The Indian men’s and women’s football teams will be travelling to Hangzho, China after all to compete in the continental event.The development comes weeks after it was announced that the two teams will not be taking part in the Asian Cup in the continental event as per the existing criteria of sports ministry. It led to a mass appeal with several prominent figures from the Indian footballing fraternity turning up and urging the authorities to give the go-ahead to the Sunil Chhetri and Ashalata Devi-let sides. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday.
Good news for Indian football lovers!
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) July 26, 2023
Our national football teams, both Men’s and Women’s, are set to participate in the upcoming Asian Games.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, has decided to relax the rules to facilitate participation of both the…
The IOA had refused to clear the Indian football teams from playing at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta based on the same ranking criteria.
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