New Delhi šC Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter once called India a ¡°sleeping giant¡± of soccer, but the sport is mired in fresh crisis in the country and faces problems from the top down to grassroots.
The men¡¯s national team is without a coach and the Indian Super League (ISL) ¡ª India¡¯s top competition ¡ª is in danger of collapsing over a dispute between the federation and its commercial partner.
¡°Everybody in the Indian football ecosystem is worried, hurt, scared about the uncertainty we are faced with,¡± Sunil Chhetri, the celebrated veteran striker, wrote on X about the fate of the ISL.
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