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  • MANCHESTER CITY WON FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023 AFTER DEFEATING FLUMINENSE BY 4-0

    MANCHESTER CITY WON FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023 AFTER DEFEATING FLUMINENSE BY 4-0

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD AWAN:

    UEFA Champions Manchester City defeated Brazilian champion club Fluminense by 3-0 in the final of FIFA club world cup 2023 at King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah on Friday.

    Manchester City started the games with full attacking style and at the very first minute of the game of first half Julian Alvarez scored first goal from Manchester City. In the 27th minutes of the first half Fluminense player Nino mistakenly sent the ball on his own goal which strengthened the lead of 2-0 at the end of the first half. In the 72th minutes of the match Phil Foden scored the third goal from Manchester City and in the 88th minutes Julian Alvarez scored forth goal which lasts at the end of the final whistle and English club won the title in the presence of 70 thousand spectators.

    Manchester city won its first FIFA Club world cup title and becomes the fourth English club who win this tile as Manchester United (2008), Liverpool (2019) and Chelsea (2021).

    The local organizing committee (LOC) and ministry of sports Saudi Arabia worked hard to made the FIFA club word cup 2023 successful and remarkable . Ministry of Sports (MOS) under the vision of 2030 facilitated the organizing committee with each and every requirement which they demanded during the event, MOS used the School colleges and University students as a volunteer with the LOC and they performed very well and make the event more valuable and memorable.

  • AQEEL KHAN, MUZAMMIL MURTAZA, YOUSAF KHALIL AND SHOAIB REACH IN THE SEMIFINAL OF BENAZIR BHUTTO TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

    AQEEL KHAN, MUZAMMIL MURTAZA, YOUSAF KHALIL AND SHOAIB REACH IN THE SEMIFINAL OF BENAZIR BHUTTO TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

    Islamabad: 9 th Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) National Tennis Championships 2023 entered in the semifinal states as Pakistan No 1 Aqeel khan, Muzammil Murtaza, Yousaf Khalil and Shoaib reach in the semifinals. in the first
    Match of the day Aqwas between Aqeel Khan and
    Muddassir Murtaza which lasted 2 hours 30 minutes. Aqeel took the first 6-4, and in the second set
    Muddassir out classed Aqeel khan and broke his serve at the beginning of set and won by 6-1, third set
    was a thriller and both players fought hard but at 4-4 Aqeel got the advantage of his experience and
    finished victorious by 6-4 in the third. Tomorrow matches will start at 10am.
    Results:
    Men Singles Results:
    Quarterfinal: Aqeel Khan bt Muddassir Murtaza 6-4,1-6,6-4; Muzzammil Murtaza bt Barkat ullah 6-2,6-4;
    Yousaf Khalil bt Muhammad Abid 6-3,6-0; Muhammad Shoaib bt Muhammad Salar 6-0,6-3;
    Men Doubles:
    Semifial: Mohammad Abid/Waqas Malik bt Yousaf Khalil/Barkat ullah 4-6,6-4,10-3; Muzzamil
    Murtaza/Muhammad Shoaib bt 6-1,3-6,10-5;
    Ladies Singles:
    Quarterfinal: Esha Jawad bt Kainat Ali 6-2,6-2; Sara Mehboob bt Shiza Sajjid 7-5,6-4; Amna Ali Qayum bt
    Asifa Shebaz 6-1,7-5;
    U-18 Boys Single Results:
    Semifinal: Hamza Asim bt Mahatir Muhammad 6-4,5-7,7-5; Ahmed Naeel bt Hamza Roman 6-1,6-4;
    U-18 Girls Single Results:
    Semifinal: Amna Ali Qayum bt Zunaisah Noor 6-2,6-2; Shiza Sajjid bt Manha Khalid 6-0,6-1;
    U-14 Boys single:
    Semifinal: Hassan Usmani bt Rohab Faisal 4-1,3-5,4-0; Muzzamil Bhand bt Mahd Shezad 4-2,4-1;
    U-12 Boys Single:
    Quarterfinal: Shayan Afridi bt Abdul Wasay 4-2,4-0; Arsh Imran bt Zaid Zaman 3-5,4-1,4-0; Ibrahim Gil
    w/o Ahmed Hussain; Raziq Sultan bt Rashid Bachani 4-1,4-2;
    Boys Under 10:

