PESHAWAR
The Women and Men football teams of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will go to Argentina in August on a one-month tour along with team coaches and officials, said former international football player and sports promoter Shahid Khan Shinwari told media men here on Saturday.
Talking to the media Shahid Khan Shinwari said that he held meetings with the Ambassador of Argentina, Leopoldo F. Seehorz, in which he invited the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa football Women and Men teams along with leading delegation to Argentina.
This visit will last for one month. The selected team of KP will participate in Club football as well during their one month long stay for which the Ambassador of Argentina promised to extend all out support to the teams and officials.
He said there will be 35 to 40 members’ teams’ delegations including coaching and trainers so that in every field of the game expertise could be utilized. He said an offer to him as well in the field of coaches the famous coaches of Argentina will provide training to the players of the KP football team and then matches will be held with Argentine clubs for 20 days with the aim of promoting football.
He said, to provide international exposure to the players, the delegation will go to Argentina in August and a month before a camp will be set up in Peshawar for the selection of the teams, in which the best team will be selected in the third week of May.
He said the coaches and trainers would also be coming to Pakistan to provide training and coaching to all the coaches on modern lines to promote football in Pakistan. He said the Argentinian coaches would visit Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta.
In response to a question, former national football player Shahid Khan Shinwari said that the Pakistan Olympic Association and the Pakistan Football Federation will go together to make joint efforts for this tour. It is hoped that the Pakistan Olympic Association and Pakistan Football Federation will fully cooperate with us in this regard and meetings will also be held very soon to prepare a plan for the tour to Argentina.
