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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FIFA MA Special Referee Course concluded

By Press Release

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 25, 2012: FIFA MA Special Referees Course-2012 concluded Wednesday at Football House Lahore.

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Lt Col (Retd) Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi TI (M), General Secretary PFF, graced the closing ceremony as chief guest, while Wing Commander Pervaiz Saeed Mir, Director Development & Competition was also present on this occasion.

According to the press release issued here by PFF, Mr. Lodhi said on this occasion that PFF is committed to provide football referees the most advanced level theoretical, physical and practical knowledge. Mr. Lodhi further reiterated that PFF will further introduce such type of courses for our referees which will help to raise their standard at par with developed other Asian countries.

"It's now easier than ever to become a qualified football referee. By getting on the refereeing ladder, individuals have the opportunity to progress through the various FIFA Coaching qualifications while constantly enhancing their skills and knowledge”. This was stated by Mr. Mohamed Muhiseen Ariff as Referee Development Officer (RDO) from Sri Lanka who was assisted by Mr. Ganesh Manium, FIFA Physical Instructor from Singapur, Qazi Mohammad Asif and Ahmed Ali as Course Coordinator, M. Arif Siddiqui and Salah-ud- Din Awan as MA Technical Instructors.

Later, General Secretary PFF distributed certificates to Zahid Ali Khan (Karachi), Abdul Aziz (Karachi), Arslan Sharif (Karachi), Hidayat Ullah (Noushki), Dilwar Khan (Quetta), Shah Zaman (Quetta), Asad Ullah (Quetta), Khurram Shahzad (Kohat), Mohammad Ali Junior (Peshawar), Waheed Muraz (Lahore), Shafaat Habib (Rawalpindi), Rana Naseer Ahmed (Faisalabad), Rana Jehanzaib (Multan), Irshad-ul- Haq (Sheikhupura), Adnan Anjum (Okara), Majid Khan (Rawalpindi), Muzammil Hussain (Faisalabad), Shahid Hussain (Okara), Ahmed Rauf (Khanewal), Yasir Rehman (Okara) Asif Bin Younus (Lahore), Arslan Sharif Junior (Islamabad), Touqeer Aslam (Islamabad), Zubair Shahzad (Lahore), Javed Khan (Lahore), Saima Majeed (Lahore) and Fahmida Ayub (Lahore).

The main purpose of FIFA course programme is to provide member associations with technical knowledge through FIFA-run educational courses in the areas of coaching, refereeing, women’s football, futsal, beach soccer and administrative and medical matters. These courses focus not just on the technical aspects of the game, but also on its social values, as youngsters in particular should regard football as a thought of life. The principle behind FIFA's educational initiatives involves the teachers and participants passing on and exchanging know-how, experiences and information, which in turn finds its way back to the associations, instructors and other sectors of society such as the private sector, government bodies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). FIFA's programme is tailor-made to meet the member associations' requirements for education and courses.

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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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9th Pakistan Premier Football League kicks off tomorrow

Press Release

LAHORE (TheSportsNext) September 3, 2012: The Pakistan Football Federation’s 9th Pakistan Premier Football League-2012 (9Tth PPFL-2012), featuring 11 departmental and 5 clubs teams, is going to kick off on Wednesday, September 5th 20012 with matches being played simultaneously in four cities-Karachi, Quetta, Islamabad and Lahore on opening day.

According to the press release issued here by the PFF, September 5th matches will see Muslim FC taking on Afghan FC at the Chaman’s Government High School, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will face Khan  Research Laboratory (KRL) at Jinnah Football Stadium, Islamabad, while National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) will face Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) at Agah Khan Gymkhana Ground, Karachi, Karachi Port Trust (KPT) will face NAVY at the KPT Football Stadium, Karachi and Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA) will compete with PMC ATH FC  at Railway Football Stadium in Lahore.

The 16 teams taking part in the marathon event to continue till Saturday, December 29, 2012 comprising Afghan FC Chaman, Muslim FC Chaman, Baloch FC Noushki, PMC Athletico FC, KRL, Wohaib FC, Pakistan Army, WAPDA, KESC, Pakistan International Airline (PIA), NBP, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Navy, PAF, KPT and Zarai Tarqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) will take part in this mega event which will include newly upgraded teams ZTBL and Wohaib FC from B Division League. In the previous edition of the PPFL, KRL finished as champions while Police and Pak Electron Limited (PEL) were relegated.

For the first phase of 9th PPFL-2012, out of a total of 240 matches 64 will be played before Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 12 venues in seven cities of all over the country. The venues selected by the host team and approved by PFF for holding matches in Karachi comprise Agah Khan Gymkhana Ground, KPT Football Stadium, Peoples Football Stadium and Korangi Baloch Ground, Quetta comprise Mali Bagh Ground, Islamabad comprise Jinnah Football Stadium, Lahore comprise Railway Football Stadium and UMT Football Ground, Faisalabad comprise PMC Football Ground, Rawalpindi comprise KRL Football Stadium and Army Stadium and Noushki comprise Noushki Football Stadium.

It is pertinent to mention that WAPDA has won the Premier League four times, Army won two times and KRL two time. Each team will play 30 matches on home & away basis. Each match has a match bonus of Pak Rs.30, 000/-. 15, 000- will be awarded to winner team, 10, 000/- for looser team and in case of draw Pak Rs. 12, 500/- for both teams. Pak Rs. 2, 500 will be awarded to best player of the match and maximum goal scorer for each match. The selection committee comprised of Match Commissioner, Home Team Coach, Away Team Coach and any ex-captain of Pakistan Football Team available on the ground has been detained to select the best scorer and best player of each match.

Prize money of the first position is Rs. 7, 00,000/-, Rs. 5, 00,000/- for runner-up and Rs. 3,00, 000/- for third position, best player of the league 1,50,000/-, highest scorer of the league 1,00,000/-, Best goal Keeper 1,00,000/-, Best Match Commissioner 1,00,000/-, Best Refree 1,00,000/- and Best Assistant Refree 50,000/-.

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