Sialkot has made headlines this year and received global glare, the reason is simple enough to understand – #Brazuca! The design of the six paneled ball for #FIFA World cup 2014 was hailed as a “revolutionary” one and #Forward_Sports factory owner, Khawaja Akhtar had 33 days to fulfill the order after Adidas’ Chinese supplier fell short. However, only a few know that Forward Sports factory alone produces more than 18,000 footballs a day, which are also used in the #UEFA_Champions _League. According to #The_Far_Post, a venture between Sports Illustrated and Roads & Kingdom, “#Sialkot makes more than half the world’s footballs (that’s soccer balls, if you’re American), which amounts to 60 million balls every year”. There are 200 factories along with almost 2000 stitching centers in Sialkot, as reported by The Telegraph. Sialkots football production story began a century ago, during the era of colonialism. Read more: bit.ly/1mlaCCj
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 10:24:23 +0000
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