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Pakistan Football Federation has been suspended by FIFA

  Pakistan Football Federation(PFF) has been suspended after PFF headquarters were taken over by Syed Ashfaq Shah and its group. The Federation was being run by a Normalization Committee which was appointed by FIFA. The Committee was headed by Haroon Malik. FIFA had deemed the takeover as illegal and had given an ultimatum to Syed Ashfaq Shah and its group to hand over the PFF control by March 31st or face overall suspension  It is understood that the ultimatum was ignored. FIFA released a statement that said that the bureau of the FIFA council suspended the PFF with immediate effect due to third party interference. “This situation was prompted by the recent hostile takeover of the PFF headquarters in Lahore by a group of protestors and an alleged decision by certain individuals to remove the FIFA-appointed normalization committee of the PFF led by Haroon Malik and to hand over the leadership of the PFF to Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah,” said by FIFA However, it is hoped that ...

6 tested positive for coronavirus at Fiorentina

Medics at Fiorentina have identified 6 cases of coronavirus. Three players and three staff members of Fiorentina have been tested positive. The tests were carried out ahead of the return of the player for training after a 2-month halt because of the coronavirus spreading all over Italy.The government had recently given a green light to Serie A teams to return to individual training  The 6 players and staff members have been sent home where they will stay in isolation and follow the government protocols. The club will prepare its players and staff members to undergo the test for corona on Friday. Fiorentina did not name the players and has said that the optional individual training will continue  Three Fiorentina players had been tested positive earlier in March which included Patrick Cutrone at Wolves, German Pezzella and Dusan Vlahovic. They have not made a full recovery. Another fellow Serie A side Torino announced one of their players being test positive. The player was ne...

3 clubs to be promoted and 3 to be relegated- Rick Parry (EFL Chief)

Amid the coronavirus, it is yet to be decided whether the football season would resume or not. Project Restart is being discussed where multiple plans are to be adopted. One of the plans of the restarts include is playing league games at neutral venues. The clubs that sit at the bottom of the table won’t be willing to d so, as the chances of relegation increases. Earlier, ideas were proposed to scrap the premier league relegation for the season, but the EFL chief Rick Parry came out and said to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, “Promotion and relegation will remain as they are. We expect 3 championship clubs to be promoted. The Premier league expects 3 clubs to be relegated” The chief also mentioned about the losses that clubs could be facing. Losses up to 200 million pounds are expected by September. Wage cuts and deferred payments were also discussed, to which Parry said that EFL was on board with the Deloitte, which was appointed by the PFA to investigate the c...

La Liga focusing on June restart but not without testing players

Top players will train individually and an agreement signed between health authorities and Spain's sports association to make sure the safety of footballers and coaching staff after seven weeks of lockdown, The Spanish Government is finally showing some relaxation in restrictions but before moving towards normal routine each individual player must have to undergo the test "These measures cover a period of approximately four weeks with different phases that, in any case, will be subject to the de-escalation process established by the government," a La Liga statement read. "Together with the medical tests carried out by clubs, a staggering return to training has been implemented that will start with players training alone and with group activities prior to the return to competition, scheduled for June." With that statement, we can expect some action in mid-June but behind closed doors. Here is the current state of La Liga's table There are 11...

Judge dismisses USWNT in equal pay lawsuit

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, summed up the massive pay gap between genders excellently when he said,  "The sorry ass f---ing men from the U.S. soccer team, they ain't ever won s---, ain't gonna ever win s---, can't get out the f---ing first round. Man, pay them ladies. The women should be getting $500k per athlete. Snoop Dogg says so." This was stated after the U.S. Women's National Team's victory over the Netherlands to win their fourth World Cup. Almost 10 months later, federal judge R. Gary Klausner, ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Pasadena, rejected the USWNT’s argument that it has been underpaid relative to the U.S. men's team in a gender-discrimination suit filed in March 2019. In a ruling delivered on Friday, Klausner sided with the players’ employer, the U.S. Soccer Federation, which argued that the claim of unequal pay based on gender discrimination shoul...

