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dpaGeneva FIFA has suspended the governing body of football in India with immediate effect due to third-party interference, it said on Tuesday.World football governing body FIFA said its council “unanimously decided” to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF), meaning India will not be able to host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, which was scheduled to take place in the country on October 11-30.“The suspension will be lifted once an order to set up a committee of administrators to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee has been repealed and the AIFF administration regains full control of the AIFF’s daily affairs,” a FIFA statement said.The world body said it was assessing the issue of the under-17s tournament, adding that it was having talks with India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and was “hopeful that a positive outcome to the case may still be achieved.” India’s top court dissolved the AIFF in May and appointed a three-member committee to amend the federation’s statutes and organize elections.
