According to Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s top intelligence agency, the foreign national was recruited by one of the IS ringleaders as a suicide bomber sometime between April and June 2022, while in Turkey, state-owned TASS news agency reported.A terrorist headed to India via Russia?Īn Islamic State (IS) terrorist from a Central Asian country, who was purportedly plotting a suicide attack on “a member of India's ruling establishment” for offensive comments on the Prophet, has been detained in Russia. A spanner: Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia however filed an intervention application in the SC, saying that “the much-needed reforms within AIFF, and the Indian Football at large, cannot be held to ransom because of FIFA’s suspension or any other threats.” Supporting the SC-proposed reforms in the AIFF, Bhutia added that “reverting to the existing system would allow the vested interests to have a stranglehold on AIFF for 4 more years and thereby damage the sport irreparably.”Ģ.
Prestige at stake: The apex court also acknowledged that its decision to terminate the CoA was also guided in order to facilitate the “holding of the Under 17 world cup in order to ensure that the prestige of the nation and ability of players to participate in international tournament.” FIFA, in its suspension order, had also said that the “FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022, scheduled to take place in India on 11-30 October 2022, cannot currently be held in India as planned.”.
Redemption? Agreeing to the Centre’s plea to defer the polls to elect the executive committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and with a view to facilitate the revocation of the suspension of AIFF by FIFA, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday terminated the mandate of the SC-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to run the day to day affairs of the AIFF.