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More to a valley: Tournament breathes life behind into football in Wana
- Updated: August 27, 2016
People watch football in Wana. PHOTO: EXPRESS
DI KHAN: As a football contest is underneath approach in Wana, locals have seen a reconstruction of a competition that comes naturally to them. The matches are hold during a sports formidable that is pronounced to be a initial one assembled after Sep 11, 2001.
These days thousands mob a sports complex, situated nearby Wana Bazaar, to watch matches being hold underneath All Pakistan Football Tournament that started on Jul 28 and will go on for another around 15 days.
“A vast series of people have come to watch a matches. This shows how most locals adore football,” South Waziristan Agency Sports Manager Taj Muhammad told The Express Tribune. “We not usually inspire internal football players, though also promote them, since if they are given a event usually afterwards will they be means to uncover their talent.”
In a tournament, 20 teams from opposite Pakistan are participating. It is hold underneath a sports dialect of FATA Secretariat with support of a domestic administration.
People who have been going to a sports formidable to watch a football matches have voiced good fervour on carrying such an occasion.
“I frequency find time to watch matches [on television], though this contest has served as a good source of party [for us],” Ishaq Khan alias Khaka Wazir, a local, told The Express Tribune. “Such activities should continue to take place.”
Khakay Wazir had left to watch Friday’s match.
“I unequivocally enjoyed a compare between Red Club Bannu and Pakhero Club Dabkot,” he said. “However, my favourite team, Dabkot, mislaid by one goal.” He combined a contest that is underneath approach reminded him of a days of yore when football was widely played in Wana.
“There were many good footballers, including Sairuddin alias Suzuki,” he said. “He was called Suzuki since of a speed of his legs.” He used to play for a Young 11 Dabkot group from Dabkot encampment of Wana.
Of yesteryear
As Khakay Wazir mentioned, football is not new to Wana. There was a time when a competition was played by private clubs during a encampment level.
One of these clubs was Musa Nika Football Club that used to annually arrange tournaments annually in that teams from even Karachi would participate. “These would be well-organised matches where spectators had to buy sheet to watch a game,” Khakay Wazir said.
At a finish of a tournament, a leader would be presented a trophy. “A duty would be hold during night where food was enjoyed with music.”
However, militancy that gripped a segment also influenced sports activities. But small has been finished to move football behind to life in Wana.
Published in The Express Tribune, Aug 28th, 2016.