KINSHASA, 22 February, 2021 (TON): Gianni Infantino, President FIFA (International Football Federation) launched a project to organize a school championship in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This will be replicated at the African level, in the presence of President Felix Tshisekedi, current chairman of the African Union (AU).

"We launched today a project of a competition, a school championship here (in DRC) but we will replicate this throughout Africa from (the Congolese experience) because education, schools, and football must be in symbiosis," Gianni Infantino told media.

"We have a problem at the sporting level, but as Fifa has just allowed us to go back to the grassroots in schools, it allows us to have athletes who have a good level. It also allows our children to be physically strong," said Congolese Sports Minister Amos Mbayo.

The football giant has visited the country for the second time after its first visit in 2019 in Lubumbashi when the southeastern city was celebrating the 80^th anniversary of the Congolese club that won most titles in African football competitions.