By Daniel Itai.
Antananarivo, Madagascar (News of The South) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino, arrived in Antananarivo on Sunday to begin the first leg of his tour of African member associations.
The FIFA president is being accompanied by a delegation that includes, FIFA General Secretary and General Delegate for Africa Fatma Samoura, Deputy Secretary General Mattias Grafström, FIFA Foundation CEO Youri Djorkaeff and Special Advisor to the CAF president Samuel Eto’o.
Infantino was welcomed by CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and Malagasy Football Association (FMF) President Raul Arizaka Rabekoto.
“I am happy to be back in Africa, a place where I feel so at home. We are delighted to be here and to start our African tour in your country.
We intend to do great things for African football, restoring the hope of many and bring smiles to the faces of millions of children in Africa,” said the FIFA president.
CAF president Ahmad Ahmad expressed his heartfelt welcome to Infantino, “we are delighted to receive the FIFA president in a continent where he feels very at home, Africa.”
Infantino is expected to visit Angola, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique as part of his African tour.
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