Football: Pakistan U14 team downs Japan

KARACHI: Pakistan under-14 team defeated Japan 1-0 in their opening match of the SAFF Football Exchange Programme Championship in Tokyo yesterday. Babar Saeed scored the only goal of the match as he converted a penalty kick in the ninth minute. Pakistan, placed in Group B, will now face Sri Lanka in their second match today. According to the Pakistan Football Federation Secretary Ahmed Yar Khan Lodhi, the team’s performance has exceeded his expectations.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2012.