US President Donald Trump has announced that FIFA will help raise US$75 million ($106.3 million) for football‑related projects in Gaza, including new fields and visits from prominent players.
The infrastructure plan includes 50 mini-pitches, five full-size pitches, a football academy and a new 20,000-seat national stadium.
“You’re getting the greatest stars in the world to go there and people that are bigger stars than you and I Gianni, I hate to say it,” Trump said.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said “everyone has to support peace”.
“FIFA wants to contribute, because we don’t have to just rebuild houses or schools or hospital or roads, we also have to rebuild and build people, emotion, hope, and trust and this is what football, my sport is about,” he said.
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