Live sports is coming back this month

46 days have gone with no sports yet there is no major event is coming before September in the field of cricket, football, hockey and baseball. fans who are desperate to watch some live action of their favorite sports, There is a good news for them In the world of tennis, A low ranked tournament is happening this month with just one official and two players in the field. This month top 4 tennis players Tennys Sandgren, Reilly Opelka, Tommy Paul and Matteo Berrettini will face each other in a mini tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida The Indy 500 has been postponed to August, however, NASCAR drivers are anticipated to begin buying and selling paint once more on May 17 at Darlington. There are a number of extra races scheduled earlier than the month is out, together with the most important Coca-Cola 600 on May 24 at Charlotte. despite no official news football and cricket field fans better stay hopeful as many top athletes from respective sports are also asking their management to arr...

PSG is the winner of Ligue 1, what about La Liga?

Paris Saint-Germain’s enjoy the title of Ligue 1 this season without usual celebrations due to Covid-19 instead, there was just a formal announcement from the board and just some muted reaction on social media that provided another example of how badly corona virus affect one of the most popular game football. Right after two days when government announced that the league had to be canceled because of the pandemic. PSG Officially crowned Ligue 1 title as the PSG were leading the table with 12 points and the another reason behind this is to put focus of teams on UEFA champions league. Since the decision from Ligue 1 executives is made, fans from La Liga also asking the management to declare winner for this season. if we look at the table FC Barcelona is clearly leading the table with equally matched played among teams. FC Barcelona leading the table with 58 points and arch rival Real Madrid is next to FC Barcelona with 56 points. Fans supporting around the globe asking the top ma...

European leagues will inform whether to start or not by May 25th

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in Football being halted all over Europe. But there are hopes that the seasons will resume by June be it behind closed doors. Premier League players have already started doing their training according to BBC. As the teams are hopeful and ready for a June start. The top teams have their meetings already scheduled for April 30 th to discuss about the resumption UEFA has now issued a 25 th May deadline, by which all leagues in Europe are to report whether or not they would be restarting and by what date. Other leagues have already cancelled out their season. The French government has banned the Ligue 1 and 2 from taking place until September, while the Dutch league has also be abandoned. No champion, promotion or relation was done by the dutch. The Scottish leagues are yet to take decision. UEFA is still waiting though, as the European competition teams needed to be seeded for next season. UEFA has already said that if leagues are ...

The Fall of Ernesto Valverde

In 2017, when FC Barcelona lost to PSG at away by 4-0, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique gave a statement in which he apologized for the loss, and promised to step down at the end of the season. But then he beat PSG in the second leg at home in Camp Nou by 6-1 and turning around the aggregate. This win was called the Greatest Comeback in Football history; however, that didn’t change anything and Enrique stayed true to his word and stepped down. After Enrique’s departure, Neymar ended up leaving as well to play at PSG. At this stage the club was in a very weak condition and needed someone who could lead them in a critical time like this. Five names were put forward as a replacement for Luis Enrique, and from those names “Ernesto Valverde” was picked. No one really wanted Valverde because everyone thought that he wasn’t someone who could help the club at this stage because he didn’t have the required experience. After joining as the head coach of FC Barcelona, his very first two match we...

Effect of Corona Virus on overall Sports

2019-2020 corona virus that has swept across the globe in last few weeks the virus not only had a affect on public health, society, economy but it has also affected the sporting calendar due to the virus many professionals and armature leagues all around the world has postponed or suspended their leagues and seasons to avoid the gathering of large amount of people. NBA was the first professional sports league which was suspended the lost of this cancellation was estimated between 350 and 450 million dollars. The spread of corona virus has impacted different sports events around the world: CRICKET:  The proposed seven-match series between Ireland and Bangladesh has been postponed. The games were scheduled to be held in Belfast & England in May. Pakistan Super League is postponed, on the day the semi-finals were due to take place. FOOTBALL :  English football suspended until 30 April at the earliest, with the end of the 2019-20 season extended inde...