{"id":288877,"date":"2022-08-17T02:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nagalandpost.com\/?p=288877"},"modified":"2022-08-17T02:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:18:43","slug":"fifa-suspends-aiff-over-third-party-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/17\/fifa-suspends-aiff-over-third-party-influences\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA suspends AIFF over \u2018third-party influences\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STRIPPED OF UNDER-17 WOMEN\u2019S WORLD CUP HOSTING RIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a massive setback for the country, world football governing body FIFA on Tuesday suspended India for \u201cundue influence from third parties\u201d and said the U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup \u201ccannot currently be held in India as planned.\u201d
The country is scheduled to host the FIFA tournament from October 11-30. This is the first time the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been banned by FIFA in its 85-year history, with the apex body saying there have been \u201cflagrant violations of the FIFA Statutes\u201d.
\u201cThe Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes,\u201d the FIFA said in a statement.
The Bureau of the FIFA Council said the lifting of the suspension will be subject to repealing of the Committee of Administrators\u2019 (CoA) mandate in full. In a statement, FIFA also said it wants the AIFF administration to \u201cbe fully in charge of the AIFF\u2019s daily affairs\u201d.
\u201cThe 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once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee has been repealed and the AIFF administration regains full control of the AIFF\u2019s daily affairs.\u201d
\u201cThe suspension means that the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup 2022, scheduled to take place in India on 11-30 October 2022, cannot currently be held in India as planned. FIFA is assessing the next steps with regard to the tournament and will refer the matter to the Bureau of the Council if and when necessary.\u201d In the wake of the latest development, the Centre sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court on the AIFF matter.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and A S Bopanna was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that \u201cimportant development\u201d has taken place and FIFA has sent a letter suspending India which is in public domain and needs to be brought on record. This was after a four-member FIFA delegation held a meeting with senior sports ministry officials and the CoA on Friday and Monday, respectively.
\u201cTill last evening it seemed consensus has been reached between all the parties but last night FIFA just informed us that they will have to ban AIFF as per its internal committee decision,\u201d an official in the sports ministry said.
\u201cFIFA is against CoA\u2019s interference but it is open to dialogue and wants the AIFF executive board to be in place at the earliest, and if that happens, they will lift the ban. \u201cThe government is committed to solving the matter as soon as possible as it wants the U-17 Women\u2019s Junior World Cup to be hosted by India,\u201d he added.
A ban on India has been on the cards since the Supreme Court removed Praful Patel as AIFF president on May 18 for not holding elections, due in December 2020.
The court had appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA), headed by former apex court judge AR Dave, to manage the affairs of the national federation. The CoA, which has former Chief Commissioner of India SY Quraishi and ex India captain Bhaskar Ganguly as other members, also had to frame its constitution in line with the National Sports Code and model guidelines. The Bureau of the FIFA Council decided that upon lifting of the suspension, the AIFF constitution will have to be revised in accordance with the requirements of the FIFA and the AFC and to be approved by the AIFF general assembly without interference from any third party.
The FIFA, \u201cconcurrently\u201d, wants an \u201cindependent electoral committee to be elected by the AIFF general assembly to run the elections of a new executive committee\u201d.It also said the AIFF must \u201ccarry out the upcoming electoral process as per the statutory requirements and to hold its elections based on the pre-existing membership of the AIFF (i.e state associations only). As per the FIFA move and with the AIFF losing all membership rights until further notice, the Indian clubs and representatives (players, referees, officials) are no longer entitled to take part in international suspension until the suspension is lifted. \u201cThis also means neither the AIFF nor any of its members or officials may benefit from any development programmes, courses or training from FIFA and\/or the AFC,\u201d the world body said in its detailed statement.
The FIFA has never allowed third party interference in the affairs of its member units whether by the court or the government. It has set up normalisation committees in various countries in cases similar to India. FIFA, though, has kept a window open for India, saying it is in touch with the sports ministry on the issue.
\u201cFIFA is 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,\u201d it said.
Following the ban, the fate of the AIFF elections, to be held on August 28 on the orders of the Supreme is not yet known. The poll process began on August 13 as the top court approved the time-line prepared by the Committee of Administrators (CoA). The CoA has already appointed a returning officers and has published the electoral college for the elections, including 36 eminent players in the list. The filing of nominations is to start from Wednesday till Friday.
India\u2019s football fraternity is hoping that a last-minute solution will salvage the FIFA under-17 women\u2019s world cup when the Supreme Court hears the matter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

STRIPPED OF UNDER-17 WOMEN\u2019S WORLD CUP HOSTING RIGHTS In a massive setback for the country, world football governing body FIFA on Tuesday suspended India for \u201cundue influence from third parties\u201d and said the U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup \u201ccannot currently be held in India as planned.\u201dThe country is scheduled to host the FIFA tournament from October […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":288907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}