FIFA’s world football governing body officially announced on Thursday that the U-20 World Cup has been postponed from 2021 to 2023 and at the same time appointed Indonesia to host the event, giving more time to the organizing committee and to the national U-19 squad. The news was announced on the FIFA website, which also postponed the forthcoming U-17 World Cup by Peru. “As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the FIFA Council Bureau has decided to postpone the 2021 edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and Indonesia and Peru half, who are supposed to hold the tournaments in 2021, as hosts of the 2023 edition, ”FIFA said in a statement. “The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present challenges in hosting international sporting events and has a limited impact on …
