Malaysian FA welcomes AIFF chief Kalyan Choubey’s request to restart Merdeka Cup

All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Choubey has said that his “request to resume the Merdeka Cup” – the friendly football tournament – has been welcomed by Malaysia Football Association (FAM) chief Datuk Haji Hamidin bin Haji Mohamed Amin. has done.

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The AIFF chief shared the news on Twitter. IANS has learned that the friendly tournament will start next year and India Will participate in it.

“The #MerdekaCup has created a lot of opportunities for #IndianFootbal in the past. My request to restart this tournament and India as one of the invited participants was warmly welcomed by the President of FA Malaysia, Dato Haji Hamidin bin Haji Mohamed. Amin. Thank you @FAM_Malaysia,” he tweeted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxKwZXJEB64 width="942″ height="530″ frameborder="0″ allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <p>Merdeka is the oldest football tournament in Asia that has invited football-playing nations to compete since 1957. According to reports, after the 1980s, interest in the cup waned from both football fans and football teams, as many Asian countries focused more on the qualification stages in the FIFA World Cup and AFC Asian. cup.</p> <p>Read allLatest sports news Here