8 teams for SAAF ‘23 while Sri Lanka rot at home
The list of the final teams participating in the South Asian Football Championship, which will begin on 21 June in Bangalore, India, has been released, and Sri Lanka, which is temporarily under an international ban, has not been included. The Sri Lankan team, which emerged as a breakthrough team after the South Asian Football Championship held in 2019, became the runners-up in the Four-Nation football tournament beating both Maldives and Bangladesh. But due to irregularities in the administration and other issues, on 21 January, the Sri Lanka Football Federation was banned by the International Football Federation. It is surprising that no updated information has been reported from the International Football Federation or the football authorities of this country, even though it has been almost four months since the ban. Except for the chairman of the Football Officials Board who was elected last time, all the officials have resigned and the chairman is currently un...
