KARACHI, March 3: Training camp for 22 U-16 football players in preparation for the forthcoming KPT Football Challenge Cup kicks off at the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Coaching Centre here from Monday.

The camp working under PFF’s Fast Track Programme under which outfits of different age-groups undergo training at regular intervals throughout the year will see coach Sajjad Mahmood, assistant coach Mohammad Hasan and goalkeeping coach Noman Ibrahim training the boys.

Probables: Mohammad Usman Khan (Bannu), Syed Hassan Mujtaba (Faisalabad/Sargodha), Malik Dilshad Ahmed (Faisalabad/Sargodha), Muneer Aftab (Karachi Zone ‘B’), Shahbaz Masih (F/Sargodha), Rashid Noor (Faisalabad/Sargodha), Babar Ali (Karachi Zone ‘B’), Tanzeel Ashfaq (Faisalabad/Sargodha), Bilal Asghar (Islamabad Region), Mohammad Sohail (Bannu), Raza Ali (Punjab), Mohammad Zeeshan (Faisalabad/Sargodha), Ashfaq-ud-Din (Gilgit-Baltistan), Mohammad Bilal (Punjab), Mohammad Basit Amin (Ashraf Sugar Mill), Sanaullah (Karachi Zone ‘B’), Zia-ul-Abideen (Karachi Zone ‘B’), Sher Ali (Afghan Chaman FC), Yawar (Karachi Zone ‘B’) and Mansoor Khan (PAF).

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