    Qaterfinal: Arsh Imran bt Majid Ali Bachani 4-1,4-0; Ibrahim Gil bt Ehsan Bari 4-1,4-0; Rashid Bachani bt
    Qasim ul Khair 4-1,4-0; Muhammad Faizan bt Salar Khan 4-1,4-0;

    Vetran Doubles 45+
    Semifinal: Muhammad Amin/Syed Murtaza bt Azeem Khan/Mehmood Khan 6-3,6-3; Rashid Ali/Israr Gul
    bt Sohail Bulant/Yasin Abbassi 6-2,6-1;

  • Islamabad won the 1st T-20 Women Blind Cricket Series 2023

    Islamabad won the 1st T-20 Women Blind Cricket Series 2023

    Islamabad: The final match was played between Punjab and Islamabad at Government Viqar un Nisa Cricket Ground Rawalpindi Punjab  won the toss and decided to bowl first.

    Islamabad Blind Women Cricket Team set the competitive total of 205 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 1 wicket. Kiran Rafiq played a splendid innings of 78 runs. Nimra was their second-highest run-getter with 57 runs.

    Punjab Blind Women Cricket Team in reply made 178 runs in allotted 20 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Nisha Bax was the top scorer; she played a superb innings of unbeaten 66* runs while Bisma made 30 runs. Qandeel Fatima claimed  1 wicket.

    Result: Islamabad Blind Women Cricket Team won by 28 runs.

    Mr Zohaib Khan Head of Marketing, Cheezious, Madam Zahida Principal, Viqar un Nisa College for Women Rawalpindi, Syed Sultan Shah Chairman, PBCC, Mr Naveed Hussain Abbasi, Event Director & General Secretary ICCB were the guests of the occasion and distributed prizes amongst the players.

    Player of the Series:

    B1: Bisma Hussan (Punjab Blind Women Cricket Team)

    B2: Nisha Bax (Punjab Blind Women Cricket Team)

    B3: Kiran Rafiq (Islamabad Blind Women Cricket Team)

    1st T-20 Blind Women Cricket Series was organized by Pakistan Blind Cricket Council from 19th to 21st December 2023 in Islamabad. Two teams named Punjab and Islamabad participated in this event. The event was funded by the Cheesiouse Pakistan.

  • FLUMINENSE  AND MANCHESTER CITY REACHES IN THE FINAL OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    FLUMINENSE AND MANCHESTER CITY REACHES IN THE FINAL OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    JEDDAH( KHURRAM SHEHZAD AWAN ):

    Brazilian champion club Fluminense reaches in the final of FIFA club World cup 2023 after defeating Al Ahly by 2-0 in the first Semifinal at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) on Monday.

    The match was started with encounter attacks by the two teams on the opponents post. The first half of the match was very interesting as both teams focused on their defend so it went with zero goal . In the second half of the match on 71th minutes of the match Fluminense got a penalty kick after foul played by the Al Ahly team player so first goal was scored by J Arias from Fluminense. after nineteen minutes of the first goal Fluminense scored a second goal in the 90th minutes of the match which was scored by K.J and Fluminense won the match by 2-0 and reached in the Final of FIFA club World cup 2023.

    2ND SEMIFINAL MANCHESTER CITY VS URWA RED DIAMONDS:

    In the second semifinal of the event UEFA Champion Manchester city outclassed Japanese champion Urawa Red Diamonds by 3-0 on Tuesday at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) Jeddah. European champions city were very much frustrated by the best defending technique of Urawa red diamonds and failed to score an goal in the first half of the game but tool the lead by 1-0 in the 45th minutes of the first half when Marius Hoibraten of Urawa Reds sent his cross into his own net . In the 52th minutes of the match Mateo Kovacic scored second goal and third goal is scored by Bernardo Silva which lasts at the end of the match.

    The final match of the FIFA club world cup 2023 will be played between Manchester City and Fluminense at King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah on Friday.

