The federation had constituted a committee to verify ages of the players which found that the documents provided by the six players and two officials were fake. -AFP Photo

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has banned six female players and two officials for submitting wrong ages to play in the first National Under-18 Championship, which was held at the National Hockey Stadium here from April 11 to 19. According to PHF spokesman, the federation had constituted a committee to verify ages of the players which found that the documents provided by the six players and two officials were fake.

“In accordance with the decision of the Executive Board, the PHF has imposed ban on them, preventing their participation in the federation’s activities,” the spokesman said.

The two officials who have been banned for one year each are manager Razia Malik, who is also an international player and acted as manager of the Lahore Colours team, and Mohammad Pervaiz, the coach of the same team.

The players who will face two-year ban each are Ishrat Abbas, Nazia Rehmat, Nafeesa Anwar, Ahnazza Bashir, Nimra and Hina Pervaiz.