Tag: Football
Earliest rules of club football to go under hammer
Sotheby’s will auction the oldest rules of club football in July as part of an historic archive that is expected to fetch 800,000 -...
Ashraf Mills victorious in NBP Cup Football
LAHORE - As many as four matches were decided in 21st National Bank Football Cup at two venues of Faisalabad on Wednesday as the quarter-final frame of the event had been completed. The quarter-finalists are KRL, PAF, Army, KESC, KPT, PIA, Bahawalpur's Ashraf Sugar Mills (ASM) and WAPDA while the teams eliminated were PTV, Pakistan Police, HBL, ZTBL Faisalabad's PMC Athletico Club, Railways, NBP and Navy. The interesting Group-A, with all four teams on three points after two matches
Malaika shines for YRS in National Women’s Football
LAHORE - National Champions Young Rising Star opened their campaign in explosive fashion when they edged out Sargodha University 9-0 in the fourth edition of National Women's Football Club Championship. The Group C tie saw YRS leading 3-0 at interval and scoring six more in the second session at Jinnah Stadium, PSB Complex.
Mifielder Malaika Noor, scorer against Maldives in first SAFF Women Football Championship in Bangladesh last year, struck four goals in emphatic 9-0 win.
Mifielder Malaika Noor, scorer against Maldives in first SAFF Women Football Championship in Bangladesh last year, struck four goals in emphatic 9-0 win.
National Women’s Football C’ship starts today
LAHORE - Frontier College, who earned a surprise quarter-final spot in last year's National Women's Championship, will face Striker Club on Friday, April 15 when the fourth edition of the National Women's Football Club C'ship 2011 commences at Peshawar. The event will be played at five zones. PFF has announced the draws, with matches in Islamabad set to start from April 19, while the matches in Karachi, Quetta and Lahore will be played from April 21.
Group A: (At Aga Khan
Group A: (At Aga Khan
National Women’s Football from 15th
LAHORE - Johar Town's Lahore Grammar School, Sargodha University and Abbottabad's Hazara Shaheen will make their debut in the fourth edition of National Women's Football Club Championship 2011, which will be played from April 15 to 27 simultaneously in Quetta, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. The top two teams from the Lahore and Islamabad zones will move into the 7th National Women's Championship, along with champions of Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar zones. The event is slated
Railways clinch MC Football Cup
LAHORE - Pakistan Railways added another feather to their cap when they annexed the All Pakistan Tehsil Municipal Corporation Football Cup at Toba Tek Singh. Railways, under coach Muhammad Rasheed, overwhelmed PAF 3-2 in the final, with Imran getting two goals for the winners. Asif Hameed scored the third goal. Muhammad Zeeshan and Saleh Muhammad scored a goal each for PAF.
MQM shifts rally to Football Stadium
LAHORE - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Isteqam-e-Pakistan Convention, scheduled to be held at Qaddafi Stadium on Sunday, was shifted to the Football Stadium at the 11th hour due to security concerns, traffic problems and traders' protest against closure of their shops and food outlets along the outer wall of the stadium.
Security has been kept as the highest priority as the MQM gets ready for its biggest showdown in Lahore. The Punjab government, showing deep concern over
Security has been kept as the highest priority as the MQM gets ready for its biggest showdown in Lahore. The Punjab government, showing deep concern over
Lahore football trials from today
LAHORE - Two-day trials to select the Lahore Football Team for the Punjab Games 2011 will be held at Lahore's Raiders FC Ground from April 5 to 6.
President of Lahore District Football Association Mian Rizwan Ali will act as the Chairman of the Selection Committee, accompanied by Anees Khan Lodhi, Iftikhar (Kasur) and Khalid Mehmood (Sheikhupura) as members. The football event of the Punjab Games will be held from April 7 to 9.
President of Lahore District Football Association Mian Rizwan Ali will act as the Chairman of the Selection Committee, accompanied by Anees Khan Lodhi, Iftikhar (Kasur) and Khalid Mehmood (Sheikhupura) as members. The football event of the Punjab Games will be held from April 7 to 9.
National Women’s Football from 15th
LAHORE - The fourth edition of National Women Football Club Championship will commence from April 15 at four zones, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar. The top two teams of each zone will move to main event slated to run at Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium from September 17-30. The field for qualification is expanded to eight from four.
The four qualifiers last year were Frontier College of Peshawar, Karachi's Diya FC, Lahore's Sport Sciences and Rawalpindi's Young Rising Star.
The four qualifiers last year were Frontier College of Peshawar, Karachi's Diya FC, Lahore's Sport Sciences and Rawalpindi's Young Rising Star.
Women’s Football from April 6
LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved 24 teams for fourth National Women's Football Club Championship 2011, to be held from April 6 to 13 simultaneously at four zones Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar.
