Terry joins ‘Ronaldinho and Friends’ in Pakistan visit

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KARACHI: Chelsea legend John Terry has become the latest player to join ‘Ronaldinho and Friends’ in their visit to Pakistan next month for an exhibition match, organisers Leisure Leagues announced at a ceremony on Friday.

England defender Terry, who left Chelsea at the end of the season last month, will be the eighth and final player in the team which will be led by Brazil superstar Ronaldinho and plays against a team featuring Pakistan players in a seven-a-side game in Karachi in July.

Earlier this year Pakistan’s World Group took over the ownership of UK-based Leisure Leagues, which is an organiser of small-sided football.

The other players who will take part in the exhibition match include Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos, former France striker Nicolas Anelka, ex-France winger Robert Pires, former England goalkeeper David James, former Portuguese winger Luis Boa Morte and former Dutch midfielder George Boateng.

Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2017

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Mindshare

Jun 10, 2017 09:50am

Thanks for your great support in terms of visit and giving a headstart of football game in Pakistan

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M.S

Jun 10, 2017 10:50am

Excellent!

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Asfand

Jun 10, 2017 01:56pm

Welcome to Pakistan, we will show you how good a host we are

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad

Jun 10, 2017 02:07pm

Welcome to the club.

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Dr.Cajetan Coelho

Jun 10, 2017 02:34pm

Leader and champion JT is a legend.

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Shazad

Jun 10, 2017 10:09pm

This ICC championship trophy would produce unthinkable results. It seems, semi-final qualifying team would be: South Africa, Pakistan, England and Bangladesh. In semi-final, South Africa would play Bangladesh and Pakistan would play England. Seems, final would be between South Africa and England ... and most likely, South Africa would win the competition. ... That is my expectation, so lets see what happens. One dangerous development could happen if SL beats Pakistan and than beat England in Semi Final (all this is likely too) and then become champion beating SA ... but we should know that SA is ranked number ODI team while SL is number 7. Present ranking is: SA (1), Aus (2), Ind (3), Eng (4), NZ (5), BD (6), SL (7) and Pak (8).

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