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The championship is scheduled to take place in Nepal from September 6-19, and the Blue Tigresses will depart for the host country on September 3. The Indian women, the defending champions, have been drawn in Group A along with Maldives, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and will open their campaign against Pakistan on September 7.
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has announced the launch of the SAFF Integrity mobile app, which allows players, officials and members of the public to report suspected match-fixing, match-manipulation or other integrity concerns in a safe and secure manner. The SAFF Integrity mobile app, available in both Arabic and English, was established in collaboration with Sportradar Integrity Services.
Striker Gurkirat Singh scored four goals as India beat Bangladesh 5-2 in extra time in the final to lift the SAFF U-20 Championship trophy in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Both teams were locked 1-1 at the interval, and 2-2 after completion of regulation time. Gurkirat scored in the first, 60th, 94th and the 99th minutes respectively, while Himanshu Jangra added another one in the 92nd minute. For Bangladesh, Rajon Howladar and Shahin Mia scored in the 44th and 48th minutes respectively at the Kalinga Stadium.
Both teams were locked 1-1 at the interval, and 2-2 after completion of regulation time. Gurkirat scored in the first, 60th, 94th and the 99th minutes respectively, while Himanshu Jangra added another one in the 92nd minute.
Bangladesh and India finished first and second respectively after their round robin league engagements. On the eve of the final at the Kalinga Stadium, India head coach Shanmugam Venkatesh recalled his three SAFF Championships triumphs as a player. "Playing in a final is always a different feeling, it's special.
India won thanks to an 89th minute winner from its number nine, Gurkirat Singh, at the Kalinga Stadium here to set up Friday's summit clash with Bangladesh. In a previous match, Bangladesh U20 played out a 1-1 draw with Nepal U20.
After a barren first half, goals from Himanshu Jangra (50th minute), Parthiv Gogoi (69th and 90+3rd minutes), and Gurkirat Singh (73rd minute) made the difference between the two teams. The tireless Jangra, who could not be bogged down throughout the game, followed a deep Parthiv Gogoi cross from the right and nodded it home to open the scoring five minutes after the interval. Jangra had another chance to double the lead two minutes later.
The team will be playing international football after almost two years when it opens its campaign against Bangladesh at the Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Moving forward together, the U-20 boys will be playing the AFC U-20 Championship Qualifiers in September where they have drawn in Group H alongside Australia, Kuwait, and hosts Iraq. "The team is quite motivated to do well both in South Asia, and at the Continental level.