May 21, 2013

SAFF Championship 2013:SAFF Championship 2013 is likely to be postponed for December 2013

Sources have revealed that Maldivian club, New Radiant SC, and India's East Bengal, may request to postpone the 2013 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship to be held in September in Nepal.
Both clubs have qualified for the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup quarter-finals which are scheduled for 17th and 24th September. This will come in conflict with the 2013 SAFF Championship scheduled from 20th September to 2nd October.

New Radiant SC and East Bengal are the only two clubs from South Asia to have qualified for the quarter-finals of the second-most prestigious club tournament in Asia. Both teams having a majority of respective national team players. New Radiant had 9 of their players in the preliminary national squad announced for the two international friendlies against Pakistan in February.

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