Indian footballer Anwar Ali has taken the All India Football Federation to court over his right to play, ESPN India reported on Tuesday.
He filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court on Monday challenging AIFF’s directive that prohibits from continuing his career as a footballer due to a rare heart condition.
Ali has been diagnosed with apical hypercardio myopathy, a rare heart condition that could prove to be a serious risk to his life if he continued playing football, according to several doctors and also as per the opinion of experts at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire in Rennes, France.
Ali who represented India at the U-17 World Cup had signed for Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC where his condition was detected. After Mumbai City FC decided to release him, Ali had recently joined third-tier side Mohammedan Sporting. But the AIFF after a recommendation from…