The Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school football tournaments will now be played in nine-a-side format for the U-8, U-10 and U-12 category.

The decision to change the format was taken after the schools body decided to comply with the rules of FIFA, the world governing body for football.
"Last year, we had approached the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to get ourselves accredited to the national body.