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Indian club Mohun Bagan out of AFC competition after missing match in Iran

Mohun Bagan are one of the oldest football clubs in Asia and the current champions of the Indian Super League [File: Tariq AlAli/Reuters]

Indian football club Mohun Bagan Super Giant are out of the second-tier regional club competition for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after not travelling to Iran for a group stage match.

The Kolkata-based Indian Super League (ISL) club, placed in Group A of the AFC Champions League Two, were scheduled to play Iranian club Tractor SC in Tabriz on October 2, the day after Iran launched ballistic missiles towards Israel amid soaring violence in the region.

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