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Tajikistan cancels India U-16 national team visit due to coronavirus outbreak!

The Indian U-16 National team’s exposure tour to Tajikistan has been cancelled post-outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The India U-16 boys, currently the SAFF U-15 Champions, were slated to depart to play two Friendlies against Tajikistan U-16 National Team on March 5. Tajikistan are the current runners-up of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.

An official mail to All India Football Federation from the Tajikistan Football Federation read, “Please note that as directed by the government of the Republic of Tajikistan due to the situation around the coronavirus, the citizens of 35 countries including India cannot visit Tajikistan.”

“In view of the above, the friendly matches between our teams stay cancelled.”

Currently the Tajikistan vs India international friendly on March 31 will be played, but a later cancellation could still happen.

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