Federations – Inside World Football

India sets minimum wage structure for top tier women’s league

Paul Nicholson — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:33:16 +0000

April 17 – The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is to set a minimum wage for players in the country’s women’s top flight, the Indian Women’s League (IWL).

The top eight participating teams in the IWL will be required to have a minimum of 10 Indian players on an annual contract worth a minimum of ₹3.2 lakhs ($3,908), said AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey following an AIFF executive committee meeting.

“We believe these decisions will attract more girls to play football and will help the growth of the women,” said Chaubey.

Minerva owner Bajaj reports match-fixing attempt saying it is ‘rampant’ in India’s lower leagues

Paul Nicholson — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:11:45 +0000

April 14 – A bookmaker has allegedly approached two players at Delhi FC in the Indian I-League Second Division in an attempt to fix matches, Minerva club owner Ranjit Bajaj has claimed.

In March the players were contacted multiple times and promised they could “make a lot of money” by the match fixer, who even wrote to the players explaining that I-League 2 matches are beamed into betting shops and so attract interest from punters.

Mongolia feels the warmth of FIFA with opening of Air Dome

Paul Nicholson — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:06:38 +0000

April 14 – Mongolia opened its Air Dome last week with its U-17 women’s national team playing Hong Kong in a friendly.

It was the first use of the FIFA-funded facility that will provide cover for the National Team Training Centre. For seven months of the year the country experiences temperatures that dip below zero. For five of those months temperatures never go above zero.

Terbaatar Dambiijav, General Secretary of Mongolian Football Federation (MFF),

Chinese state opens two more investigations into FA officials

Paul Nicholson — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:20:57 +0000

March 24 – China’s scandal-plagued federation has been rocked by new corruption probes into its chiefs of discipline and competition.

The sports ministry said that Wang Xiaoping, director of the FA’s Disciplinary Committee, and Huang Song, were both “suspected of serious violations” of law and discipline — the government’s usual bywords for corruption.

The announcements said Wang and Huang were cooperating with investigators but gave no details about the charges against them.

India to return to staging of Santosh Trophy at home after last edition in Saudi Arabia

Paul Nicholson — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:01:55 +0000

March 15 – The secretary general of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Shaij Prabhakaran has defended his organisation’s decision to return the Santosh Trophy to India after playing the last edition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“We wanted to disrupt the way we were doing things,” Prabhakaran told Insideworldfootball.

“We wanted to bring back the glory of the Santosh Trophy because it has contributed to the growth of football in India but in the last ten years or so,

Iran pick Ghalenoei to lead team into Asian Cup, starting with Russian friendly on March 23

Paul Nicholson — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 08:00:49 +0000

March 14 – After months of speculation, Iran have named Amir Ghalenoei (pictured) as the successor to Carlos Queiroz to lead Team Melli until the 2023 Asian Cup that will be played in Qatar next January.

“Based on the technical and expert review and the agreement made, Mr. Amir Ghalenoei, the valuable coach of our country is selected as the head coach of the national football team,” Iran’s Football Federation said in a statement.

Indonesian court jails match officials over 135 deaths in Kanjuruhan stadium disaster

Paul Nicholson — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:30:09 +0000

March 9 – An Indonesian court has handed prison sentences to two match officials after finding them guilty of negligence over one of the world’s deadliest stadium disasters.

The October 2022 derby in Malang, East Java, at the Kanjuruhan stadium between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos with 135 spectators killed, many crushed as they fled for exits after police fired tear gas into the crowd.

Match organiser Abdul Haris was found guilty “due to his negligence causing people to die and get severely injured”,

AFC members join for region-wide day of activity to embrace International Women’s Day

Paul Nicholson — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:40:15 +0000

March 8 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has embraced International Women’s Day with a series of activities co-ordinated across its member associations.

The AFC said that close to 13,900 participants from 37 member nations are expected to take part in planned programmes and events, with some initiatives continuing throughout March.

The AFC Women’s Football Day is an annual event coinciding with international Women’s Day and this year sees 31 MAs from last year participating again and with Bhutan,

Chinese FA tells Super League clubs to set up women’s teams or risk exclusion from CSL

Paul Nicholson — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:10:02 +0000

February 16 – The Chinese Football Association (CFA) have demanded top flight men’s clubs establish a women’s team as part of license requirements to compete in the 2023 season.

It’s not the first time the CFA has taken this step. In 2019, the governing body imposed a similar rule.

“This women’s team should take part in the Chinese Women’s Super League or the second and third-tier league,” Xinhua news agency reported,

Former Inter owner turned government minister, Erick Thohir, takes over at Indonesian FA

Paul Nicholson — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:43:38 +0000

February 16 – Erick Thohir, a senior cabinet minister and a former chairman of Inter Milan, is the new head of Indonesian football with the task of totally reforming the game months after the country suffered one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes.

The October disaster at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, killed 135 people and prompted widespread concerns about safety standards. An investigation concluded excessive and indiscriminate tear gas use was the main cause.