Maldives beat Sri Lanka 5-2 in 4th SAFF Women’s Championship
Maldives beat Sri Lanka 5-2 in their first group match of fourth SAFF Women’s Championship played on Monday.
Skipper Fadhuwa Zahir scored a hat-trick while Sharmila and Rifa scored goal each for the Maldives.
Maldives will take Nepal in their next match on December 28 and will meet Bhutan in their last group match on December 30.
Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan are in group a while Defending Champions India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in group B. Top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.
Nepal lies on the top of group A with better goal difference.Maldives is on the second position.
