GFA's AGM for sporting's retention in I-league

The General Body Meeting of GFA today unanimously resolved that the matter of retaining Sporting Club de Goa in the I-League should be taken up immediately with the AIFF authorities.

The members felt that the AIFF should go by the previous procedures adopted by them and that Sporting should be retained and not demoted, since Mahindra United had withdrawn from the I-League.

GFA President, Joaquim Alemao who is also the AIFF Vice-President, promised to take up the matter at the next meeting to be held on August 4 and had asked General Secretary, Savio Messias to prepare the case to be presented before the AIFF authorities.

All the members strongly opined that the AIFF should go by previous precedents adopted in similar cases.