving for Switzerland tomorrow. Gill will discuss FIFA”s ambitious ”Win in India with India” project which was launched by Blatter when he visited India in April 2007.
The minister is also likely to impress upon the FIFA chief to allot a big tournament to India which would help in developing infrastructure in the country with FIFA help.
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