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India leads SAFF exit from Saudi-led SWAFF

Last updated : Nov 01, 2018 17:11
SportzPower Team
Oct 31, 2018 13:10

NEW DELHI: In a development that came out of left field as it were, India and all six other members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) have pulled out of a Saudi Arabia-led new football bloc with immediate effect, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) confirmed late Tuesday.

SAFF, which besides India comprises Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Sr Lanka and Pakistan, have left South West Asian Football Federation (SWAFF) on the eve of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) congress in Kuala Lumpur.

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