LAHORE: Seniors namely Rehan Butt, Shakeel Abbasi, Waseem Ahmad and goalkeeper Salman Akbar were recalled as the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Thursday named 26 probables for the national training camp, in order to pick the best possible squad for the all-important Olympics.

The camp for the London Games will be held at the Army Sports and Physical Training School Tobe Camp in Abbottabad from June 26.

Earlier this year, the trio of Rehan, Shakeel and Waseem were sidelined for playing in the controversial World Series Hockey (WSH) in India whereas Salman was away from the national side as he was playing league hockey in Europe.

Though Rehan, Shakeel and Waseem were included in the national team for the recently-concluded tour to Europe, after they paid the fine imposed on them by the PHF, they could not accompany the team to Europe after failing to get visa for the same.

From among the probables a 16-member squad will be selected for the Olympics in the first week of July.

The selected team will leave for London in the mid of July to undergo a training camp in Birmingham. Before the start of the Olympics, Pakistan will play practice matches against Belgium and Holland on July 24 and 26.

Probables: Imran Shah, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Abbas, Syed Kashif Shah, Mohammad Rizwan Junior, Fareed Ahmed, Rashid Mahmood, Mohammad Tousiq, Mohammad Waqas, Shafqat Rasool, Abdul Haseem Khan, Mohammad Rizwan Senior, Umar Bhutta, Mohammad Khalid Bhatti, Shakeel Abbasi, Ali Shan, Rehan Butt, Waseem Ahmad, Mohammad Imran, Salman Akbar, Tasawwar Abbas, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Dilber Hussain, Imran Butt, Mohammad Zubair, Aamir Shahzad.

Officials: Akhtar Rasool (manager/chief coach); Khawaja Mohammad Junaid, Ajmal Khan Lodhi, Shahid Ali Khan (coaches); Faiz-ur-Rehman (physiotherapist); Nadeem Khan Lodhi (video analyst).