Kathmandu, April 23 -- Following continuous third-party interference from government bodies, the All Nepal Football Association has risked FIFA suspension. Many feared the suspension would be announced as early as April 30 during the FIFA Congress. That risk has now been averted.

FIFA has given Nepal a new deadline of May 4 to honour ANFA's autonomy.

The governing body of Nepali football was slapped with a three-month suspension by the National Sports Council, the governing body of Nepali sports, on March 25.

FIFA is holding its 76th Congress in Vancouver, Canada, on April 30. The fourth agenda of the 76th Congress is "suspension or expulsion of a Member Association".

"The Congress may suspend a member association solely at the reques...