IPL-style soccer tourney deferred

Organisers of the much-anticipated IPL-style football league on Sunday decided to defer the proposed tournament to September-November next year instead of early 2014. ‘AIFF and its commercial partner held a meeting to discuss and evaluate scheduling of the Indian football properties, including I-League and the proposed Indian Super League,’ a joint release said. The event  was earlier scheduled to be inaugurated in Mumbai on 18 January. IMG-Reliance had entered into a multi-million dollar deal with Star India to become equity partners in a joint venture for the next 10 years.