text: Vadodara City Congress has now suspended Vadodara Mahila Congress president Saraswatiben Desai for committing anti-party acts in the party amid political unrest in the run-up to the local body elections.
  With the forthcoming Vadodara Municipal Corporation elections in mind, Vadodara City Congress Women President Saraswatiben Desai was entrusted with the responsibility of the organization.
  But instead of working faithfully, word spread like wildfire that she had been inactive in the Congress party for the last few days and wanted to take the women in the Congress party with her to the BJP.
  With this information, Vadodara Mahila Congress president Saraswatiben Desai has been suspended from the post of member for carrying out anti-party activities with immediate effect by Vadodara city president Prashant Patel.
  
  The news that FIFA has banned Chelsea from signing any new players until 2011 will rock the footballing world. Rarely have we seen punishment like this in a sport where “tapping up” allegations go hand-in-hand with the game.
  Has FIFA done the right thing? What sort of precedent will this set? Is this the harshest punishment meted out on a football club? It’s your shout.
  Let me know what you think and we’ll use as many of your comments on air on Connect the World at 9p London time
  Chelsea is not the only guilty club so why use them as a scapgoat. Afterall,there was no such previous harsh reproach for such an act.
  It's good to see FIFA enforcing the rules, as it will hopefully make the big clubs think twice before they act inappropriately. Having said that, it has become part of football, and if a club is interested in buying a player they can just leak a story to the press and before you know it's all over the back pages.
  Not surprising. Blatter has always had the intention of bringing down the major British clubs. What better opportunity for him than to make an example of Chelsea. It is unfair – but that is the way Blatter has always operated.
  There's something foul here. Have clubs such as AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and (especially!) Real Madrid never "induced" players? Is it a coincidence that a british club is being victimized? Or is there some sort of a pattern? Remember McLaren (Formula 1) in 2007? Ferrari and Renault appeared to get away with murder. The Singapore Story ("starring"" Piquet in Renault)) is only just coming out.
  It good that FIFA sanctioned the club so that this will serve as a deterrent to other clubs that takes the transfer issues for granted.
  This is an outrageous display of double standards. It is common practice in business, sports and life to seek new partnerships and to stop it, by law, punishment or otherwise is plain daft. Platini has an open agenda and dislike towards the Premiership which should in its self be examined and checked as bringing the Game in to Disrepute.
  Blatter has always had it in for the English clubs. It is rank jealousy. Ignoring Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Italian Clubs, he has criticised English Clubs for the marvellous foreign players that grace our game. There has been widespread 'tapping' of players. Real Madrid has a long record of doing it. There should be fair play, consistency and proportionality in the punishment. The English Premium League has to be prepared to fight Blatter's autocratic rule. The earlier he goes the better it would be be for FIFA and for the English Clubs. Our leading Premiership Clubs have to stand together on this, as otherwise they will be singled out for punishment by Caesar Blatter.
  Someone needs to keep watch for the sake of competitive balance. Too bad MLB doesn't have the courage to stop the Yankee's from doing the same EVERY YEAR.
  Why is this the top story on the website? Is there nothing happening in the world today? Shame on CNN
  It is indeed unfortunate for FIFA to give such a ruling. How can a Team be banned from signing new players for two years for such an offense? This might be politically motivated and I therefore condemn it in the strongest term.
  FIFA needs to reconsider her ruling and mitigate the punishment. The fact is the no time can be stopped from convincing players to sign. The player had his free will to reject or accept the deal. I think the leader of FIFA has something personal against the EPL.
  Sepp!! there are no weapons of mass destruction being produced at the stamford bridge....... ask texas Bush,ther werent any in iraq... outrageous decision,stinking!!!1
  I find it good that FIFA sets an example. I’m afraid club managers have forgotten where the limit in this game for best deal is.
  Football isn't the sport it once was... way to much money is involved and when monetairy gain starts to outrank sportsmanship it can only end badly.
