LAHORE, Aug 17: Pakistan will send its junior team to an International Hockey Championship to be held in Cairo, Egypt from Oct 11 to 18.
To finalise and prepare the team for the said competition, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has called forty-six probables for the training camp which will begin at the Pakistan Steel Sports Complex, Bin Qasim, Karachi from Sept 2.
The probables will report to the camp commandant Col. (Retd.) Abdul Rauf on Sept 1.
The players are directed to bring with them their playing uniform (colour and white) and the sports gear. They should also bring the original “B” Form along with 12 passport size photographs.
Probables:
Punjab: Sohail Hashmi, Imran Khan, Muhammad Khalid, Rashed Imran, Khurram Shahzad.
Sindh: Athar Hussain, Adnan Hameed, Shahzad Hanif, Samiullah, Mudassar Abbas, Imran Khan, Shabbir A Khan, Rizwan Khan, Abbas Haider.
NWFP: Yasir Islam.
Army: Usman Akram, Khalid Ahmed, Muhammad Imran, Farhan Shukr, Anisur Rehman.
Police: Tariq Yamin.
Railways: Adeel Anwar, Farhan Asif, Abu Bakar, Sohail Imran, Mahmood Ali, Nadeem Junior.
PTCL: Muhammad Iqbal, Ikhlaq Ahmed, Waheed Islam, Muhammad Khaliq, Arif, Tariq Aziz, Akhtar Ali, Rana Naeem, Saboor.
NBP: Imtiaz Ahmed, Imran Warsi, Sumair Saleem, A Asim Khan, Javed Iqbal, Awais Moeed, Adnan, Zakir, Kashif Ikram.
Balochistan: Syed Amin.
KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) Wah will clash in the final of All Pakistan Hazara Gold Cup hcokey tournament after winning their semifinals, according to a message received by NBP sports department Saturday.
NBP defeated PAF on penalty shoot out after their semis ended in a 2-2 draw in the regulation time. Muhammad Akram and Hayat Ahmed scored the goals for bankers.
In the other semifinal, POF caused a surprise when they defeated Pakistan Army 2-0, message added.—APP