Mumbai ties may be shifted

MUMBAI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) may take away all NFL matches from the Western India Football Association (WIFA) and share it between New Delhi, Ludhiana and Goa if the Cooperage ground is not ready by the February 6 match between Air India and Mohammedan Sporting.
The AIFF has been forced to shift Mahindra United's NFL match for a second time, this time against Fransa Pax FC Goa, scheduled for Jan 29, to Nehru Stadium (Goa) a day later.Both teams refused to play at the Cooperage because of the pathetic ground condition. Mahindra were forced to play their home match against JCT Mills in Goa on Jan 17 as the Cooperage was in shambles following a wedding held at the venue on Jan 5 and 6.
Following formal protests from both club presidents, Alan Durante (Mahindra) and Mickey Pacheco (Fransa) who flew down to Mumbai on Thursday to have a look at the ground, the AIFF sent its match commissioner B S Chavan to inspect the venue and report back.
Pal called for India camp
Controversial Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Pal has been called to the India camp for the Asian Cup qualifiers. Nine Mahindra United players have been included among the probables.
The probables: Steven Dias, Abhishek Yadav, Surkumar Singh, Mahesh Gawali, S. Manju, S. Venkatesh, James Singh, K. Ajayan, Sandip Nandy, Kalyan Chaubey, Felix D'Souza, Subrata Pal, M. Suresh, Sameer Naik, Anupan Sarkar, S. Feroze, Sanjeev Maria, Mehtab Hussein, M Wadoo, Manjit Singh, Xavier Kumar, Jayanto Sen, Bhaichung Bhutia, Abdul Rahim Nabi, Abdul Hakim, Pradep Kumar, Saji D'Silva. Standbyes: Rajat Dastidar, Delibump Lazari, Cedric Peixito, Abhimanu Mondal, Habibur Rehman, Kuttimani, Nicholas Rodrigues.