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Atletico shoot for football future in cricket-mad Pakistan


January 20, 2019

LAHORE: Spain’s Atletico Madrid are taking on a challenge tougher than winning La Liga — developing football in cricket-mad Pakistan, where bat and ball are king, pitches come with stumps not goalposts, and even the prime minister is a former World Cup winner. During a recent session at the club’s new facility in Lahore — the country’s first European football …

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