Gokulam’s plight: AIFF’s spectacular own goal should be an eye-opener for India’s sports administration
2 years, 4 months ago

Gokulam’s plight: AIFF’s spectacular own goal should be an eye-opener for India’s sports administration

The Hindu  

The women from Gokulam Kerala played a game of football with the boys from an Uzbekistan club, Phoenix, at Tashkent on Sunday. They had travelled to Uzbekistan to play at the AFC Asian Women’s Club championship and their first match was scheduled to be played on August 23, against Sogdiana. Only after they reached Tashkent did they come to know that they had been disqualified from the tournament as a result of FIFA’s ban of the AIFF ‘for undue influence from third parties.’ FIFA not pleased After the AIFF president Praful Patel’s tenure was found to have violated the National Sports Code, the Supreme Court had appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators to run the game in the country. As soon as the Gokulam management came to know of its disqualification — the Asian Football Confederation had sent a letter to the AIFF — it sought intervention from the Prime Minister and Sports Ministry, which wrote to FIFA and the AFC. Gokulam’s plight could easily have been averted, if the AIFF had complied with the Sports Code.

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