FIFA dispute resolution workshop likely this year

The National Dispute Resolution Chamber of the FIFA is likely to have a workshop later this year to address the contentious contractual disputes, chairman of FIFpro Asia/Oceania division Takuya Yamazaki said Tuesday.

The players status committee of the All India Football Federation has recently imposed a transfer ban on East Bengal over irregularities in their attempts to sign defender Sukhdev Singh from I-League champions Minerva Punjab FC.

Sukhdev was banned from playing any competitive match and also was to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 each to AIFF and Minerva Punjab.

"It's the contractual dispute that's one of the biggest concerns. We are aware of it. We are in talks with FIFA to bring the NDRC project to India," Yamazaki, a Japanese sports lawyer, told reporters to kick off a three-day conference of the Asia/Oceania division of the world players' body here.

NDRC is FIFA's body that provides arbitration and dispute resolution on the basis of equal representation of players and clubs ...