West Brom Women contacted about Mariam Mahmood availability in Pakistan with Simran Jhamat booked for Coventry United | Football news
The West Brom female has been contacted about Mariam Mahmood being able to play for Pakistan following the striker’s recent interview with Sky Sports News.
Speaking ahead of South Asian Heritage Month in her first interview with a major platform, Anglo-Pakistani Mahmood has opened its doors for Sky Sports News about her love for West Brom, where she rose through the ranks and established herself as a vital part of the first team.
That caught the attention of scouts trying to rebuild Pakistani women’s football after the Pakistan Football Federation suspended international competition due to excessive third-party interference that was overturned by FIFA. recent eraser.
Sources close to Mahmood said Sky Sports News The 18-year-old is “honored” to be considered for international selection by Pakistan. Sky Sports News It has also been told the striker’s sole focus at the moment is on continuing to develop as a footballer to try and reach his full potential.
Pakistan, which has not played an international match since 2014, is joining the team to compete in the South Asian Football Confederation Women’s Championship in Nepal, which kicks off next month.
Former University of England player Mahmood has become a fan favorite at the club and was recently featured at the launch of West Brom’s kit for the new season.
The forward is highly regarded by West Brom director of football Dave Lawrence and coach Jenny Sugarman and has impressed in pre-season, scoring three goals in four friendlies despite not playing enough. 90 minutes of those games.
West Brom open their National League Northern Premier Division campaign at home to Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest on August 21 as they aim to be promoted to the FA Women’s Championship.
Jhamat prepares to join Coventry United
Simran Jhamat trains with Afghanistan international Maz Kouhyar at Sporting Khalsa (photo: Dev Trehan)
Young England international, Simran Jhamat, is set for an emotional return to Coventry United, Sky Sports News understand.
Sky Sports News revealed last year Jhamat left Lewes FC and joined Bristol City Womenbecame the first South Asian player in the club’s history.
The 21-year-old is now ready to start a new campaign at Coventry United, who beat all odds to secure a Championship spot against Watford on the last day of last season in one of the most impressive finishes. The most iconic campaign for the English league ever.
Coventry started management and got 10 points deducted last January before being saved by local businessman Lewis Taylor. They had been bottom for most of the season and needed to beat Watford, with Mollie Green finally scoring the winning goal in the incredible 97th minute with the final kick of the game.
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Coventry United’s Mollie Green took a free-kick from 35 yards with the final kick of the game to ensure her side beat Watford to relegation while keeping her team at championship!
Jhamat hails from Walsall and was spotted playing for local club Sporting Khalsa at junior level, before being picked up by the Aston Villa Girls’ Center of Excellence, where she spent seven seasons before joining joined Liverpool in 2017.
The Sikh-Punjabi attacker spent a year at Leicester City, then a full six months at Coventry United in 2020, before moving to South for Lewes.
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Layla Banaras, a graduate of the City of Birmingham women’s academy, worked with her club to create a dedicated nutrition plan to assist athletes in fasting during Ramadan.
Jhamat gained international recognition across England’s various youth groups and became the first Punjabi girl to score at competitive level for England U17s when she scored in a 6-0 Euro qualifying win over Slovakia. .
Chaudhry followed Kaur Bath to West Ham
Azawa Chaudhry is active at London Bees . Academy
Meanwhile, Azwa Chaudhry has followed in the footsteps of former London Bees teammate Roop Kaur Bath by joining West Ham’s youth team.
Kaur Bath made headlines earlier this month after joining West Ham’s WSL academy full-time, before being given his first-team debut by manager Paul Konchesky in a pre-season friendly against Hashtag United, aged 16 years and 11 days.
Berkshire-born Chaudhry is a junior to 16-month-old Kaur Bath, but appeared alongside the Hammers midfielder for London Bees with U16 in more than one Junior Premier League game last season.
West Ham United Foundation, which runs the club’s football programs up to the age of 16, has just been named one of 60 Emerging Girls Talent Hubs across the country. Seven of those licenses were awarded in London.
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FA director of women’s football Baroness Sue Campbell thinks meaningful change to diverse communities at the end of the women’s game could take years, acknowledging the current system of talent IDs and recruitment excludes a lot of people.
Attacking midfielder Chaudhry, who is assisted by Partnership between Sporting Equals and Sky Sports, played at Wycombe Wanderers and QPR before trying her hand at the London Bees, where she immediately impressed coaches with her shooting and ball control.
She now begins the next chapter in her journey with West Ham under respected manager Alfie Crickmar.
How Sky is trying to change
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Sky Sports has announced a partnership with Sporting Equals to support the charity’s ambition to inspire Britons in South Asia to more opportunities in football, particularly in football. female rock
The apparent lack of ethnic diversity at the elite end of the girls game was clearly focused in female euro, with England starting all white in all six of their matches at the tournament.
Sports sky recognize and start taking steps to address the lack of diversity in girls’ gaming in 2020 as part of a £30m commitment to tackle systemic racism and make a difference in communities across the UK.
Sports sky worked with dozens of current and former players from different nationalities, and tried to give them a platform to share their stories to try and capture the imagination to pass on. Inspiring the next generation of female players.
Talent has been identified and signed directly with the Football Association and clubs as part of Sports Sky’ unprecedented commitment to the British South Asians in Football, which also shows that we dedicate a section of our website to raising awareness about South Asians in the Gameand create a dedicated book Blog.
A number of potential and elite female players and their families have also been provided with mentoring support and access to off-field development opportunities.
Earlier this year, Sky Sports also partnered with the country’s largest sports race equality charity, Sporting Equals, has seen us support nationwide engagement, including development ‘Seeing is believing’ event for the centuries-old west London sports club at Indian Gymkhana.
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For more stories, features and videos, visit our breakout South Asian Football page on skysports.com and South Asians in the Game blog and keep watching Sky Sports News and our Sky Sports digital platform.
