Roy Krishna to join national soccer team for Pacific Games

Roy Krishna to join national soccer team for Pacific Games

By Aaryan Pal
Saturday 28/10/2023
Source: Stuff.co.nz

Fiji’s golden boy, Roy Krishna, Suva's Mohammed Ramzan Khan and Rewa's Patrick Joseph have been added in the final national football squad for the Pacific Games.

This comes as district reps Aporosa Yada, Inoke Turagalailai and Muni Shivam Naidu have been dropped from the team.

National team manager, Kartik Reddy says Yada and Turagalailai failed to take drug tests during the knockout stages of the recent Courts IDC in Suva while Naidu has not recovered from a groin injury.

He says Yada and Turagalailai have deemed to have failed the test.

Roy will be in the country by next week.

He will play for Odisha FC in Indian Super League on Wednesday and then come to Fiji.

The Pacific Games will held in Solomon Island from 19th November to the 2nd of December.

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