4 months ago
90
ARTICLE AD BOX
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) said connected Saturday that the dates for the Indian Super League (ISL) volition beryllium announced adjacent week aft a gathering of its Emergency Committee.In a statement, the AIFF said the Emergency Committee met connected January 3 to see and admit the study submitted by the AIFF-ISL Coordination Committee.
The Coordination Committee was acceptable up connected December 20, 2025, pursuing discussions during the AIFF Executive Committee gathering and the consequent Annual General Meeting.
Where did it each spell incorrect for Indian football?
The Coordination Committee had been asked to taxable its study to the AIFF Secretariat by January 2, which it did. The study was formally acknowledged by the AIFF Emergency Committee, which recommended that the league should beryllium conducted by the AIFF.Following this, the AIFF said it volition behaviour the league and confirmed that the day of commencement of the ISL volition beryllium announced adjacent week.In a connection shared connected Instagram, the AIFF said, "The AIFF Emergency Committee met contiguous (January 3, 2026), to see and admit the study submitted by the AIFF-ISL Coordination Committee. The Coordination Committee was constituted connected December 20, 2025, pursuing the AIFF Executive Committee gathering and the consequent AIFF Annual General Meeting.
The Coordination Committee was requested to taxable its study to the AIFF Secretariat by January 2, 2026, which was duly complied with.
The study was formally acknowledged by the AIFF Emergency Committee, which recommended that the league beryllium conducted by the All India Football Federation. Accordingly, the AIFF volition behaviour the league, and the day of commencement volition beryllium announced adjacent week."
The ISL, which was expected to statesman past September, has not started truthful acold owed to the lack of a commercialized partner.On Friday, respective footballers, including Sunil Chhetri, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sandesh Jhingan, released a video titled ‘Save Indian Football’, calling connected FIFA and FIFPRO to measurement in."It's January and we should beryllium connected your screens arsenic isolated of a competitory shot crippled successful the Indian Super League,” Gurpreet said successful a associated video connection posted connected societal media."Instead, present we are driven by fearfulness and desperation to accidental aloud thing which we each know," Jhingan added.The players said the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is nary longer successful a presumption to fulfil its responsibilities and appealed to FIFA to measurement successful to safeguard the aboriginal of the athletics successful the country."But much importantly, we are present to marque a plea. Indian shot governance is nary longer capable to fulfil its responsibilities.We are present staring astatine a imperishable paralysis. This is the last-ditch effort to prevention what we can.
So we are calling the FIFA to measurement successful and bash what it takes to prevention Indian football," different players pitched in.The players stressed that their entreaty was not governmental successful nature, but calved retired of necessity."We anticipation this connection gets to the powerfulness that are successful Zurich. This telephone is not political, it is not driven by confrontation but by necessity. It mightiness dependable similar a large connection but the information is that we are facing a humanitarian, sporting and economical crisis. And of course, we request rescuing astatine the earliest. We conscionable privation to play football, delight assistance america bash it,” different players said successful the statement."Players, staff, owners and the fans merit clarity, extortion and much importantly, a future,” Chhetri concluded.
