Forward Sports

Forward Sports

Type	Private
Industry	Sporting goods
Founded	1991
Headquarters	Sialkot, Pakistan
Key people	Khawaja Masood Akhtar, CEO[1]
Products	Football (soccer)
Website	www.forward.pk

Forward Sports is a Pakistani multinational company that designs and manufactures sports equipment, primarily soccer balls. It produces 700,000 balls per month for global brands including Adidas, Reebok and Admiral. It was founded in 1991 and since then it has produced balls for UEFA Champions League on several occasions, and is the official provider of balls for FIFA World Cup 2014.^[2][3]

It produces soccer balls, volleyballs, rugby balls, handballs, sala balls, beach balls, indoor balls, sportswear, sports bags, shin guards, goalkeeping gloves, training west, goal nets, shoes and medicine balls. It is based in Sialkot.^[1] It is also the largest football producer in Pakistan, employing 3,000 people including 900 women.^[4][5]

The company has come into prominence for landing the contract of over 3,000 “Brazuca” balls that will be used at the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Bloomberg and BBC are among many news agencies that have covered the company. A Few years ago, Forward Group launched is own sports brand and starting to supplier many sports events, federation, athletes and leagues to improve its allure at the intentional market.

Sponsorship

Forward Group with its brand Forward Sports manufactures and provides kit uniforms and all of kind accessories for a wide range of teams around the world. Some of the most important clubs and associations sponsored by the company are:

Football

International And Continental Confederations

National teams

America

Asia

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