28日下午，由国际足联(FIFA)副主席伊萨·哈亚图先生率领的考察团来到北京，在下榻的港澳中心酒店与北京奥组委体育部、运动会服务部等相关部门负责人进行了会晤。双方就2008年奥运会足球比赛的各项筹备工作最新进展情况进行了交流。

A FIFA delegation¹ led by Deputy President Issa Hayatou arrived in Beijing on Thursday and met with the staff of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG, including those from its Sport, Games Services and other departments), discussing the latest development of the preparatory work for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Following the talks, the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) delegation visited the hotel for the Olympic footballers. The members of the delegation spoke² highly of the conditions of the new hotel which will go into operation soon.

Delegation members also toured the National Stadium which hosts the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games and the football finals. Deeply impressed by the building's style, the delegation expected successful football competitions in such an elegant facility.

Sources said FIFA's inspection³ tour already covered Shanghai and Tianjin and on Friday the delegation will go to Shenyang to continue its inspection on Olympic preparations.

Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Shenyang are all Olympic football venues⁴.

Vocabulary :

Deputy President：副主席

FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association)：国际足联

inspection：视察，考察（团）