  • AL AHLY AND FLUMINENSE AIM TO REACH IN THE FINAL OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    AL AHLY AND FLUMINENSE AIM TO REACH IN THE FINAL OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD AWAN :

    The first semifinal of FIFA club World cup 2023 is being played between Al Ahly and Fluminense club at King Abdullah Sports Centre Jeddah on Monday.

    The Copa Libertadores champion of 2023 Brazilian football club Fluminense is playing its first match in the competition after winning copa cup so it’s new atmosphere for the team whereas Al Ahly playing its ninety game so Al Ahly have the advantage of the conditions of King Abdullah Sports city.

    Fluminense got seventh position in the Brasilian national series tournament. If we look into the last match performance of both the teams in the last five matches, Fluminense won three matches and lost two whereas Al Ahly won two matches and rest ends draw Al Ahly won nine in beaten matches so they are considered to be the favourite for the first semi finals. Al Ahly defeated the host team Al Ittehad by 3-1 in the pre Semifinal match so their moral is very much high against Fluminense.

    Yesterday both the teams participated in the practice session at King Abdullah Sports Centre, both the teams are passionate to reach in the final of FIFA club World cup 2023

  • AL AHLY AND URWA REDS REACHED IN THE SEMIFINALS OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    AL AHLY AND URWA REDS REACHED IN THE SEMIFINALS OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD:

    FIFA club World cup 2023 Semifinals line up completed. Al Ahly and Urwa Red Diamonds reached in the semifinal starting from 18 December.

    The first pre semifinal match was played between the Mexican club Leon and Japanese club Urwa Reds at Prince Abdullah Alfaisal Stadium on Friday. The first half of the match went on empty as both teams tried to score goal but they were not successful. In the second half A Schalk scored first goal from Urwa Red s on the 78th minutes of the match which last at the end of the match and Urwa Reds won the match by 1-0 and reaches into the semifinal against UEFA Champions Manchester City on 19 December at King Abdullah Sports Centre Jeddah. The W Tesello of Leon club got red card on the 84th minutes of the match.

    In the second pre Semifinal contest , host team Al Ittihad lost by 3-1 to the Egyptian club Al Ahly at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) Jeddah on Friday.

    At the start of the game Ittihad strikers attacked on the post of Ahly but goal keeper saved the attempts , at the 21th minutes of the first half Al Ahly got penalty kick and A Maaloul scored first goal from Al Ahly. at the 42th minutes of first half Al Ittihad got penalty kick but unfortunately the penalty kick of the star striker Karim Benzema was stopped by the Al Ahly goal keeper Mohamed El Shenawy. The second goal from Al Ahly was scored by H El Sahat on the 59th minutes and third goal was scored by E Alshour on the 62th minutes of the match. The only goal scorer from Al Ittihad was Karim Benzema who scores the goal on 91th minutes of the match. The Al Ahly will face Brazilian club Fluminense in the first semi final of FIFA Club World Cup 2023 on 18 December at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) Jeddah.

  • LEON VS URWA RED , NAIL BITTING CONTEST EXPECTED

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD:

    FIFA club World cup 2023 is entered in the knockout stages. The Mexican club Leon with face Japanese club URWA Reds Diamonds at Prince Abdullah Alfaisal Stadium(PAAF) Jeddah on Friday . This match is Pre semifinal as winner will face the big giant Manchester City in the Semifinals.

    The Mexican club Leon is the winner of Confederation of North Central America and Carrebian Association Football Cup (CONCACAF) in 2023 is looks confident against Urwa Reds Diamonds (The Japanese) club who is the winner of Asian champions league . As forcas the world ranking is concern Urwa red green us on No 18 in world ranking and also in No 3 in National ranking whereas world ranking of Leon club is 111 so It looks better than Urwa Red.

    If we look at the last five matches of both the teams, Leon won two matches and lost two and draws one match while on the other hand Urwa Red lost three matches they played in the last five matches and draws one so the contest between these two is not an easy task to predict , the match will be 50/50.

    The pre semifinal match is not easy for both the teams as they will try their best to win the match .Both are the champions of their regional leagues so the spectators will witness the nail bitting contest on Friday . The winner of the pre semifinal will face the hit favourite team UEFA Champions league winner Manchester City.