  Best example is the horrible onfield case of grevious bodily harm in Anderlecht – Standard in the Belgian league last week. Intentionaly giving someone a double open leg fracture so your team has a better shot at ending up in the Champions League and cashing in all the bonuses makes this once noble and fun sport loose all it's glamour.
  It is about time that FIFA imposed stiffer penalties such as this. What is now needed is consistency on their part. We all know that money can buy you most things in the wrold, unfortunately including trouble this time around for Roman.
  That is not true there were two precedents from last year where FIFA issued the same penalty. However the clubs appealed the ruling at the CAS and there has not been a final ruling so far
  As far am concerned, the ban is absolutely rediculous. There is no club in Europe that isn't guilty of the same offense. Instead FIFA grandstanding on the issue, they should put more rules in place that forces clubs to look inwards instead of poaching youngstars from abroad.
  Definately too harsh. Blatter and Platini are targeting English teams as they are considered too powerful. This would not happen to Italian, French and Spanish teams. Shame on FIFA on such a ruling.
  Why does FIFA have any right to punish Chelsea in this way? Dont get me wrong, I dont like Chelsea or there way of plucking out players with incredible amounts of cash. But this is ridiculous. If it were the FA or even UEFA I would understand, but if its gonna be FIFA then they might as well go across the globe looking for teams that show similar behavior, if they cant do that then they have no right to enforce.
  I am not surprise that Fifa and Uefa have taken this punishment against Chelsea .Michel Platini and Uefa Prevented Chelsea from winning the Champions league last season. it is unfair.
  It happens in all professional sports on a perennial basis, not just football/soccer. The actions by Chelsea have to be objectified. A standard had to be set before it got out of hand. Sepp Blatter is rife with controversy himself, so maybe this is a good direction for FIFA to take.
  Blatter may be on a witch hunt for British clubs, but common misconception is that Chelsea is a major British Club – it probably has the smallest number of supporters in the prem (i would suggest Fulham is bigger), along with a poor footballing history – ie number of honours. Money does not make one a major club, nor does being from London. This issue is not about football, its about money hence the coverage on CNN.
  The rule is there to guide the game. For what is the rule that is not followed by punishment if broken? FIFA has only done its job.
  I am a committed chelsea fan and am disappointed by the decision in terms of my club.However from the point of view of football I thnk it is the right one.Does this mean manchester city will have a similar problem over the buying of Joleon Lescott from Everton? I hope so......
  there should be rules and regulations for an organized body but a new rule should not be binding on the offence commited b4 the enactment of the law so let the blues off d hook and spell out limit every club can go then u can prosecute any offender.
  The Football Association should make a stand on behalf of Chelsea. Jealousy is ripe in FIFA corridors about the Premier League. It is a witch hunt!
  Countless number of clubs from Africa and South America suffer the same treatment from European clubs yet nothing gets done except for Egyptean goalkeeper case.
  countless number of European teams indulge in 'tapping of players" and as a matter of fact it has become a show of might.
  the punishment is appropriate; but i think the fines are too meagre, what with the millions of hard currencies being splashed around in the world of football transfers.
  in any case i would imagine that if any club feels aggrieved, they have a right to lodge a formal complaint with FIFA. the likes of arsenal and man united never to that because they are the worst culprits.
  This should have happened before so clubs like Real Madrid didn't make players to rebel against the club they were playing and pressure them to sell. Maybe this way the number of shady negotiations and tactics will fall or at least be reduced if they know that a sanction can be upon them.
  In my opinon we see this happen in sports all the time, look at the baseball scouts in the dominican republic, they lure kids in. i dont see any harm in a club wanting to get the best talent they can find i dont mind them doing it, i know it is againgst the rules but lets think back for a minute people. was this not similar to what Real Madrid wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to do with Mancherster United or what Jose Morinuo wanted alot of the current chelsea players like Drogba, Carvalho, and Deco to do. the only diffrence is the fact that Chelsea got caught.. If the ban is uphled anyway, it wont really bother chelsea they have a solid squad for the next couple of years
  It is harsh punishment for chelsea, when all club do the same thing all over europe, while must they act this way, they really making me believe now that they football ruling bodies dont like chelsea.