Philippine hosting of women's futsal worlds to be tackled at PSA Forum

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s hosting of the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup will be the main topic to be discussed in the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum on Tuesday, August 19, at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Appearing in the session are Philippine Football Federation President John Gutierrez, and Isabella Fernando, head of government relations of the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup local organizing committee.

The November 21 to December 7 event will be the inaugural staging of the meet where the top 16 women’s national teams duke out in games to be played in Pasig City and Victorias City in Negros Occidental.

The session starts at 10:30 a.m.

Also invited in the weekly public sports program are some members of the Philippine delegation to the just concluded World Games in Chengdu, China led by silver medal winner Kaila Napolis of jiu-jitsu.

Presented by San Miguel Corporation, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, MILO, Smart/PLDT, and the country’s 24/7 sports app Arena Plus, the Forum is being livestreamed via the PSA Facebook page fb.com/PhilippineSportswritersAssociation.

Longtime PSA partner Radyo Pilipinas 2 also airs the session on a delayed basis and shares it on its official Facebook page Radyo Pilipinas 2 sports.