Women’s soccer in India faces an uncertain futureAFP, NEW DELHIIndia’s female soccer players are in despair and uncertain about the future after a FIFA ban saw the country stripped of a major international tournament and left its best team in limbo. The world soccer governing body has suspended the All India Football Federation until it regains full control of its daily affairs. Photo: ReutersThe indefinite suspension had an immediate impact on Indian soccer, men and women, from professional down to grassroots. They only learned about the FIFA suspension when their flight landed in Tashkent and have been barred from competing. The national team are ranked 58th in the women’s global rankings — the men are 104th — and Gokulam last year became the first Indian women’s team to qualify for the an AFC club competition.
