NEW DELHI: The words, 'FIFA Ban' began doing the rounds in Indian football circles after the Supreme Court citing that his body had continued to govern despite its expired tenure, ended Praful Patel's 12-year term as All India Football Federation president on Wednesday, and instituted a Committee of Administrators to run the federation and oversee the holding of elections.
Quoting FIFA's zero-tolerance policy on what it calls external interference in the functioning of national member federations, many are predicting that the AIFF could very soon be facing a ban, resulting in perhaps even the shifting away of the U-17 women's World Cup from India later this year.
