On Tuesday, Indian football fans woke up to some disheartening news when the world football governing body, the International Federation of Association Football or formerly called as FIFA, suspended India and its governing body All India Football Federation(AIFF) for "undue influence from third parties" and said the U-17 Women's World Cup "cannot currently be held in India as planned." This is the first time the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been banned by FIFA in its 85-year history, with the apex body stating there have been "flagrant violations of the FIFA Statutes".

In a statement published on its official site, FIFA said, "the Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes." With dark clouds hanging over the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, we spoke to coaches and players from Mumbai and asked their immediate reaction to the judgement from the world's governing body.

Mid-day Online's Sports team spoke to former Air India Youth team coach, Shyam Sawant, Hero ISL 2014 winner with ATK and current Kenkre FC player, Lester Fernandez, former football coach and personal trainer, Raunakjay Killinger and current head coach of FC Young Guns, Sameer Kapoor.





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