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Updated: Jul 26, 2023 18:41 IST

New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Wednesday introduced that the Indian males’s and ladies’s football groups will take part within the upcoming Asian Games 2023, in Hangzhou. 
The Asian Games might be held in Hangzhou, China, from September 23 to October 8 however the football competitors will start on September 19.
Both males’s and ladies’s workforce had been set to overlook the event after failing to satisfy the qualification standards.
According to the sports activities ministry’s pointers, solely these sports activities which have achieved a rating as much as eighth amongst taking part Asian nations within the final 12 months needs to be thought-about for participation within the Asian Games.
But the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Government of India determined to ease the foundations in order that each groups can take part within the Asian Games even after failing to satisfy the prevailing standards. 

Anurag Thakur, who can also be the Information and Broadcasting Minister, took to X, previously referred to as Twitter wrote, “Good information for Indian football lovers! Our nationwide football teams, both Men’s and Women’s, are set to participate in the upcoming Asian Games. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, has decided to relax the rules to facilitate participation of both the teams, which were not qualifying as per the existing criterion. Keeping in mind their latest performances in the recent times, the Ministry decided to grant the relaxation. I am sure they will put their best foot forward in the Asian Games and make our country proud.”  
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The Indian males’s football workforce has loved success because the starting of this 12 months. Recently the Blue Tigers had been topped winners of the SAFF Championship 2023, ninth of their historical past, after Gurpreet Singh Sandhu made a game-changing save within the penalty shootout, to register a 5-4 victory. Throughout their marketing campaign, they did not lose a single sport. 
Earlier this 12 months additionally they received the Hero Tri-Nation Cup and the Hero Intercontinental Cup in opposition to Kyrgyzstan and Lebanon respectively.
Following their success, additionally they moved to the 99th place within the newest FIFA rankings. Under the administration of Igor Stimac and the management of Sunil Chhetri India might be eager to attain success within the Asian Games. (ANI)