Kolkata, Nov. 21 -- Kolkata giants and ISL outfit East Bengal Football Club have sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help uplift the standard of Indian football and resolve the ongoing imbroglio in the country's top-tier tournament, the Indian Super League (ISL), over sponsorship issues.
Club President Murali Lal Lohia in a letter to the PM made him aware regarding the rapid declining standard of Indian football over the years and the FIFA ranking dipped to 142nd for a 1.4 billion country, which won the Asian Games gold in 1951 and 1962 and bronze in 1970.
India suffered their first defeat against Bangladesh in 22 years this week, going down 0-1 in Group C in the Asian Cup qualifying round. " This fall from grace is...