KARACHI, April 5: The Sindh Amateur Athletics Association (SAAA) will field 35 men and women athletes in track and field events of the 30th National Games which begins in the city from Monday.

Named on Thursday, the team which consists of 20 men and 15 women was picked on the basis of performance of athletes in the just concluded Inter-division meet.

Team:

(Men) Ali Aamir (Kar), Vernin Uchong (Kar), Saghir Akbar (Hyd), Ahmed Khan (Hyd), Shakeel Ahmed (Kar), Hazrat Rehman (Kar), Khasta Badshah (Kar), Rizwan (Suk), Ishaq Mushtaq (Kar), Shajiullah (Hyd), Sabir Hussain (Lar), M. Anwar (MPK), Mohammad Umair (Lar), Farrukh Ashraf (Kar), Sikander Baloch (Lar), Khair Mohammad (Suk), Aamir Khan Niazi (Kar), Abdul Sattar (Kar), Fida Hussain (Suk) and Saoosh Asif Brohi (Kar). Stand byes: Yasir Khan Niazi, Riaz Khan, Ayub Khan and Mohammad Zada.

(Women) Razia Khan (Kar), Moona M. Umer (Hyd), Kanwal Umer (Hyd), Ghazal Farooqi (Kar), Shafaq Zaman (Kar), Maryam (Suk), Kanwal Jahan (Kar), Saba M. Latif (Hyd), Sana Rafiq (Hyd), Sama Bibi (Suk), Ayesha Agha (Kar), Erum Habib (Suk), Umeema Urooj (Kar), Sadaf Nayab (Hyd) and Sadaf (Kar). Stand byes: Ayesha, Hira Agha, Salma Raza, Hina Rafiq, Saba Rafiq, Komal, Sara Bhatti and Farah Akhter.

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