Kolkata, April 28 -- The AIFF conducted its prize distribution ceremony on Sunday for the 2024-25 I-League, hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had asked it not to. AIFF claimed it got to know of the CAS directive after the programme in Goa.
"The All India Football Federation is ordered not to declare the winner of the I-League 2024/2025 or organise a medal ceremony for the I-League 2024-25 until the present arbitration has been concluded," said the order from Elizabeth Steiner, Deputy President of the Appeals Arbitration Division of the CAS.
AIFF deputy secretary general M Satyanarayan said since the federation's secretariat is closed on Sunday, he got to know of the order only after giving away the trophy to Churchill B...