Praful Patel inducted into FIFA finance panel

NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation president Praful Patel was Monday appointed a member of the FIFA finance committee to a five-year term (2017-2021).

The FIFA finance committee monitors the financial management and advises the FIFA executive committee on financial matters and asset management. It also analyses the FIFA budgets and the financial statements prepared by the FIFA general secretary and submits them to the FIFA executive committee for approval.

Patel was recently also appointed as the senior vice-president of Asian Football Confederations (AFC) in December 2016.

Under Patel, India won the rights to host its first FIFA World Cup - the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 India - and had recently hosted the AFC U-16 Championship in September 2016.

The AIFF had also won the Recognition Award for Grassroots Football in 2014 and the AFC Member Association (Developing) Award for 2016.