AIFF Cancels India U-16 Team’s Tour To Tajikistan Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

The 2 matches that the team was supposed to play against Tajikistan was slated to be held next week. The team was about to leave on March 5.

India U-16 Football Team

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation has decided not to send the Under-16 football team for the exposure trip to Tajikistan following the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.    

The 2-matches that the Indian team was supposed to play  against Tajikistan was slated to be held next week. The team was about to leave on March 5. Tajikistan are the current runners up in the Asian Championship at the Under-16 level.

An official mail to All India Football Federation from the Tajikistan Football Federation read: “Please note that as directed by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan due to the situation around the coronavirus, the citizens of 35 countries including India cannot visit Tajikistan.”

“In view of the above, the friendly matches between our teams stay cancelled.” Meanwhile, the Senior National Team is also slated to play Tajikistan in Tajikistan on March 31. “We are keeping a close tab on the situation,” National team Director Abhishek Yadav informed.