The city level qualifiers and eliminators of the 3rd Ufone Balochistan Football Cup are underway in Balochistan. The Pishin leg of the competition came to an end on Wednesday when Afghan FC clinched the top spot and qualified for the Super-8 stage of the championship which is scheduled to kick off at Mali Bagh Stadium Quetta from 25 March, with semi-finals on March 27 and final on 28. The eliminator match was played at Taj Lala Football Ground Pishin, where Afghan FC defeated Faizabad FC by 1 – 0. The maiden goal was scored by Afghan FC’s Najeebullah during the 18th minute of the match. Faizabad FC tried hard to score an equalizer and attacked Afghan FC’s goal numerous times but were unable to breach the strong defense line. So far, six teams including Afghan FC have booked their place in the advance stage. The other teams include Jallawan FC Khuzdar, Gwadar Port FC, Panjgur FC, Bacha Khan FC Loralai and Shaheed Ballach FC Nushki. Pakistani telecom company Ufone aims to develop and promote football in the province and provide budding footballers a platform to showcase their skills while playing along national team football stars like Fazal Muhammad and Riaz Khan. This year’s championship builds on the success of previous two seasons and involves 720 young players from eight cities in the province. Published in Daily Times, March 21st 2019.