Pakistan street child football team defeats Norwegian club 6-0

Published July 28, 2014
A view of the team in Norway's capital city Oslo. — Photo courtesy of Facebook Team Pakistan - Street Child World Cup 2014
A view of the team in Norway's capital city Oslo. — Photo courtesy of Facebook Team Pakistan - Street Child World Cup 2014
— Photo by AFP
— Photo by AFP

OSLO: Pakistan's street child football team defeated Norwegian club Ben Ford 6-0 on Monday, DawnNews reported.

The Pakistani team had already made a winning start to the competition with a 1-0 win over another local Norwegian team Lambertseter.

The Norway Cup 2014 is the world’s largest International youth football tournament and has featured over 47,000 teams since the tournament’s inception in 1972, with over 1,400 teams participating in the competition in it's previous edition alone.

Pakistan previously won the bronze medal in the Street Child World Cup (SCWC) held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil this year.

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