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Whatever soccer legend Diego Maradonasays,Pakistan will be a big presence at this year’s World Cup inBrazil-- although not because of its playing skills.

All these years, Pakistan has been well known for itscricket.Cricket has been the passion of every young blood andanyone whotakes a walk around the streets of Pakistan could seecricket beingplayed in every corner.

However, one growing phenomena in Pakistan is the crazeoffootball. Football has never been our game and we do not evenhavea good football team to represent Pakistan on theinternationalfront, but somehow, the football fever has enteredPakistan and isgrowing day by day. We all know about football alsoknown as soccerin some parts of the world.

The nation, ranked 159th by ruling body FIFA, won’t be amongthe32 teams at sport’s most watched event. Yet its industryhasrecovered to join China as a key supplier of official AdidasAG(ADS) World Cup balls, such as those to be stroked around bystarssuch as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

More than 3,000 “Brazuca” balls will be used at the monthlongtournament starting June 12. That compares with millions ofAdidasand other brands of ball produced annually by factories suchasForward Sports (Pvt) Ltd. in Sialkot, Pakistan’s mainsportsmanufacturing center.

Businesses there say they’ve seen a resurgence of demandamidfaster economic growth and as wages have become morecompetitivewith China. Child labor, which had led foreign companiesto leavethe country, has been clamped down on.

Pakistan sports goods manufacturing company Forward Sportsgotthe contract from Adidas to make “official FIFA World Cup2014Brazil” match balls.

Almost every child, every teenager, every youngsterfollowsfootball now a days, in Pakistan too. It’s like, we hear thestuffrelated to football around us very often, and the ratioisincreasing. We have Manchester United (Man U) fans, Arsenalfans,Liverpool fans, Chelsea fans (blues!), Real-Madridfans(Madristas!), and the list goes on and on. What is allthat?

Take for example, my application as a case of craze we sharewiththe Football world - The countdown time, gallery items,posters,puzzle games, quiz, RSS news feeds, videos, youtube videochannel,social media fan pages, messenger services, venuelocations, andschedule finders - all built in one application.

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