I-League committee decides to shift Real Kashmir-East Bengal game to Delhi
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The committee also decided to organize the Super Cup qualifiers in Bhubaneswar from March 15-16.
Subrata Dutta, Senior Vice President, All India Football Federation’s chaired AIFF League Committee Meeting at Football House on Monday (February 25, 2019).
All other members except BK Roka, Lalnghinglova Hmar and Rochak Langer, attended the meeting. AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, and I-League CEO Sunando Dhar were also present as ex-officio members.
The Committee gave a hearing to representatives from both Real Kashmir FC, and Minerva Punjab FC over the latter not turning up in Srinagar on February 18, 2019 for their Hero I-League match against the hosts.
After due deliberation, the Committee keeping in view the Hero I-League regulations, decided to refer the matter to the AIFF Executive Committee for a decision.
Meanwhile, Real Kashmir informed in writing that in view of the current uncertainty prevailing in Kashmir due to Article 35A, they want to play their forthcoming Hero I-League match against Quess East Bengal on February 28, 2019 in a neutral venue like New Delhi. Accordingly, the Committee decided to shift the match to Delhi.
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Real Kashmir FC, in their letter also reiterated that this uncertainty was not prevalent in Srinagar for the period from February 16-19, 2019.
[KH_RELATED_NEWS title="Related News"][/KH_RELATED_NEWS]Furthermore, the qualifiers for the Hero Super Cup will be played in Bhubaneswar from March 15-16, 2019, while the final round of the tournament will be played from March 29 to April 13, 2019. The exact dates of the matches for the final round of the tournament will be announced once the schedule of the AFC Cup is finalised.
The final round of the Hero Indian Women’s League will be held in May 2019.
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