Mumbai: Asian Football Confederation AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa yesterday inaugurated the refurbished Cooperage Stadium here and said hosting the U-17 World Cup in 2017 will boost the development of sport in the country.


The Cooperage Football Stadium was re-opened after five years by Asian Football Confederation AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa left yesterday. The upgrading of the Cooperage Ground, was done under FIFA-s -Win in India, With India- project. Also present at the occasion was Nita Ambani, ISL founder and chairperson, and AIFF president Praful Patel right. Pic/Bipin Kokate 

The refurbishing of Cooperage was done under FIFA-s -Win in India, With India- project. Shaikh Salman mentioned about the history of the Cooperage Stadium. "It is a great honour for me to be here standing on this football ground. I know that India has a lot to contribute for the game and under the leadership of Mr. Praful Patel, AIFF has been targeting the right areas to promote the Sport in India and the Asian Football Confederation will be continuing to support them," he said.