Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Operation launched to recover six footballers kidnapped in Dera Bugti

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QUETTA: An operation has been launched for the recovery of six local footballers kidnapped in Sui, Dera Bugti area of Balochistan. The footballers were abducted in Jani Bair area while travelling to Sibi to participate in the qualifying round of the All Pakistan Chief Minister Gold Cup football tournament. Armed men intercepted the vehicles in … Read more

Indian women’s footballers face questionable future after FIFA ban

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The game’s reality administering body this week suspended. Public alliance “due to undue influence from third parties.”  Affiliations should be liberated from legitimate and political impedance. Indian women’s footballers are despondently and unsure about the future after a FIFA ban saw the nation deprived. A significant global competition and left its best group in an … Read more

French minister condemns headscarf ban for Muslim footballers

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France’s gender equality minister threw her support on Thursday behind Muslim women footballers who are seeking to overturn a ban on players wearing headscarves on the pitch. Rules set by the French Football Federation currently prevent players taking part in competitive matches from wearing “ostentatious” religious symbols such as Muslim headscarves or the Jewish kippa. … Read more

PFF General Secretary Manizeh Zainli vows to help footballers affected by lockdown

PFF General Secretary Manizeh Zainli vows to help footballers affected by lockdown

The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) will help footballers affected by the coronavirus and lockdown. The PFF has started planning to spend the grant from FIFA on sports and players. Pakistan Football Federation General Secretary Manizeh Zainli said that FIFA has decided to give a special grant of 1.5 million dollars to each member country. Pakistan … Read more