MULTAN: Three of Pakistan’s veteran table tennis players left for Kathmandu on Friday to participate in the first South Asian Veteran Table Tennis Championship.

While talking to APP here on Friday, secretary general of the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation, Khawaja Abdul Wadood, said that the championship was scheduled to be held from July 23.

He said that players aged between 40 to 50 years would participate in the event and Pakistan is being represented by Shahzad Yousuf, Asim Nazeer and Mohammad Nazim Ashraf.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2016

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