Sunil Chhetri and senior players make “last-ditch effort” urging FIFA to save Indian football
Indian footballers have now escalated the matter to the sport’s global governing body, FIFA, seeking its intervention.
Indian footballers have now escalated the matter to the sport’s global governing body, FIFA, seeking its intervention.
Mumbai City FC is in the ISL and was being administered by CFG to since 2019, which also owns Manchester City, Melbourne City, and New York City, among others.
The deadlock has already forced some clubs to halt their footballing operations, leading to the suspension of first-team activities across the league.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has assured full support to Indian Super League (ISL) clubs, following reports that all 13 teams were considering taking the matter of the league’s current suspension to the Supreme Court.
Amid the growing uncertainty over the future of the Indian Super League (ISL), All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey has assured that the country’s top-tier football league will be held this year.
The hosts created plenty of chances but were wasteful until an injury-time strike from substitute Balwant proved to be the difference.
Anything less than a win will deal a huge blow to NorthEast's hopes of reaching the play-offs and Robert Jarni needs his team to find a spark that will reinvigorate their campaign.
The victory sees Goa go two points clear at the top of the table while Kerala remain eighth, with their chances of reaching the play-offs taking a huge beating.
The draw meant that Mumbai failed to leapfrog Odisha FC and remained in the fifth spot with 20 points from 14 matches. The hosts remained at the bottom of the table with six points.
Chennaiyin will be missing the services of midfielder Germanpreet Singh on Thursday due to a suspension.
