Football: Sri Lanka to play 4 games at SAFF Championship

Sri Lanka will play four international matches in October according to the fixtures for the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2021 which was released on Wednesday (18).

The SAFF Championship will be played from October 1 to 13 at the National Football Stadium in Male, with the participation of hosts Maldives, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is slotted to play their first game on October 1 against Bangladesh at 9.00pm local time at the National Football Stadium in Male. 

Their second match will be against Nepal, which will played at the same venue at the same time on October 3. 

Sri Lanka's third SAFF outing will be against India on October 6 and the match will be played at 4.00pm local time.

On October 8, Sri Lanka will take on hosts Maldives at 4.00pm local time.

The tournament will be played on a league basis with the top two teams qualifying to play in the final on October 13.