Warm welcome for UAE team

Published August 7, 2003

KARACHI, Aug 6: A 26-member United Arab Emirates (UAE) junior hockey team on Wednesday was given a warm welcome when they arrived here on short training trip.

Team included 20 players and six officials. Abdul Fahim Director of UAE Hockey Committee is head of the delegation.

During their stay in the city recently formed UAE juniors will play matches against Railway High School, Public School Sir Syed Town, YMCA Colts and against Pakistan Veteran Heroes.

The team members were received by local officials.

UAE squad: Mahmoud Waleed Tawfiq Al Totangi, Musabbeh Manea Musabbeh Hamdan Al Azizi, Muhammad Shaheen Eid Fajr Al Nuaimi, Naseer Sareed Saif Adbullah Al Shamisi, Khalil Saleh Saeed Masallem Al Ketbi, Ahmed Saqleh Ahmed Kubati, Bikhit Jouhar Akran Al Naimi, Omer Al Shayib Hadid Al Azizi, Sultan Ali Muhammad Al

Khatri, Sulta Rashid Mubarak Al Naimi, Khalfan Eid Mubarak Al Naimi, Abdula Salem Ali Rashed Al Azizi, Salim Masaaod Hammad Al Khanbashi, Abdul Rahman Tanfa Mubarak Al Naimi, Fares Mubarak Zraa Fayez Al Nuaimi, Muhammad Juma Rashed Mohd Al Azizi, Sultan Rashid Khamis Yahyee.

Osama Hosny (Manager), Ms Lynne (coach), Safdar Cheema (assistant coach) Jaffer Hussain (coordinator UAE), Usama Atia (Physio) are the officials of the team.

UAE Juniors will take on Railway High School at UBL Sports Complex on Friday at 4.00 p.m and on Saturday play against Public School also at the same venue at the same time.

Tourists will play their third match against Veteran Heroes at Pakistan Steel Town and end their tour with a match against YMCA Colts at Zamzama Hockey Stadium on Monday.—APP

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