FIFA on Monday suspended the Indian football federation with “immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties”, jeopardising the country’s staging of the U-17 Women’s World Cup in October.World football’s governing body called the infraction a “serious violation of the FIFA Statutes”.A dark and sad day for Indian football.Hope this will be utilised as an opportunity to end corruption from Indian Football federation Really feeling bad for the players who are paying the price for crimes done by corrupt administrators pic.twitter.com/ux2T14s2Dc— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) August 16, 2022 The suspension will remain in place until the All India Football Federation (AIFF) regains full control of its daily affairs, FIFA said in a statement.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. ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION SUSPENDED “This is a big setback for Indian footballers. There were several issues in #AIFF during #PrafulPatel’s tenure as well,” says @toi_gauravG, Senior Assistant Editor, TOI to @shwetaasingh #FIFA #FIFABan pic.twitter.com/GpROupa4xv— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) August 16, 2022 India is due to host the U-17 Women’s World Cup from October 11-30. The 2020 tournament in India was cancelled and then postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.© Agence France-Presse
