Nepal, Oct. 28 -- The semifinal match between Nepal and India under the SAFF Women's Championship-2024 turned tense on Sunday after the referee gave the marching order to Nepal's forward Rekha Paudel.

Despite a competitive start to the game between the two title contenders at the Dasharath Stadium, the match took an ugly turn in the 50th minute after the assistant referee Choden Chhiring allegedly misjudged Paudel of having committed a foul and the main referee Om Choki seconded the decision by giving her a yellow card. As the enraged Nepali player argued with the referee, she was given a second yellow card and had to leave the pitch as tensions ran high with thousands of home crowd chanting slogans against the so-called unfair decision....