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    FIFA Suspends Indian Football Federation Over Third-Party Influence

    Feyisayo HelenBy Feyisayo HelenAugust 16, 2022Updated:August 16, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
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    FIFA has suspended the Indian football federation “due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA statutes”.

    Federations must be free from legal and political interference, according to FIFA rules.

    This means that the country will not currently be able to host the under-17 Women’s World Cup in October.

    Football’s world governing body said its council unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

    The AIFF is in disarray and being run by administrators after former chief Praful Patel stayed in office beyond his term without fresh elections, which courts ruled invalid.

    Fresh elections are to be held on 28 August and the poll process began last week after India’s Supreme Court approved a timeline prepared by the administrators.

    India is due to host the U-17 tournament on October 11-30 but FIFA said on Monday that because of the suspension it “cannot currently be held in India as planned”.

    FIFA said that it was “in constant constructive contact with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in India and is hopeful that a positive outcome to the case may still be achieved”.

    Indian men’s and women’s national teams also cannot play junior or senior international games during the suspension.

    Former men’s captain Bhaichung Bhutia called the suspension “very harsh”.

    “At the same time I think it’s a great opportunity to get our system right,” he told Indian sports news outlet Sportstar.

    “And very important that all the stakeholders — the federations, state associations, sport ministry — come together to get the system right and everybody work for the betterment of the sport.”

    India captain Sunil Chhetri had recently advised his players “not pay too much attention” to the FIFA ban threat as the situation was out of their control.

    “The suspension will be lifted once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee has been repealed and the AIFF administration regains full control of the AIFF’s daily affairs,” FIFA said.

    FIFA Indian football Federation
    Feyisayo Helen

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