Hyderabad, Nov. 9 -- Former India captain Shabbir Ali has been suspended for one year by the Telangana Football Association (TFA), which accuses the Dhyan Chand Awardee of repeatedly working against the state body.

Ali is president of Abbas Union Football Club. According to Telangana Today, TFA Secretary G Palguna said that the penalty was cleared by the association's Executive Committee, Technical Committee and General Body.

Palguna said that the last straw was a meeting at Olympic Bhavan on Wednesday, October 7, which TFA considered unauthorised. He said that the association had told affiliated clubs, departments and academies on its official WhatsApp groups to stay away and warned of action against anyone who attended. Ali went anywa...