adminFootball Federation (PFF) is in talks with potential sponsors for the proposed league, which would feature six city-based teams playing each other in Lahore, officials said.
Pakistan has had a “premier league” for the past nine years, but coaches and fans complain of poor standards, awful pitches and walkovers.Government teams dominate the Pakistan Premier League (PPL), snapping up the best talent with generous sports budgets and leaving private clubs to struggle.
Unsurprisingly, neither fans nor sponsors have much appetite for supporting the likes of current PPL champions Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), or the evocatively named four-time winners, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).
Television coverage is non-existent and crowds for most matches number in the hundreds. — AFP.
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