LAHORE: While the Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) has hired a Japanese coach for the national team ahead of next month’s Asian U-18 Baseball Championship, the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has refused to bear the expenses of a training camp to be set up for the event due to lack of funds.

The PFB had hired Yuki Naga for the said event which will serve as a qualifier for the U-18 World Cup.

“Due to paucity of funds [the] instant request is regretted please,” read a PSB letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn, in response to a PFB letter written in June.

The U-18 continental championship is scheduled to be held in Chinese Taipei.

After the country’s 2024-25 budget was implemented from July, PSB’s claim of lack of funds seems quite surprising.

Published in Dawn, August 2nd, 2024