FIFA has lifted a suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) earlier this month due to undue influence of a third party, world football’s governing body said on Friday.
The lifting of the ban means that the U-17 Women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in India from 11-30 October, will also be held in the country as planned.
India’s Supreme Court disbanded the AIFF in May, appointed a Commission of Administration (CoA) to govern sports, amend the AIFF’s statutes, conduct elections that had been suspended for 18 months, and suspended FIFA. I came to
Member federations must be free from legal and political interference and FIFA will only lift the suspension once the orders establishing the CoA have been rescinded and the AIFF administrators have regained full control over their day-to-day operations. said.
Earlier this week, AIFF Acting General Secretary Sunand Dar instructed FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura to completely abolish the CoA mandate to ensure that the Supreme Court would ensure the AIFF remains fully in charge of its day-to-day operations. I was notified that
FIFA said in a statement, “The decision (to lift the ban) was made after FIFA received confirmation that the duties of the Administrative Committee, which had been established to take over the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee, had been completed.
“FIFA and the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) will continue to monitor the situation and assist the AIFF in conducting elections in a timely manner.”
Elections to the AIFF, previously led by FIFA Council member Praful Patel, were due to take place by December 2020, but have been postponed due to a deadlock over constitutional reform.
