Shillong, Oct. 17 -- When Shillong was chosen for the friendly between India and Maldives earlier this year it was often said that this would be the city's first international football match.
Devoted fans of the game knew that this was not entirely accurate, however, as it was only the first men's international because Shillong had already played host to the women's football events at the South Asian Games in 2016.
On February 15, 2016 India won the final and the gold medal by beating Nepal 4-0 at the JN Stadium here in front of a packed crowd of 20,000-plus fans. Nine and a half years on, India and Nepal will be back at the JN Stadium for the Tri-Nations International Tournament, which willalso include the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The ...