Aga Khan Women FC wins Leisure Leagues Women’s Day football title

Aga Khan Women Football Club overcame Aga Khan Girls Football Academy by 2-1 score in the final to clinch Leisure Leagues Women’s Day Small-sided Football title, which was held at Dream World Resort Karachi to commemorate International Women’s Day.

A total of eight teams participated in the tournament. The teams were Aga Khan Women FC, Aga Khan Girls Football Academy, Diya FC Green, Diya FC White, OG FC, RK Green, Sunrise FC and GFA.

Mehnaz Shah from AGK Women FC was adjudged Best Player of the tournament.

Executive Director Dreamworld Resort Mr. Irfan, Director World Group Col Nadeem Qazi, Director World Group Mr Firdous were the guests of honor on the occasion.

Leisure Leagues also held an exhibition match for girls in Islamabad in collaboration with Roots Millennium Education at their Wahid Campus branch, also in connection with International Women’s Day.

Leisure Leagues wants to create equal opportunity for women and girls in sports. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Leisure Leagues has vowed to give equal importance to events for women and girls.

About Leisure Leagues:

Leisure Leagues is a company of World Group, which is owned by The Trunkwala Family. It is the largest global organizer of 5, 6 and 7-a-side football events. Leisure Leagues has considerably large footprints, having organized leagues in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Leisure has also been operational in United States. Leisure Leagues set foot in Pakistan in 2016. Trunkwala Family brought former football super star Brazilian Ronaldinho and Friends – including former Manchester United stalwart Ryan Giggs, former England goalkeeper David James, Dutch star George Boateng, former French players Robert Pires and Nicolas Anelka and Portuguese player Luis Boa Morte in 2017. Two high-voltage matches were played in Lahore and Karachi when foreign players of other sports including cricket were reluctant to visit Pakistan due to security apprehensions. Leisure Leagues is now organizing different small-sided football events throughout Pakistan. Leisure Leagues has also played an important role in establishing International Socca Federation (ISF) and also played an important part in organizing first ever Socca World Cup in Portugal and second edition in Greece. Leisure Leagues has also been the force behind establishing Pakistan Socca teams and made their participation in ISF Socca World Cups possible in both editions of the tournament so far. Leisure Leagues now has a significant presence in Pakistan, with its leagues being played in 78 cities across the country. Leisure Leagues has also started organizing leagues at educational institutions with an aim to promote football at grass-root level.