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FIFA reschedules women's U-17, U-20 World Cups to 2021 due to pandemic

Published: 12 May 2020 - 12:42 pm | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 04:21 am
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Reuters

The women's Under-20 World Cup tournament scheduled to be held in Costa Rica and Panama in August-September but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic has now been rescheduled for Jan. 20-Feb. 6, 2021, world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.
The women's Under-17 World Cup in India, originally scheduled for November, has been rescheduled for Feb. 17-March 7, 2021.
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Hugh Lawson)