ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Under-18 hockey team will take part in Australia’s national hockey championship set to be held in April this year following a special invitation, the Pakistan hockey Federation said Friday.

“We have received an invitation from the Hockey Australia for the event and will be sending our team to feature in it,” a PHF official told APP.

The official believed a of Rs 800 million for the PHF by the government was a good step to help give exposure to young and emerging hockey players in the country.

However, he said, the funds were not enough to send the U-18s to New Zealand, another country where they have been invited to play.

“Though PHF had received Rs 800 million grant but it has a lot of liabilities to address,” he added.

Published in Dawn, January 21st, 2017