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Pakistan and FIFA World Cup 2022

Pakistan is sending hundreds of thousand labors to Qatar for construction of football stadiums of FIFA World Cup 2022. But the infrastructure of football stadiums of the largest metropolitan city of Pakistan is facing inferno. The situation here is so grave that the only international stadium is now being used as headquarter of a para-military force in order to maintain law and order situation of the area. Pakistan Football Federation is facing a shortage of fund to maintain the stadiums which were once developed by them. Neither Infrastructure nor opportunities are being created by the relevant authorities. Now few private companies and foreign NGOs has taken some initiative for structural reforms in football. They are now adopting the abandoned stadium and renovating them with their local partners and also creating opportunities like tournaments, leagues and training camps. Sports Management System is of the local partner who has not only created Sports Academies in underprivil...

Missing 9

Coming into  SAFF Championship 2011  with new coach Zavisa Milosavljevic taking charge of the team only a few weeks back meant that the team was under-prepared for the competition.  The Serbian rightly pointed out that they do not have a number nine in their team earlier and it was evident  in both games against Bangladesh and Maldives . They   put up a decent display but the Green Shirts were wasteful with their chances and their often-threatening tactics on the field were not converted into goals.  Spirit to win the match was present but player shows sign of fatigue in second half. Long passes unnecessary shot on targets were more than creating a chance.  Pakistani Football have shown signs of improvement but the Serbian has to do a lot of work.  I am looking forward for an upset in from this site in this tournament .