{"id":28115,"date":"2020-07-26T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T07:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?p=28115"},"modified":"2020-07-26T13:03:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T07:33:41","slug":"isl-global-recognition-with-induction-in-wlf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/isl-global-recognition-with-induction-in-wlf\/","title":{"rendered":"ISL receives global recognition with induction into WLF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/?s=Indian+Super+League+%28ISL%29\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Indian Super League<\/a> (ISL) has received yet another global recognition with its induction into the prestigious World Leagues Forum (WLF).<\/p>\n\n\n<p>World Leagues Forum aims to foster cooperation between the Leagues through knowledge sharing and exchange of proven methodologies with an emphasis on helping the emerging leagues in their development.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Currently, WLF has members from five continents representing close to 1200 clubs worldwide and works closely with global body FIFA on the development of professional football, providing significant support for national football bodies to share best practices and improve standards and structures in professional football.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeroISL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#HeroISL<\/a> gets global recognition with World Leagues Forum seat.<br><br>More details \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6TakwEBgG0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/6TakwEBgG0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndSuperLeague\/status\/1285888677814530049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) said :<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an honour for ISL to get a seat at the World Leagues Forum table. This recognition from WLF is a testimony to Indian football\u2019s rise on the global stage, and the role that ISL is playing in it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In 2014, when we launched ISL, we had a dream to revolutionize football in India. Every year since then, we have consistently risen the bar and given a world-class platform to our young footballing talent. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>We look forward to working with WLF to further accelerate the growth of this beautiful game across geographies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>WLF recently had signed a cooperation agreement with FIFA detailing \u2018development programme for professional football\u2019, and joining forces with the world governing body to provide knowledge and expertise to improve professionalisation worldwide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jerome Perlemuter, General Secretary, World Leagues Forum said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is a great pleasure and an honour to welcome the Indian Super League in the professional football family. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The ISL has achieved a lot in the recent years and is now on a path to becoming a major league in its region. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>The World Leagues Forum and its member leagues look forward to sharing experiences with the ISL and contribute to its future development.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-text-align-center has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a aria-label=\"Follow us on facebook for more sports news &amp; updates (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kyrosports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Follow us on Facebook for more sports news &amp; updates<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Super League (ISL) has received yet another global recognition with its induction into the prestigious World Leagues Forum (WLF). World Leagues Forum aims to foster cooperation between the Leagues through knowledge sharing and exchange of proven methodologies with an emphasis on helping the emerging leagues in their development. Currently, WLF has members from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":28170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,841],"tags":[4931,4932,5331],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyrosports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}