FIFA World Cup trophy now in city on a 36-hour tour
Thursday, 9 June 2022
The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in the city on Wednesday on a 36-hour tour of Bangladesh, reports UNB.
A chartered flight brought the glittering trophy at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Pakistan at 11:20 am.
A seven-member FIFA delegation, studded with French 1998 World Cup winning booter Christian Karembeu, accompanied the original FIFA World Cup trophy.
Local football fans will have an opportunity to witness the football's most prestigious trophy, now on a world tour before the World Cup kicks off on November 21 this year.
BFF President Kazi M Salahuddin, accompanied by BFF vice presidents, EC members and Coca Cola officials received the trophy at the airport.
The trophy was taken to Bangabhaban in the afternoon.
It was scheduled to take the trophy to the Prime Minister's residence Ganobhaban on Wednesday evening.
The trophy will be on display at Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel for football fans to see and take photos today (Thursday) from 10 am to 3:30 pm.
The trophy will be taken to the Army Stadium in Banani at about 4:30 pm when a concert (from 6 pm to 11 pm) will be held marking the tour of World Cup trophy to Bangladesh.