LAHORE, Dec 19 Revival of international sports activities in Pakistan got a boost on Saturday as three countries, namely, China, Iraq and Hungary sent by name entries of their squads for the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament scheduled to be held in Karachi from Jan 1 to 9.

According to a spokesman of the Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF), Iraq named the biggest squad, comprising 10 boxers and five officials, for the event while China will tour Pakistan with six boxers and three officials. Similarly, Hungry has dispatched a list consisting three boxers and two officials.

Contingents

China 54kgs Yong Dang; 54kgs Hanggai Bayin; 60kgs Bilge Huricha; 64kgs Sile Hu; 75kgs Fanlong Meng. 81kgs Heshuai Li. Team manager Guozhi Zhao. Team coach Jingwei MA. Team Doctor Zhe Liu.

Iraq 48kgs Hasan Ali Shakir; 51kgs Mustafa Raad Shayyal; 54kgs Hussein Aqeel Salim; 57kgs Mustafa Qasim Abd Tareef; 57kgs Raeed Hashim Zgher; 60kgs Omar Kifah Khadim; 69kgs Ahmed B. Jassem; 75kgs Thoalfokar Abd AlKareem; 81kgs Mustafa Mohammad Challoob; 91kgs Alaa Hussein Jasim. Team manager Ghazi Abdul Sammad Ahmed. Team officials Raad Khraibet Jurmut, Hraibet Jurmut, Sajid S. Radhi Al-Lami. Team coaches Hussein Jasim Khalaf, Tareq Hilo Hameed. Referee/ Judge Kareem Qasim Khenyab.

Hungary 57kgs Janos Mihaly; 60kgs Miklos Varga; 64kgs Imre Szello. Head coach Gyorgy Kunya. Coach Laszlo Kovacs. —

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