Overview
- The AIFF unanimously approved a revised constitution on June 20 that aligns the body with the National Sports Governance Act and created an Election Panel to oversee member-association polls.
- The federation confirmed the 2026–27 Indian Super League will kick off on September 4 and approved matchday and squad rules including playing the national anthem and song, allowing three foreign plus one OCI player in the starting eleven, and requiring one Indian striker to play the full 90 minutes.
- AIFF approved a proposal to seek approval from the Sports Ministry and later FIFA to rename itself the Football Federation of Bharat and has formally started the ministry submission process.
- No final decision was taken on the clubs’ proposal to run the ISL commercially; AIFF informed commercial bidder Genius Sports of the delay and referred the dispute to the ISL managing committee and then the executive committee for further deliberation next week.
- Reported financial terms remain contested — London-based Genius Sports submitted a large multi-year bid while clubs have offered to pay the AIFF roughly ₹15.4 crore to ₹16 crore a year under a club-led plan — and the outcome will determine who controls broadcast and sponsorship revenue and how the federation keeps regulatory duties such as refereeing, anti-doping and player registration.