  • AL ITTIHADS GOAL ARMY IS READY TO ATTACK ON AL AHLY IN PRE SEMIFINAL OF FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD: Al Ittihad will face Al AHLY in pre semifinal contest of FIFA club World cup 2023 on Monday at King Abdullah Sports Centre stadium Jeddah.

    Ittihad is in full form as in the first round they defeated Auckland City FC by 3-0 so the moral of the team is very high. Al Ittihad is loaded with its goal army including Benzema, N’golo Kante and Fabinhon who scored goals in the previous contest with Auckland City FC club. Al Ittihad scored three goals in the short time span of twelve minutes which is remarkable performance. Al Ittihad is strong as they have former Liverpool mid fielder Fabinho and also Benzema who is the former Stricker of real Madrid Club.

    As forcas the previous matches of both teams is concern, Ittihad won four matches in the last five matches they played whereas Al Ahly won only two matches and draw four matches out of the six matches they played.. This match is like a pre semifinal contest as the winner of the group two match will be advance to the semifinal with the champions league winner Manchester City on 18 December.

  • AL ITTIHAD DEFEATED AUCKLAND CITY BY 3-0 IN FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2023 ENCOUNTER

    JEDDAH (KHURRAM SHEHZAD): Al Ittihad destroyed the defending line-up of Auckland City FC club and defeated by 3-0 in front of 70 thousand plus spectators at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) Jeddah yesterday night.

    Al Ittehad made consistent attacks at the beginning of the first half but missed many chances, At the 29th minutes of the first half Romarinho scored first goal from Al Ittihad. After the fives minutes of the first goal in the 34th minutes of the match N.Kante scored second goal from Ittehad and lead the math with 2-0. In the 40th minutes of the game K Benzema scored third goal from the Ittihad which lasts till the end of the match.

    All three goals were scored by Al Ittihad in the first half of the match , they failed to score another goal in the second half. Auckland played well in the second half but cannot scored a single goal against Al Ittihad in the match and lost the game with 3-0.

    As per the prediction of the football analyst Al Ittihad won the contest with great quality of football they played against Auckland and won the match by 3-0, it was the Ittihads second consecutive win against Auckland in the last two matches they played each other. King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) was full of the spectators as more than 70 thousands spectators were present at the stadium during the match. The arrangements for this mega match was wonderful. Ministry of Sports and local organising committee performed their duties in a professional manner as per international standards which made this contest a remarkable event for the spectators.

  • AL ITTIHAD IS FAVOURITE FOR TONIGHTS CONTEST WITH AUCKLAND CITY FC AT KASC FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 23

    KHURRAM SHEHZAD : FIFA club World cup 2023 is just going to start tonight at King Abdullah Sports Centre (KASC) in Jeddah . Al Ittehad, the host city club will face Auckland City FC club in the opening contest of FIFA club World cup 2023. Thousands of spectators are expecting to witness the mega encounter between the two teams at KASC. Local organising committee (LOC) along with the cooperation of Ministry of ministry of sports working very hard to make this event remarkable, their efforts to organise the whole tournament is appreciateable. The international media who came to Jeddah for the coverage of FIFA club World cup 2023 are satisfied with the arrangements and happy with the hospitality of ministry of sports of Saudia Arabia.

    AL ITTIHAD VS AUCKLAND CITY FC: Al ITTIHAD is favourite for today’s match against Auckland as in the last encounter between two teams was won by Al ITTIHAD by 3-1 so they are considered to be the favourite to win tonight’s contest. if we look at the last twenty matches of both the teams then Auckland won 16 matches whereas Al ITTIHAD won 13 contests in all , so in the analysis the overall performance Auckland looks better than ITTIHAD but when we look at the one on one contest between these two sides then ITTIHAD FC is in better position as they already won the last matched they face each other.

    The ministry of sports of Saudi Arabia is trying it’s best to organise this event (FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 23) in very high standards of arrangements and they did it well , they used the volunteers to manage the whole arrangements as they use their youth in the positive way for the development of games and this will help the youth volunteers in their future commitments, to work with the international organisers volunteers will learn skills and tactics which will help them to support the the country in the future events .