AIFF confirms through media release that Minerva\u2019s claim of being approached by a rival club is being investigated.<\/p>\n
As I-League is set for a dramatic final day clash involving Minerva Punjab FC, East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan and NEROCA FC with all four teams having a chance to win the championship as a result of complex permutations, controversy showed its ugly head with a letter from Minerva Punjab FC to AIFF.<\/p>\n
In a sensational claim, Minerva Punjab FC owner Ranjit Bajaj accused a rival club (name withheld) of offering money to lose their final encounter to Churchill Brothers FC.<\/p>\n
AIFF officials on Wednesday confirmed through a media release stating “We have received a letter from Minerva Punjab Football Club highlighting an approach to their players and officials from other participating teams in the Hero I-League<\/a>.<\/p>\n The case is presently being handled by AIFF Integrity officer who is doing a thorough investigation into the matter and necessary action will be taken as per the regulations.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AIFF confirms through media release that Minerva\u2019s claim of being approached by a rival club is being investigated. As I-League is set for a dramatic final day clash involving Minerva Punjab FC, East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan and NEROCA FC with all four teams having a chance to win the championship as a result of complex permutations, controversy showed its ugly head with a letter from Minerva Punjab FC to AIFF. In a sensational claim, Minerva Punjab FC owner Ranjit Bajaj accused a rival club (name withheld) of offering money to lose their final encounter to Churchill Brothers FC. AIFF officials on Wednesday confirmed through a media release stating “We … Continue reading “Minerva\u2019s claim of being approached by a rival club is investigated”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":11451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1291,1290,205,1245],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}