Defending champions India enter semifinals of SAFF Women’s Championship with 9-0 win over Maldives

In Football, defending champions India qualified for the semifinals of the SAFF Women’s Championship 2022 with a massive 9-0 win over the Maldives in their second match of the tournament at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu yesterday.

Anju Tamang was the star of the show, netting four goals, as Dangmei Grace scored two. Priyanka Devi, Soumya Guguloth, and Kashmina added one each to make it 9-0 in India’s favour. After this win, India now have six points from two matches.

The Indian women’s football team had beaten Pakistan 3-0 in its opening game. Five-time champions India will next face Bangladesh in their last group stage match on Tuesday.