Sports Ministry Allows Men’s and Women’s Indian Football Team To Participate In Asian Games 2023
New Delhi: Good news coming in for Indian football fans as the Ministry Of Youth Affair Of Sports, Government of India on Wednesday has decided to relax the rules to facilitate participation of both the men’s and women’s teams, which were not qualifying as per the existing criterion.
As per previous criteria, a team has to be among the top 8 candidates in Asia, in order to participate in the main phase of the show piece event. Indian football team coach, Igor Stimac took to social media and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the football teams to participate in the Games, owing to their brilliant recent performance.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) then made an appeal to the Sports Ministry to allow the men’s and women’s teams to take part in the prestigious event.
Good news for Indian football lovers!
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…
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) July 26, 2023
The Indian men’s team is ranked 18th in Asia, while the women’s side is ranked 11th.
The Huangzhou Asian Games is scheduled to take place from September 23 to October 8 in China.