New Delhi: The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sunday issued a stay order on the All India Football Federation’s decision to announce Churchill Brothers as I-League champions and also ordered to stop efforts to organise a medal ceremony until the matter is settled.

Through a medal ceremony in Goa on Sunday, the AIFF had made plans to crown Churchill as the champions following its appeal committee order on April 18.

But CAS put a hold to all the arrangements of the AIFF, also giving it and Namdhari FC and Churchill Brothers, the other respondents in the case, 48 hours to file their reply to Kashi’s (applicant) application seeking provisional measures until the case is heard again on April 29.

“The Application for Provisional Measures filed by Inter Kashi FC in the matter CAS 2025/A/11374 Inter Kashi FC v. AIFF & Churchill Brothers FC Goa & Namdhari FC is granted. The decision rendered by the Appeal Committee of All India Football Federation rendered on 18 April 2025 is stayed,” CAS said in its interim order on Sunday.

“All India Football Federation, Churchill Brothers FC Goa and Namdhari FC are granted a time limit to file a full reply to the Applicant’s application for provisional measures until 29 April 2025.

“The costs of the present Order shall be determined in the final award or in any other final disposition of this arbitration.”

Kashi had filed an appeal at CAS on Tuesday, seeking to overturn the AIFF’s decision of

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