Tag: Football

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved Pakistan WAPDA's winger Jadeed Khan as captain of the Pakistan U21 team which will take on Malaysia in Qualifying Phase of the 30th Olympic Games Football Tournament on February 23 at Kuala Lumpur.
Rizwan Asif (KRL) will act his deputy. The return leg will be arranged by PFF on March 9. It will be the seventh international event for Jadeed, who played the last Pakistan Premier League as Afghan FC's

LAHORE - The trials for the selection of Punjab U-13 football team for 13th National U-13 Festival of Football will be held on Monday (2 PM) at MTFA Ground, Model Town. Punjab Football Association (PFA)'s President Muhammad Arshad Khan Lodhi has approved Model Town Football Academy (MTFA)'s President and former Pakistan manager Mian Rizwan Ali as camp commandant while Faisalabad's Imdad Awan will be head of selection committee.
The Pakistan Football Federation will stage the

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation's president Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has asked the national team to go an extra mile to achieve glory for the country.
"Go extra mile to achieve the target. If Pakistan can outpace India in overall soccer gold medal tally of South Asian Games and Pakistan turned the tide in sensational way in both legs against Singapore in same Olympics Qualifiers four years ago, why not the present team," he said while briefing Thai-bound Pakistan

LAHORE - The Green Card, established in the AFC Festival of Football to identify good behaviour and sportsmanship, will also be one of the main features during the 33 matches of the upcoming Yazd City's AFC U13 Festival of Football, according to Pakistan Football Federation President Faisal Saleh Hayat.
Pakistan and host Iran, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Maldives, Afghanistan are among the participants in the event. Faisal said: "The Green Card was one of the

LAHORE - Punjab Football Association President Arshad Khan Lodhi has approved Model Town Football Academy President Mian Rizwan Ali as camp commander during the trials on Monday, February 7 at MTFA Ground to select the Punjab U13 football team for the upcoming 13th National U13 Festival. Faisalabad's Imdad Awan will be head of the selection committee.
Pakistan Football Federation will stage the event in third week of February. The 36 districts of Punjab allowed for sending their

LAHORE - Two foreign football teams will tour Pakistan in March, finally ending the drought of international sporting activities in Pakistan. The Palestine national team will face Pakistan in Lahore on March 1, followed by an encounter at Karachi on March 4.
Later on, the Pakistan Olympics team will collide with Malaysia Olympics team in the second leg of London Olympics Qualifiers on March 9. Pakistan, after two internationals at Lahore and Karachi, will reciprocate by visiting

LAHORE - Six teams of Gujrawala division will show their mettle when the second Chief Minister's Boys Football Cup kicks off at Gujranwala on Monday. According to Sports Officer Gujranwala Shah Manzar Fareed, colleges of Narowal, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat will take part in the football event for the 2nd CM Sports Competitions.
Manzar Fareed said the districts of Punjab produced many great sports personalities and there is plenty of hidden talent

LAHORE - Syed Khadim Ali Shah, SVP of SAFF, feels that the Pakistan Football Federation is focusing towards establishing a sound football culture and a productive system for the proper nourishment of the available talent in the country. "The way the U14 kids of the Lyari played in the tournament has showed the authorities that the required talent is available for the upcoming 15th Asian U16 Championship," said Khadim.
Khadim added that all the 32 matches turned out to be

LAHORE - Six teams of Gujrawala Division will show their mettle when second Chief Minister Cup boys football event will be held at Mini Sports Complex, Gujranwala, on Monday, January 31. According to Sports Officer Gujranwala Shah Manzar Fareed, the champion colleges of Narowal, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat will take part in the football event.
Manzar Fareed said Punjab produced many great sports personalities and there is plenty of talent which

LAHORE - Bradford'd Irfan Khan reported to coach Tariq Lutfi at the selection-trial-cum-coaching camp which is in full swing at the Model Town Football Academy for the ensuing Thailand Training Camp and two-legged qualifiers against Malaysia for the London Olympics.
Irfan is a midfielder at Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club which is nowadays eleventh behind leaders Halifax Town, Colwyn Bay and Matlock Town in the 22-club Northern Premier League Premier Division,

KARACHI - Former Lyari-based international players and referees hailed Pakistan Football Federation's President Faisal Saleh Hayat for taking steps in boosting football in rural and urban areas of Pakistan.
They called Lyari Football League 2011 another milestone in Faisal's tenure.
People's Peace Committee Chairman Sardar Uzair Jan Baloch called the event a milestone and said that such events would play a positive role in keeping peace not only in Lyari but throughout

LAHORE - A closing minute goal by Pakistan U-14 team skipper Muneer Aftab helped Lyari Town beat Kalakot 1-0 to stroll into the final of the PFF-KESC Lyari Football League at Kalakot's Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park, Karachi. Lyari Town will take on Singolane in the final on Monday at Peoples Sports Complex, Karachi.
Earlier in first semi-final, Singolane kept their early lead alive for 63 minutes to brush aside Bihar 1-0 in the first semi-final of 17-day Lyari soccer fiesta. Muneer,

KARACHI - Singolane kept their early goal live for 63 minutes to overcome Bihar 1-0 in the first semi-final of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011 at Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park.
Striker Idrees Rehman netted the all important winner for Singolane in the seventh minute. It was Idrees's sixth goal of the event. Bihar failed to reply and crashed out of event. Singolane's Adnan Ashraf was voted man of the match. Earlier, in the fourth quarter-final, Kalakot outplayed Baghdadi 5-3 on

Lahore - As many as 31 players reported in the national camp that commenced on Monday in the build up for the 2012 Olympic football Asian qualifying tournament. The camp will run until February 4, 2011, at the Model Town Football Academy. Players born on or after 1 January 1989 are eligible to play. However, three players have been exemption from age limit. The 15 players are expected to join the camp on Tuesday morning.
The Pakistan Football Federation has approved 46 players

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister Sports competitions reached final stages in football and volleyball events on Monday. The boys football final matches were held at Punjab Stadium. The first match was played between Lahore and Faisalabad. Lahore clinched the gold medal by 4-2. Sahiwal got the second position 1-0 against Bahawalpur. Lahore were first whereas Faisalabad and Sahiwal got second and third positions.
The girls volleyball matches were held at Government Pilot High

LAHORE - Khada were held to a 0-0 draw by Bela in Group D and Rangiwara lost to Hub 0-2 in Group A of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League at Kalakot's Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park, Karachi, on Sunday.
By virtue of Hub's win, Rangiwara bowed out of the tournament while from Group-A, Hub and Nawalane joined Lyari Town, Baghdadi and Kalakot in the quarter-finals. Bilal of Khada team was in fine form and was later adjudged Man of the Match. He received shield from former PIA player Imtiaz

KARACHI - Baghdadi outclassed Winder 3-0 in Group B of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League at Kalakot's Shaheed Abdul Rehman Park, Karachi. After completion of four matches in Group-B, Baghdadi have earned six points to enter quarter-finals. Singolane made four, while Kalri one and Winder zero.
Baghdadi led 2-0 at breather with striker Majid Khan opening score in the 11th minute while winger Zeeshan Ali scored the other in the final seconds of first session. The second-half saw Man of