‘Hostile takeover’ and smashed glass turmoil in Pakistan’s football
about 3 years in The guardian
Fifa has banned Pakistan for the second time in four years after dramatic and contested events at the federation headquarters
A football-loving country with a population of 200 million ranked 199 in the world, Asia’s sleeping giant is not China, India or Indonesia but Pakistan. “If things are done correctly then we could be a superpower,” the Pakistan international Navid Rahman told the Guardian. “It is not because of a lack of talent or interest but the way things are run; the problem is not Pakistan but the people in control.”
That sounds about right as last Wednesday Fifa banned Pakistan for the second time in four years after what it called a “hostile takeover” of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). Continue reading...
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