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NC urges minister to get PFF offices vacated Sports April 27, 2021 KARACHI: Pakistan Football Federations (PFF) Normalisation Committee has informed the government that it is time for it to get the PFF secretariat vacated, warning that if FIFA banned Pakistan for five years, then any dialogue will be of no use. Haris Azmat, a member of the PFF Normalisation Committee, met the IPC Minister Dr Fehmida Mirza in Islamabad on Monday to discuss the consequences of "the occupation of the PFF headqua...

Trinidad and Tobago could lose World Cup qualifying points over fielding a player-agent Spread the love The embattled Trinidad and Tobago FA, currently ruled by a FIFA Normalisation Committee, could face the embarrassment of losing points from its recent World Cup qualifiers for playing an ineligible player. Trinidad and Tobago are drawn in a group with St Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Puerto Rico and Bermuda, a group they would ordinarily be expected to romp through without too much difficulty. Hav...

What’s new? Two years into a three-year transition, the “normalisation” process that aims to disarm ex-rebels and pay peace dividends to the Philippines’ Bangsamoro region is behind schedule, partly because of COVID-19. Manila has recently taken steps to restore the momentum, but time is of the essence. Why does it matter? Normalisation has several essential components, including supplying socio-economic support, deploying peacekeeping teams to boost conflict mitigation efforts and ...

Trinidad and Tobagos mens senior futsal team is preparing for the 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship, which will take place in Guatemala City, Guatemala, from May 3-9, 2021 (Photo credit - TTFA Media) Trinidad and Tobago will play Costa Rica in two friendly Futsal matches in Alajuela in the build-up to the 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championships in Guatemala in May. T&T and Costa Rica will clash in matches on 26 and 27 April at the Scotiabank Arena in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The brace of matches is par...

Daily Times April 10, 2021 LAHORE: Former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) President Ashfaq Hussain Shah, who led an attack on the association’s headquarters in Lahore last month, has claimed he is ready to hold talks with FIFA after the national body was suspended. FIFA suspended the PFF earlier this week after the former leadership, including Shah, had stormed PFF headquarters and forcibly removed a Normalisation Committee established to run its affairs. The officials were claimed to have...

FIFA could ban Pakistan for five years Sports April 10, 2021 KARACHI: FIFA is not happy with the situation of Pakistan’s football and it may impose a lengthy ban on the country if it fails to correct its own house. Credible sources told ‘The News’ on Friday that FIFA’s senior officials are furious over the situation in Pakistan football and are considering imposing a five-year ban on the country if the situation is not resolved in a few days at the local level. FIFA the other day susp...

FIFA to extend Pakistan ban to five years if PFF dispute continues Alam Zeb Safi FIFA likely to extend Pakistan ban to five years if PFF dispute continues / Photo: File  FIFA is considering imposing a lengthy ban on Pakistan if stakeholders of the game fail to sort out the ongoing Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) dispute. Credible sources on Friday said that senior officials of the world governing body are furious over the recent events that took place at PFF headquarters and are consideri...

Hajra urges PM Imran to intervene over PFF suspension Pakistan captain believes sports should be ‘a priority’ during former cricket captain’s tenure KARACHI: Is it not ironic to have a former sportsman as the Prime Minister of a country but still the country’s football federation receives suspension from Fifa, despite football being the sport of the people, the sport that has been most diverse in its way with the Pakistanis. Pakistan women’s football team captain Hajra Khan has urged ...

The national womens team captain said athletes have nowhere to go. Hajra Khan, the Pakistan womens national football team captain, is disheartened by the Pakistan Football Federations (PFF) recent suspension by FIFA due to third-party interference. In a video posted on social media, the captain was visibly distraught with the recent updates. This is the second such suspension for the nations football governing body in the last four years. Khan felt "embarrassed and ashamed" by the news. "Today ...

Daily Times April 10, 2021 LAHORE: Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination and Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) President Dr Fehmida Mirza on Wednesday expressed shock over suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) by the world governing body FIFA. “The suspension of the PFF by FIFA is highly painful, and absolutely shocking to the millions of football fans,” she added. She said the decision taken hurriedly by FIFA was uncalled for as the Government of Pakistan had already ...