DUBAI (Kashmir English): India faces world football ban for second time in three years after FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) asked it to implement a new constitution by October 30 or risk suspension.
If banned, this would be the second time in three years that the south-Asian country is suspended by the world governing body.
FIFA and the Asian governing body sent a joint letter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey expressing “profound concern” at the continued failure to finalise and adopt the constitution.
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The country was previously suspended by FIFA in August 2022 for third-party influence after the Supreme Court appointed a committee of administrators to run the AIFF.
“Failure to meet this schedule will leave us with no alternative but to refer the matter to the relevant FIFA decision-making body for consideration and decision,” said the letter.
“AIFF must regard this communication as binding and requiring immediate compliance in order to safeguard its rights as a member of FIFA and the AFC,” it added.
IT is to mention here that the AIFF constitution has been in India’s Supreme Court awaiting a decision since 2017.
A suspension would mean the Indian national teams and clubs being barred from all international competitions.
