AIFF sacks Shaji Prabhakaran citing ‘breach of trust’ | Football News

All India Football Federation (AIFF) has announced it has sacked Shaji Prabhakaran on Wednesday due to a breach of trust.
“The All India Football Federation here announces that the services of Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran have been terminated due to breach of trust with immediate effect as of November 7, 2023,” AIFF has quoted in its press release.
“The AIFF Deputy Secretary, Mr M Satyanarayan, will take charge as Acting Secretary General of AIFF with immediate effect,” it was further quoted.

We have to remain true to our game and when we have the position of power and influence then our responsibility is far higher to do our work with sincerity and dedication without any personal interests.
Never allow personal interests to dominate the mind and decisions.
Let’s…
— Shaji Prabhakaran (@Shaji4Football) November 6, 2023
AIFF vice-president NA Haris told PTI that even the AIFF executive committee members were not happy with the way Prabhakaran worked.
In a cryptic post on X on Monday night, Prabhakaran had hinted that all was not well within the AIFF.Most Read
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“We have to remain true to our game and when we have the position of power and influence then our responsibility is far higher to do our work with sincerity and dedication without any personal interests,” he had written on his X page.
“Never allow personal interests to dominate the mind and decisions. Let’s focus on our mission to transform football and make India proud. There can’t be a bigger satisfaction in life than to see India shining on the pitch on a bigger stage,” he wrote.
Prabhakaran was appointed in the role in September 2022. During his tenure, the Indian men’s football team broke into the top 100 for the first time in five years.
With inputs from agencies