New Delhi: FIFA lifted its suspension on the All India Football Federation on Friday. It is cleared that India will remain the hosts for the U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 in October.

FIFA in an official release said that the Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to lift the suspension that was imposed on AIFF due to undue third-party influence. The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the mandate of the committee of administrators that was set up to assume the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee had been terminated and that the AIFF administration had regained full control of the AIFF’s daily affairs.

FIFA and the AFC will continue to monitor the situation and will support the AIFF in organizing its elections in a timely manner, FIFA said in the press release. AIFF had requested the FIFA on Tuesday to lift the ban imposed on it following Supreme Court’s decision to terminate the mandate of Committee of Administrators.