Narendra Modi meets FIFA chief Gianni Infantino, receives special gift
Buenos Aires, Dec 2 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here and received a special gift from him.
Gianni presented a football jersey to the Indian PM.
The jersey in blue in colour.
The jersey has the Indian PM's surname written to it.
Impossible to come to Argentina and not think about football. Argentinian players are tremendously popular in India.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 1, 2018
Today, received this jersey from @FIFAcom President Gianni Infantino. I thank him for the kind gesture. pic.twitter.com/6IszG7fyFC
Sharing an image of his meeting with the FIFA chief, Modi tweeted: "Impossible to come to Argentina and not think about football. Argentinian players are tremendously popular in India. Today, received this jersey from @FIFAcom President Gianni Infantino. I thank him for the kind gesture."
Modi said it was impossible for a person to not to think about football after visiting Argentina.
Modi visited Argentina to attend the G20 Summit.
Image: Narendra Modi Twitter page
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