PERU STRIPPED OF THE 2023 UNDER-17 WORLD CUP BY FIFA DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE SHORTFALLS.

World football Governing body FIFA yesterday said it had withdrawn the 2023 under-17 World Cup from Peru given the inability of the host country to fulfill its commitments to completing the infrastructure required.

The governing body of world football said the 24-team competition would still be staged on the planned dates, November 10-December 2 and it would now designate a new host in due course.

The biennial competition was due to be held in Peru in 2021 but was canceled because of the Covid pandemic after Brazil won as hosts in 2019.

Last week, FIFA withdrew the Under-20 World Cup, scheduled for May 20-June 11, from Indonesia because the governors of two of the country’s provinces wanted to ban Isreal, which had qualified for the first time.