CHENNAI: International football returns to Chennai after 15 years when Indian women host Nepal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday in the first of the two friendlies in the lead-up to the Olympic qualifiers. The second friendly will be played at the same venue on Saturday.
The last time an international match was played in Chennai was in May, 2008 (the friendly between India men's team and Chinese Taipei which ended in a 2-2 draw). After that, matches were not scheduled in Chennai because of infighting in the Tamil Nadu Football Association (TFA).