FIFA-AFC team to meet stakeholders of Indian football from June 22
Football | June 20, 2022 23:12 ISTThe team will likely meet Sports Minister Anurag Thakur before leaving the country on June 23.
The team will likely meet Sports Minister Anurag Thakur before leaving the country on June 23.
In all, 24 teams will participate in the finals of the Asian Cup. Qatar are the defending champions having won the event in 2019.
A day after the host nation failed to field a team against Chinese Taipei after as many as 12 players tested positive for the virus, the Asian Football Confederation issued a statement confirming that India "is considered to have withdrawn" from the tournament as per the guidelines.
FIFA aims to optimise the new international match calendar by looking into the feasibility of a World Cup every two years instead of the current four-year interval.
The winners of each group will secure qualification to the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022. These qualifiers will be played between September 13 to 25 this year.
The Indian Women's League champions will represent the country in the eight-team pilot tournament of the Asian Football Confederation, to be played between October 30 and November 14 this year.
The next editions of both competitions will be allocated to the same hosts in 2023 when the Uzbekistan Football Association will host the AFC U20 Asian Cup and Bahrain Football Association will stage the AFC U17 Asian Cup.
20-year-old Anwar Ali, now with the I-League second division side Mohammedan Sporting Club of Kolkata, has been told by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to stop training after he was diagnosed with the heart condition last year.
Mungali, who is also currently serving as the Chairman of the Club Licensing Committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), is the only Indian to be appointed on this committee.
Reacting to the development, the AIFF said it follows a zero-tolerance policy to any form of corruption in the sport.
The AFC conferred the Elite Youth Scheme full membership to AIFF on Saturday.
The AFC has praised the member associations, including India, which are doing a "lot of social work to help the distressed in this hour of global crisis."
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri featured in AFC's campaign to raise awareness about the outbreak of coronavirus.
Banerjee, a footballing colossus of his time and a raconteur for life, died in Kolkata on Friday aged 83, having dribbled and dazzled for a good part of his mind-boggling 51 years of service to the game.
According to FIFA, an update on these fixtures will be made in the coming days following consultation with the AFC member associations.
The AFC's executive committee approved All India Football Federation's (AIFF) proposed roadmap for the country's sport during a meeting in Vietnam.
Eight clubs - Aizawl FC, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Bengaluru FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Churchill Brothers, Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC - applied for the AFC and National Licenses for the season 2017-18.
The two-member team of Nic Coward, a consultant to FIFA, and Alex Phillips, Head of AFC-UEFA Affairs, is expected to meet the two Maidan heavyweights Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.
The frustration of losing the first two games got reflected in his words after registering the thumping victory over Turkmenistan.
For India, it was their second consecutive defeat after their loss against Syria in their campaign opener. Qatar, the more fancied side, struggled to find their rhythm as India put up a spirited performance.
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