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FIFA to help rebuild infrastructure in Asian tsunami region GENEVA, Wednesday (AFP) Football's world ruling body FIFA on Tuesday pledged two million dollars to help rebuild the footballing infrastructure in Asian countries hit by last week's devastating tsunamis. FIFA said that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had also pledged one million dollars, meaning a "solidarity fund" of three million dollars. "FIFA and the AFC decided to concentrate on reconstructing the footballing infrastructure in the affected areas," it said. The football associations that will qualify for the aid are those in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The funds will be used to "donate football equipment (balls, shirts, boots, goals, etc) to these associations or their members." FIFA added that it would be working with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) "to evaluate the situation in the African countries... also affected by the disaster". |
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