FIFA and AFC jointly decides to postpone all upcoming qualifier matches for World Cup and Asian Cup until 2021


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The Indian football team will not see any action this year with the Asian qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday getting postponed to 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Football Confederation postponed all men's qualifiers scheduled in October and November for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup. India's last international match was the joint qualifying round match against Oman in Muscat in November last year, which they had lost 0-1. Though out of contention for a place in the next round of World Cup qualifiers, India are still in the reckoning...