Praful Patel encourages Indian football coaches, urges them to 'be patient'
Football | May 09, 2020, 08:11 AM ISTAIFF President Praful Patel talked to Indian coaches via video conference.
AIFF President Praful Patel talked to Indian coaches via video conference.
The Under-17 Women's World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in India in November, was postponed by football's governing body (FIFA) last week due to the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe.
PK Banerjee was India's first footballer to receive Arjuna award as well as Padmashree. He breathed his last on Friday after prolonged illness.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned NCP leader Praful Patel in a money laundering case linked to Dawood Ibrahim's aide Iqbal Mirchi.
The source said that the ED has identified Mirchi's properties in India and abroad to the tune of Rs 500 crore.
The ongoing issue over two separate football leagues is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
Former civil aviation minister Praful Patel was a "dear friend" of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, who used his close proximity with ministers and others to get the work done for his clients, as per the charge sheet filed in a Delhi court by the ED, which quizzed the NCP leader Monday.
His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is expected to face a series of questions.
The ED earlier in the day summoned Patel, who was the civil aviation minister in the UPA government, over an alleged aviation scam.
The AIFF chief was one of the eight candidates vying for the spot in the election.
The AFC Electoral Committee carried out eligibility checks on the candidates running for the positions and the FIFA Review Committee conducted eligibility checks on candidates running for FIFA Council positions.
The election will be for the term 2019-2023 and will be held during the 29th AFC Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the AFC said in a statement.
Patel's statement came after NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar quit the party and announced that he is giving up his Lok Sabha membership saying he left aggrieved by the party's national president Sharad Pawar's "clean chit" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the fighter aircraft deal.
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety actress Nushrat along with ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra and Karan Tacker was seen rocking the dance floor Poorna's sangeet.
Dinesh Bambhania claimed that the money was given by NCP leader Praful Patel but no one was informed about this. He demanded Hardik Patel to explain what he had done with the money.
The high court had set aside the election of Patel as the president of the sports body observing that the AIFF Rules were in breach of the National Sports Code and Model Guidelines.
The court had appointed former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi as the administrator-cum-returning officer to conduct the fresh polls to the sports body.
A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Najmi Waziri appointed former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi as an administrator to look into the functioning of the AIFF.
The court has further observed that the AIFF elections were conducted without adhering to the National Sports Code.
Praful Patel said hat NCP is contesting against BJP in Gujarat and noted that his party shared power with Congress at both – Centre and Maharashtra to keep the saffron party out of power.
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