Pakistan beat Bangladesh 1-0 in Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) December 3, 2012: Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by one goal to nil in their first match of the H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Tournament which swung into action at Jayathilaka Stadium in Nawalapitiya in Sri Lanka on Monday.

The match which got underway at 1600 Hours Sri Lanka time (1530 Hours Pakistan Time) couldn’t witness lots of goals as the decisive goal was scored by Pakistani forward Saeed Ahmed in the 80^th minute of the proceedings, as per the information provided by the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).

On an excellent pass of striker Kaleem Ullah, Saeed Ahmed made a full use of it by putting the ball in the net.

President PFF, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat in his message has congratulated the Pakistani team for securing the first lead in its match being played in H.E. Mahinda Rajapaka International Football Tournament.

General Secretary PFF, Lt. Col. (Retd) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi was jubilant on the success of his team and hoped that the national soccer team would continue to display this ability in the coming matches.

The first half was pressure building on both the teams who failed to score any goal. Pakistani striker made many attempts to break the defense line of Bangladesh but without any success. Similarly Bangladesh team defended very well in the first half.

However, in the second half the Pakistani team broke the defense line of Bangladesh by securing the lone winning goal for the Pakistan.

Pakistan will take on Maldives in their next match of the H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Tournament on 5th December, 2012.

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Singapore beat Pakistan 4-0 in second soccer friendly

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 19, 2012: Singapore defeated Pakistan by four goals to nil in the second international friendly soccer match at the Jurong West Stadium in Singapore on Monday to win the two-match series 2-0.

The hosts were leading the match 2-0 at halfway stage but added another two goals in the second half.

Pakistan, who lost the first match 1-0 in a hard-fought fashion, looked completely out of sorts as they succumbed to second straight loss on the tour.

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Pakistan to train for Singapore soccer match on Saturday

Press Release

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: Training camp for FIFA Day International Friendly Matches between Pakistan and Singapore is starting from 10th November in Lahore, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) announced in a press release issued Thursday.

Top 26 football players of Pakistan are starting their national training camp for FIFA Day international friendly matches between Pakistan and Singapore at Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) House, Lahore from 10th November to 14th November, 2012.

According to the press release, the probables of the training camp include Jaffar Khan of Army, Saqib Hanif, Samar Ishaq, Ahsan Ullah, Saddam Hussain, Muhammad Adil, Kaleem Ullah, Kamran Khan and Zia-us-Salam of Khan Research Laboratory (KRL), Muhammad Ahmed of Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Jahangir and Muhammad Rasool of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), Faisal Iqbal of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Muhammad Mujahid of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Jadeed Khan Pathan of Afghan FC, Naveed Ahmed of Navy, Muhammad Hameed and Saeed Ahmed of Muslim FC Chaman, Yousaf Ejaz Butt, Hassan Bashir and Muhammad Ali from Copenhagen (Denmark), Zeeshan Rehman from Hong Kong, Atif Bashir Qureshi from Cardiff (England), Adnan Farooq Ahmed from Manchester (England), Shabbir Khan from Birmingham (England) and Omar Malik from Oslo (Norway).

The officials announced by the Pakistan Football Federation for the training camp are Milosavljevic Zavisa (Head Coach/Team Manager), Shahzad Anwar (Assistant Coach), Aslam Khan (Goal Keeper Coach), Kamran Mehdi (Physio/Assistant Manager), Arif Siddiqui (Camp Coordinator), Shams Pervaiz (Ground Coordinator) and Maqbool (Kitman).

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Faisal Saleh Hayat to chair PFF meetings on 22nd

Press Release

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) September 19, 2012: The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is holding meetings of its Congress and Executive Committee on 22nd September, 2012 at PFF Secretariat, Lahore.

The President PFF, Makhdoom Sayed Faisal Saleh Hayat will chair both the meetings.

According to the press release issued here by the PFF, all the Congress and Executive Committee members have been invited to attend the meetings.

It is likely that PFF Calendar of activities along with its estimated budget, audited statements of account, approval of financial statements and approval/decision on the recommendations made by the Standing Committees is likely to be deliberated.

Moreover, the Congress will also discuss PFF stance on the implementation of revised sports policy-2005.

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