Hockey team bound for Moscow

Published July 3, 2007

LAHORE, July 2: An 18-member Pakistan team along with five officials will leave for Moscow from Lahore on Tuesday to take part in 4-nation hockey tournament to be held from July 5 to 8.

The team will fly to Moscow via Tashkent.

Except Pakistan the other three competing teams in the tournament namely Ukraine, Scotland and hosts Russia.

Squad:

Salman Akbar, Ahsanullah, Imran Warsi, Imran Khan Yousuafzai, Muhammad Imran, Rana Muhammad Asif, Rehan Butt (Captain), Yasir Islam, Shakeel Abbasi, Tariq Aziz, Akhtar Ali, Nasir Ahmed, Kashif Ali, Waqas Zafar, Majid Khan, Muhammad Waqas Sharif, Shabbir Khan and Arshad Ahmed.

Officials: Islahuddin Siddiqui (manager/chief coach), Manzoorul Hassan (coach), Faizur Rehaman (physiotherapist), Nadeem Khan Lodhi (video-anaylist), Haider Rasool (umpire).—Sports Correspondent

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