India wins SAFF Championship Title for 8th Time

India won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship for eighth time defeating Nepal 3-0 in Male.
Indian Captain Sunil Chhetri’s goal in the final game helped him level with Lionel Messi on 80 international goals.
This is the Indian football team’s first title victory under head coach Igor Stimac.
The SAFF was founded in 1997, with Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, they expanded to 7 members, adding Bhutan. In 2005, Afghanistan joined too, but they left in 2015.
The seven-member SAFF has its headquarters at Dhaka, Bangladesh.