India out of women's Asian Cup; match against Chinese Taipei called off after 12 players test COVID positive


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Published:23 January 2022 Navi Mumbai | India were forced out of the AFC Women's Asian Cup football tournament on Sunday after a dozen COVID-19 cases among their players led to the cancellation of a group match against Chinese Taipei minutes before kickoff here. Apart from the COVID cases, two players were also laid low by injuries which made it impossible for India to field a team given that two of their footballers were already out of contention after being infected by the virus a few days ago. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said given the situation, Article 4.1 of the...