Article: Soccer boys aiming for the top with Pakistan and Liverpool.

TWO Calderdale boys could be bending it like Beckham for national and professional football teams.

Khuram Shazad, 17, has been picked for the Pakistan national under 17s squad while 10-year-old Shiraz Khan is taking part in trials for Liverpool's Football Club's youth academy.

The youngsters, both from Halifax, began their footballing dreams playing for a local team.

They first stepped out with the Himmat Project squad, which was started around 12 months ago and runs weekly coaching.

The Himmat Project was set up in the 1980s to ...

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