The top two teams from each zone will qualify for the 7th National Women's Championship, slated to run at Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium from September 17 to 30.
The 24 participants are:
Peshawar (7): Frontier College, United,
The top two teams from each zone will qualify for the 7th National Women's Championship, slated to run at Islamabad's Jinnah Stadium from September 17 to 30.
The 24 participants are:
Peshawar (7): Frontier College, United,
Conveners named for Sindh Football elections
LAHORE - Provincial Election Commissioner Khalid Latif has named District Election Conveners for the forthcoming Sindh Football Elections 2011.
The coveners are: Mir Muhammad Kalhoro (Khairpur), Abdul Aziz Samejo (Kandkot), Dr. A. Ghafoor (Larkana), Arshad Ali (Shahdat kot), Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Hyderabad), Muhammad Younus (Ghotki), Ghulam Nabi Baloch (Thatta), Mazhar Ud Din Memon (Badin), Hasan Baloch (Sukkur), Deedar Ali Baloch (Jacababad), Murad Ali Farooqi (Nawabshah), Ghulam
The coveners are: Mir Muhammad Kalhoro (Khairpur), Abdul Aziz Samejo (Kandkot), Dr. A. Ghafoor (Larkana), Arshad Ali (Shahdat kot), Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Hyderabad), Muhammad Younus (Ghotki), Ghulam Nabi Baloch (Thatta), Mazhar Ud Din Memon (Badin), Hasan Baloch (Sukkur), Deedar Ali Baloch (Jacababad), Murad Ali Farooqi (Nawabshah), Ghulam
Lahore Football Elections
LAHORE - Provincial Punjab Election Commissioner has appointed Chaudhry Liaquat Iqbal as Lahore District Convener to conduct the Lahore Football Elections 2011. The Lahore Football hailed PPEC's decision as everyone is impressed by Iqbal's way of working. Meanwhile, Iqbal has asked all the 39 clubs of Lahore to submit their nomination papers for the office of DFA Lahore latest by March 20.
Lotas for football – No to turncoats
LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League - Quaid (PML - Q) joined hands against the Unification Bloc and staged a protest against the politics of turncoats, outside the Punjab Assembly on Friday.
The protestors ridiculed turncoats outside the assembly and sloganeered against the Unification Bloc for more than an hour. The PPP-backed opposition leader, Raja Riaz, specially presented a 'lota' (a spherical water vessel that symbolises turncoats) to
The protestors ridiculed turncoats outside the assembly and sloganeered against the Unification Bloc for more than an hour. The PPP-backed opposition leader, Raja Riaz, specially presented a 'lota' (a spherical water vessel that symbolises turncoats) to
Pakistan, Malaysia football clash tomorrow
LAHORE - Pakistan's football coach Tariq Lutfi hopes his young team will develop into international-caliber unit particularly as in two matches against Palestinethey conceded only two goals in 180 minutes. "It is normal for the public to expect a lot from this game but it is not fair to judge these young players because they need time to develop.
If you expect a lot, it will put a lot of pressure on them," said Tariq.
"You do not take results without giving time for
If you expect a lot, it will put a lot of pressure on them," said Tariq.
"You do not take results without giving time for
International football returns to Karachi today
LAHORE - Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex Stadium will host the eagerly-awaited football match between Pakistan and Palestine on Friday (today) at 4 pm.
The stadium, brainchild of former chairman District Municipal Committee (South) Jamshed Ahmed Khan, is situated at Lyari Town, a congested seaside settlement in Karachi. It is the country's only exclusive and properly floodlit football stadium with 40,000 seats.
It is also a regular venue of for the Pakistan Premier
The stadium, brainchild of former chairman District Municipal Committee (South) Jamshed Ahmed Khan, is situated at Lyari Town, a congested seaside settlement in Karachi. It is the country's only exclusive and properly floodlit football stadium with 40,000 seats.
It is also a regular venue of for the Pakistan Premier
Pak-Palestine football series – Naveed appointed media body chief
LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)'s President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved Sardar Naveed Haider Khan and Syed Akber Ali Wahidi as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively of the Media Committee of Pakistan-Palestine Lahore test at Punjab Stadium on Tuesday, March 1. The Committee includes Shahid Khokhar and Manzoor Ali Arif. Sports Journalists Association of Lahore's President Amir Raza Khan, General Secretary Muhammad Babar and other prominent mediamen
Charlton gets Olympic football role
LONDON - Manchester United and England legend Bobby Charlton is to be asked to help bring together a Great Britain football team to compete at the 2012 London Olympics. To date all attempts to forge a unified team have met with stiff opposition from the the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish football associations leaving open the prospect of only English players being involved.
But London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe believes that Charlton has the clout and prestige to bring the
But London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe believes that Charlton has the clout and prestige to bring the
