In a major development for Indian football and judiciary, world governing body FIFA has turned to Justice Mukul Mudgal, who has been appointed as deputy chairman of its governance committee.
The former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana, who headed the IPl spot-fixing probe, said is aware of his appointment.
“I have seen it on the website though I am yet to receive an official confirmation from them. I feel honoured as it is a big thing for Indian judiciary,” Mudgal said.
Recently, he was also roped in by the Asian Football Federation in a similar capacity and he has already had one meeting with AFC, with the second one scheduled in June. Portuguese luis Miguel Maduro, who is a former European Court of Justice Advocate General, will head FIFA’s governance committee.
Mudgal and Maduro will also head FIFA’s International Review Committee, which will assess all major decisions.
Mexico City hosted the 66th FIFA Congress where newly elected president Gianni Infantino moved a slew of resolutions and promised massive reforms.
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Fatma Samoura, FIFA’s first-ever female secretary general, may be an outsider in the football world but she is hoping her two decades of experience as a UN diplomat will help her restore the sport’s “tarnished image”.
“My goal is to support the programme of president Gianni (Infantino) and to help football restore its tarnished image,” the Senegalese UN diplomat, named Friday as the second-in-command of football’s ruling body, told AFP.
“And to those who speak of my lack of experience, I say give me the time to prove myself,” she said in a telephone interview on Saturday.