India Climb a Spot to 162nd in FIFA Rankings
India recently won the SAFF Cup defeating Afghanistan, which helped them climb the
Indian national football team gained a place to be 162nd in the latest rankings released on Thursday, according to world football's governing body FIFA. (India vs Afghanistan, SAFF Cup Final: Sunil Chhetri's Goal Takes Hosts to Seventh Title)
India currently have 139 points, according the list. India climbed three more spots from 166th to 163rd after winning the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship beating Afghanistan 2-1 in the final last month.
Iran (44) are the highest ranked Asian nation while the SAFF Cup runners-up Afghanistan have fallen a spot and are now in the 154th position.
On the other hand, world champions Germany are in the fourth spot. Belgium tops the list, followed by second placed and World Cup runners up Argentina. Spain are third.
Five-time Champions Brazil are in the sixth spot.
Portugal are in the seventh position followed by Columbia in eighth, England in ninth and Australia in the tenth spot.
AIFF sends show-cause notice to Mohun Bagan
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued a show-cause notice to Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen for making comments against the apex body a few days ago.
Taking a dig at the AIFF last week, Sen said it has been "sold out" after his request for rescheduling of an I-League match was ignored by the football body.
Mohun Bagan had won their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League first qualifying round match against Singaporean side Tampines Rovers 3-1 on January 27.
After the match Sen wanted to avoid playing an I-League away game on January 30 against DSK Shivajians as they had to fly out to China next to take on Shandong Luneng for the second qualifying round on February 2.
(With inputs from IANS)