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20 Apr 2021
Friendly reminder:
We are NOT the Pakistan Football Federation
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Erfan be like
Appeared on CNN World Sport today to talk Iran’s first game v. New Zealand.
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FIFA U15 football festival in America in September. All 211 members invited, let's see what PFF announces.
From @TheAthleticFC: FIFA is proposing that the opening match of their inaugural under-15s football festival should be Israel against Palestine. The new tournament is set to take place in the U.S. in September. nyti.ms/4vPRw0P
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Curacao have proper player recruitment process in place, federation understands what's needed and they recruitment accordingly. Yes logistics and financial challenges happen just like so many other small FAs.
In Pakistan we have NT manager wanting diaspora players, U20 manager despises the whole idea and the U17 one wants them to leave their clubs to come play local adhoc U17 event in order to get selected.
This is why PFF needs to get proper recruitment system in place and have coaches who are open to this idea.
The vision and ambition of PFF President doesn't seem to match his federation staff or coaches.
#ICYMI. An absolute crazy story about how Curacao reached the #FIFAWorldCup
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How not to manage an elite athlete.
Pakistan's Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem will not compete at this month's Doha Diamond League. Having recently returned from Hajj, Arshad felt he was not in the ideal physical condition to participate and has opted to skip the event.
Meanwhile, India's Neeraj Chopra is set to make his 2026 season debut in Doha. He has not competed since the 2025 World Championships and is returning after recovering from a back injury.
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Still no sign of Arshad Nadeem at the Diamond League this season.
Can't understand why he's limiting himself just to international events where he represents Pakistan.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will get his 2026 season underway at the Doha Diamond League. This will be his first competition since the World Champs in September 2025. He had been dealing with a back injury this year.
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FootballPakistan.com retweeted
Pakistan women’s has only two domestic tournaments a year. Poor scheduling, poor venue planning, and domestic salaries of just PKR 35k–55k a month-less than the cost of a quality bat for many players. But none of that matters when discussing results; only the players are judged.
Women's cricket team being bashed by usual suspects. How are people expecting them to compete at this level without proper domestic setup?
Pakistan across all sports only men's cricket has proper domestic setup.
It's 2026 and following sports don't have professional or semi-professional leagues.
Women's 🏏 no league
Men's & Women's ⚽️ no league
Men's & Women's 🏑 no league
Men's & Women's 🏐 no league
Men's & Women's 🏀 no league
Think of any other sport and its same story.
Can't even get the basics rights, nearly 80 years after independence.
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Abdullah Iqbal's teammate Elliot Stroud featuring at the World Cup.
🙌 | Drömmar blir verklighet! ⭐️
I natt gjorde Elliot Stroud sin VM-debut när Sverige tog en övertygande 5–1-seger mot Tunisien. 🇸🇪
#MjällbyAIF #SWEMNT
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Mar 28
At this rate, can we get a friendly against Iran at the Azadi Stadium in the next FIFA window?
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Japan are 1/3 of the way into their 100 year football plan.
Hamare idhar kal ka nahin pata.
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Play us that friendly Mehdi Taj
Mar 28
At this rate, can we get a friendly against Iran at the Azadi Stadium in the next FIFA window?
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The AFC is still undefeated at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Saudi Arabia, the ball is in your court.
Jun 14
The AFC is still undefeated at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Japan, the ball is in your court.
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This is despite Morocco having one of the best leagues in Africa and dominating age group football tournaments too.
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🚨 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪: Morocco has become the FIRST national team in history to line up 11 players that are ALL born outside Morocco.
🇨🇦 Bono (Montreal)
🇳🇱 Noussair Mazraoui (Leiderdorp)
🇫🇷 Issa Diop (Toulouse)
🇪🇸 Chadi Riad (Palma)
🇪🇸 Achraf Hakimi (Madrid)
🇫🇷 Neil El Aynaoui (Nancy)
🇫🇷 Ayyoub Bouaddi (Senlis)
🇧🇪 Chemsdine Talbi (Sambreville)
🇧🇪 Bilal El Khannouss (Molenbeek)
🇫🇷 Samir El Mourabet (Strasbourg)
🇪🇸 Ismael Saibari (Terrassa)
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Iran have landed in Tehrangeles.
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Women's cricket team being bashed by usual suspects. How are people expecting them to compete at this level without proper domestic setup?
Pakistan across all sports only men's cricket has proper domestic setup.
It's 2026 and following sports don't have professional or semi-professional leagues.
Women's 🏏 no league
Men's & Women's ⚽️ no league
Men's & Women's 🏑 no league
Men's & Women's 🏐 no league
Men's & Women's 🏀 no league
Think of any other sport and its same story.
Can't even get the basics rights, nearly 80 years after independence.
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Sometimes one wonders if elite sport is beyond us because the country lacks the knowledge base needed. So many elite cricketers fizzle out, just look at Arshad post Olympics how he's been managed.
Hockey gone from world domination to minnows, squash down in the dumps and every other sport being a tick box exercise.
On top of all this we have too much red tape and ex player mafia in every sport that continues to hold their feds hostage.
The players deserve criticism for the embarrassing defeats against Belgium and Spain but laying the blame solely at their feet would be dishonest. Pakistan arrived in what was supposed to be the easier leg of the FIH Pro League and somehow looked even worse than before.
You cannot compete at the highest level with a national team that lacks a proper coaching setup. No qualified head coach, no modern analyst, no professional trainer, no adequate support structure. On the field, Pakistan's tactics are either non-existent or so predictable that opponents figure them out within minutes. While the rest of the world embraces modern hockey, Pakistan continues to operate with outdated methods that belong in another era.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation had months after World Cup qualification to build a competent backroom staff. Instead, it doubled down on the same failed approach. The consequences are now being exposed on the international stage.
The negligence extends beyond coaching. The slow astroturf used during the Lahore training camp was an accident waiting to happen, yet nobody addressed it. The result? Injuries to two of Pakistan's most important players, Hanan Shahid and Sufyan Khan. For a country already working with a limited talent pool, losing key players through preventable circumstances is inexcusable.
The PHF received a Rs150 million grant from the Punjab government. That money must go towards giving the national team the resources, expertise and support staff required to compete internationally and not maintaining the status quo that has repeatedly failed.
The Pro League campaign has been a disaster. The damage is done. But the World Cup is still ahead. If the PHF does not act immediately and professionally, Pakistan will walk into the World Cup with the same flaws, suffer the same humiliations, and then act surprised when the same story repeats itself.
#Hockey
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Hiring dinosaurs as coaches working out well.
The IPC has enough resources to appoint foreign staff but tour lag jaye mentality wins.
FT: Spain 5-1 Pakistan
10th straight defeat for Pakistan in the FIH Pro League.
#Hockey
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This is next level haramball
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