FIFA, AFC to discuss lifting of international ban on July 10: Sports Minister

Officials from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are expected to meet Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe and top level officials from the ministry via zoom on July 10, in order to discuss the lifting of the international ban currently imposed on Football Sri Lanka (FSL).

The minister and several other officials travelled to FIFA’s Switzerland headquarters last week to request a meeting with officials from the sport’s world governing body in order to resolve the issues that led to this ban.

“Their biggest request has been to ensure that elected office bearers serve a four-year term, and that the voting process be through a secret ballot. They have also mandated that a Chief Executive Office be appointed to replace the post of Secretary General,” the Minister said.

“FIFA has requested that these changes be incorporated into the FSL constitution as far back as 2014, but since then none of the sports ministers have implemented these changes,” the minister charged against his predecessors.