Gokulam Kerala to not compete in Asian Women’s Club Championship as a result of AIFF’s suspension

The Sports Ministry on Saturday knowledgeable the Gokulam Kerala FC to return from Uzbekistan as they received’t be capable of take part within the AFC Women’s Club Championship as a result of AIFF’s suspension.

The membership is in search of flight choices to go away at present.

The world soccer governing physique FIFA had suspended India for “undue influence from third parties” and mentioned the U-17 Women’s World Cup “cannot currently be held in India as planned”

23 girls workforce gamers of Gokulam Kerala FC are stranded at Tashkent now of no fault of ours. We request pressing intervention by @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur @Anurag_Office @narendramodi for us to take part within the AFC. pic.twitter.com/ltiM81XE5q

— Gokulam Kerala FC (@GokulamKeralaFC) August 17, 2022

The girls’s workforce was scheduled to compete towards a workforce from Iran on August 23 and one from the host nation on August 26 in Qarshi, whereas ATK Mohun Bagan is slated to play the AFC Cup 2022 (Inter-Zone semifinals) on September 7 in Bahrain.

Desperate for an answer, the Gokulam Kerala workforce administration reached out to the sports activities ministry on Wednesday afternoon, looking for their intervention.

On Friday, the ministry wrote an e mail to FIFA and AFC, apprising them of the truth that Gokulam Kerala was already in Uzbekistan when FIFA’s suspension of AIFF was introduced.

“It has requested FIFA and AFC to therefore consider allowing the team to play in the AFC Women’s Club Championship (West region) in the interest of the young players,” the Ministry had mentioned in a launch.

Stranded in Uzbekistan, Gokulam Kerala had requested the prime minister to assist. Gokulam Kerala had issued a press release on Twitter, a letter addressed to the prime minister.

“… Our Prime Minister’s dream is to make India a brilliant energy and turn out to be No.1 on the planet. In a small manner our membership is spearheading the trouble to carry girls soccer in India … therefore we once more humbly request your good places of work to intervene.