National U-17 women’s football team asst. coach Alex Ambrose sacked for “sexual misconduct”

Former
India
international
Ambrose
was
suspended
and
called
back
from
Norway
for
the
“misconduct”
with
a
player
during
a
training
and
exposure
tour
of
Europe.

“Alex
Ambrose,
Asstt
Head
Coach
of
Under
17
Women’s
team
has
been
sacked
for
sexual
misconduct.
Further
action
under
process,”
Quraishi
tweeted.

The
team
is
touring
Europe
as
part
of
preparations
for
the
FIFA
U-17
Women’s
World
Cup
India
is
hosting
from
October
11-30.
The
Committee
of
Administrators
(CoA),
which
is
managing
the
affairs
of
the
All
India
Football
Federation
(AIFF),
had
apprised
the
Sports
Authority
of
India
(SAI)
about
the
incident.

Head
coach
Thomas
Dennerby
was
a
witness
to
the
“incident”
and
he
immediately
reported
it
to
the
AIFF,
since
it
involved
a
minor.
The
U-17
World
Cup
matches
will
take
place
in
three
cities
–
Bhubaneswar,
Goa
and
Navi
Mumbai.
India
have
been
clubbed
with
USA,
Morocco
and
Brazil
in
Group
A
of
the
tournament.

India
will
begin
their
campaign
against
USA
on
the
opening
day,
followed
by
matches
against
Morocco
and
Brazil
on
October
14
and
17
respectively.
All
of
India’s
group-stage
games
will
be
held
at
the
Kalinga
Stadium
in
Bhubaneswar.