Pakistan-India football series in England

NEW DELHI: Cricket ties remain on hold but arch-rivals India and Pakistan will resume their football rivalry next month with a series of three international friendlies in England, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Monday.

Manchester, Coventry and London will host the matches between August 25 to September 11, the statement said, but the UK-based organisers add that neither the dates nor the stadiums had been finalised.

The last time India visited Pakistan for a football match was in 2005, although the sides last met in an AFC Challenge Cup qualifier in Malaysia this March. India won that contest 3-1.