Mumbai, July 5
Five female footballers from India along with a fellow player from Pakistan will join players from across the world in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop marathon football match at Lyon, France.
These five female football coaches from Jharkhand-based NGO Yuwa India, supported by BookMyShow’s charity initiative BookASmile, are in France to participate in the ‘Equal Playing Field’ (EPF) initiative at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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LOVELY.
2night @ 11PM, the young women of @YuwaFootball from #India + women from #Pakistan, have joined together 2 form a team 2 promote peace & unity – & they have only know each other for 2 days.
Football is truly a global connector, transcending all barriers. #AnyGirlAnywhere https://twitter.com/AbihaHaider05/status/1144902450245226496 …Abiha Haider@AbihaHaider05Happy to announce that in order to promote peace & unity, #Pakistan & #India have joined together as a team to play the @GWR We’ll play today at 11pm (FST) at the ongoing World’s Longest/Biggest football match.
Pak/Ind/Pak born Farwa from USA@EPFinitiative @adidas @FIFAWWC
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Team India/Pakistan promoting peace, solidarity, inclusion and the right to play for #AnyGirlAnywhere
The world record for the longest football marathon is currently set at 108 hours and two minutes and is held by Heartbeat United FC (UK) in Worthing, UK for a match played from May 26 until May 30 in 2016. This new coup will involve 3,000 athletes across all abilities, ages and gender from across the globe and will take five days of non-stop playing through day and night.
