FIFA and Pakistani football both caught offside [Nation blogs]

FIFA and Pakistani football both caught offside [Nation blogs]

The fate of Pakistani football hangs in the balance as a scandal-ridden FIFA meets on 21 September to decide what happens next in the ongoing PFF crisis

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Pakistan, India in same group of SAFF Cup [The News]

Pakistan, India in same group of SAFF Cup [The News]

Pakistan on Wednesday were clubbed with arch-rivals India as draws were unveiled for the SAFF Cup 2015 which would be held in Kerala, India, from December 23 to January 3.

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Pakistan’s Hayat keeps AFC legal posts despite breaking the law at home [IWF]

Pakistan’s Hayat keeps AFC legal posts despite breaking the law at home [IWF]

With little fanfare and hardly any publicity, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recently proudly announced the makeup of its new standing committees for the next four years. One of those re-elected as chairman of its legal committee - was Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, the controversial Pakistani who has been at the centre of a bitter domestic dispute.

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Professionals should be appointed in PFF, says Mujahid [Dawn]

Professionals should be appointed in PFF, says Mujahid [Dawn]

Former national team captain Col Mujahidullah Tareen has asked the incumbent Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) administrator Justice Asad Munir to appoint technically-qualified people in the country’s football governing body to put the game on the right track in the country.

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FIFA probe goes in Faisal’s way [The Nation]

FIFA probe goes in Faisal’s way [The Nation]

The FIFA fact finding mission has endorsed Makdhoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat-led PFF rejecting the claims made by the rival faction, sources revealed on Monday.

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None the wiser: FIFA’s unaccomplished mission [Express Tribune]

None the wiser: FIFA’s unaccomplished mission [Express Tribune]

The FIFA mission that arrived in Pakistan hoping to resolve the issues plaguing the country’s football has departed without being able to achieve its basic goal of meeting with both parties in a round-table discussion.

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Can FIFA resolve Pak football crisis? [The News]

Can FIFA resolve Pak football crisis? [The News]

After holding a series of meetings with Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and its rival group led by Syed Zahir Shah, the ball now is in FIFA’s court.

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FIFA mission concludes meetings with warring PFF factions [Dawn]

FIFA mission concludes meetings with warring PFF factions [Dawn]

The FIFA mission probing the elections of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) left on Sunday after protracted meetings with both rival factions of the country’s football governing body with early indications suggesting fresh polls will be held.

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FIFA delegation holds meetings with PFF rival factions [The News]

FIFA delegation holds meetings with PFF rival factions [The News]

A three-member fact-finding mission of FIFA held marathon meetings with the officials of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and Syed Zahir Shah group.

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