{"id":35166,"date":"2017-07-15T05:10:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35166"},"modified":"2017-07-15T05:10:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:10:04","slug":"aiff-appoints-dr-punith-as-team-doctor-for-india-u-23-contingent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35166","title":{"rendered":"AIFF appoints Dr. Punith as team doctor for India U-23 contingent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21486\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan.jpg\" alt=\"Indian U 23 Team pose prior to the kick off against Uzbekistan\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"260\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI: In view of the decision by the Anti Doping Disciplinary Panel of NADA, All India Football Federation has appointed Dr. Punith Kenchappa Giriyappa as the Team Doctor for the India U-23 National Team for the forthcoming AFC U-23 Championship 2018 Qualifiers to be held in Qatar from July 19, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Punith shall join the Indian AFC U-23 contingent in Doha with immediate effect. He was part of the medical team for the 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League in Bengaluru and has also been a part of the medical team for the Pro Kabbadi League in Bengaluru in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>As the governing body of Indian Football, AIFF is committed to strictly adhering to all the relevant anti doping guidelines and has a zero-tolerance policy towards any violation in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21486\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan.jpg\" alt=\"Indian U 23 Team pose prior to the kick off against Uzbekistan\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"260\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Indian-U-23-Team-pose-prior-to-the-kick-off-against-Uzbekistan-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>NEW DELHI: In view of the decision by the Anti Doping Disciplinary Panel of NADA, All India Football Federation has appointed Dr. Punith Kenchappa Giriyappa as the Team Doctor for the India U-23 National Team for the forthcoming AFC U-23 Championship 2018 Qualifiers to be held in Qatar from July 19, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Punith shall join the Indian AFC U-23 contingent in Doha with immediate effect. He was part of the medical team for the 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League in Bengaluru and has also been a part of the medical team for the Pro Kabbadi League in Bengaluru in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[22448,973,22446,22447,6480,466],"class_list":["post-35166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-afc-u-23-championship-2018-qualifiers","tag-all-india-football-federation","tag-anti-doping-disciplinary-panel-of-nada","tag-dr-punith-kenchappa-giriyappa","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AIFF appoints Dr. Punith as team doctor for India U-23 contingent - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35166\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AIFF appoints Dr. Punith as team doctor for India U-23 contingent - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW DELHI: In view of the decision by the Anti Doping Disciplinary Panel of NADA, All India Football Federation has appointed Dr. Punith Kenchappa Giriyappa as the Team Doctor for the India U-23 National Team for the forthcoming AFC U-23 Championship 2018 Qualifiers to be held in Qatar from July 19, 2017.Dr. Punith shall join the Indian AFC U-23 contingent in Doha with immediate effect. 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