Category: Hockey

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced the 20-men national squad for the upcoming tour to Europe.

The 20-men squad of Pakistan, led by Umar Bhutta has been announced after the approval of President PHF Khalid Sajjad Khokhar for an important prior to the Asian Games.

The side will fly to Europe with two goalkeepers Akmal and Abdullah Ishtiaq.

The green shirts will depart for the Netherlands tomorrow to play one match against the home side, scheduled on April 26. The green shirts will undergo a three-day training session before the match.

Pakistan will take on the Netherlands in two matches, and will play one against Belgium, and three against Spain.

Pakistan Squad:

Goalkeepers: Akmal, Abdullah Ishtiaq

Defenders: Mubashir Ali, Amad Shakeel Butt, Mohammad Abdullah, Arbaz Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Hammad Anjum

Forwards: Umar Bhutta (c), Ali Shan, Ghazanfar, Moin Shakeel, Abdul Mannan, Junaid Manzoor, Roman Khan, Abubakar Mahmood, Rana Waheed, Salman Raziq, Hannan Shahid, Ajaz

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KARACHI: The Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has shut down its sports department, and also directed the affiliated players to report to the Human Resource Management (HRM) department to perform ‘desk jobs’.

According to the details, PQA chose to close down their sports department after no departmental sports events took place in the previous three years.

In an official letter, released by the PQA, players of both cricket and hockey are directed to report to the HRM department, and they will then be able to perform a desk job, based on their academic qualifications.

“Henceforth, the operations of [the] PQA sports section are discontinued/call-off with immediate effect and the players (Hockey and Cricket) are directed to report HRM department for performance of desk job, based on their educational qualification,” the statement read.

“Later on, they will be considered for adjustment against the sanctioned/approved billet of PQA, as per their qualification,” the statement further read.

It is pertinent to mention here that some of the most prominent former Test cricketers and current first-class cricketers are affiliated with the PQA which includes Khurram Manzoor, Tanvir Ahmed, Umar Amin, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Sami, Shahzaib Hassan, and others.

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LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has appointed the Olympian Rehan Butt as the head coach of the national five-a-side hockey team, on Thursday.

Rehan, who represented Pakistan in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, has been given the role of the head coach of the nation’s five-a-side hockey team.

Olympian Waqas Sharif, on the other hand, will serve as the coach of the five-a-side hockey team.

Furthermore, the PHF has announced 25 players for the National Hockey Training Camp, scheduled from April 10 to April 28. Whereas, the five-a-side national team will be finalized at the conclusion of the camp.

Following this, the national five-a-side hockey team will be participating in the five-side event in Switzerland, scheduled in June.

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LAHORE: Australian physical trainer Daniel Berry and former dutch goalkeeper will join the Pakistan hockey team in March for a training camp ahead of Asia Cup and Europe tour. 

As confirmed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), the two of the foreigners will arrive in Pakistan in the first week of March.

They will assist local coaches in their respective departments for players’ development.

Pakistan team will kick off their training camp here on March 1 at National Hockey Stadium.

32 probables for training camp:

Goalkeepers: Amjad Ali, Waqar, Abdullah Ishtiaq, Akmal Hussain

Defenders: Mubashir Ali, Amad Shakeel Butt, Abubakar Mahmood, Hammad Anjum, Tazeem ul Hasan, Rizwan Ali, Aqeel Ahmed, Mohammad Abdullah, Arbaz Ahmed, Abdul Mannan

Midfielders/Forwards: M Umar Bhutta, M Azfar Yaqoob, Rana Waheed, Ahmed Nadeem, Ghazanfar Ali, Salman Raziq, Abdur Rehman, Roman Khan, Hasan Ameen, Moin Shakeel, Ali Shan, Junaid Manzoor, Afraz, Ajaz Ahmed, Abdul Hannan Shahid, Nohaiz Zahid Malik, Shahzaib Khan, Abuzar

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KARACHI: Hockey Olympian Abdul Waheed Khan passed away at 85 due to sudden health deterioration.

According to Waheed’s son Faisal, his father was taken to the hospital after his health got deteriorated suddenly. “Father’s health condition deteriorated suddenly and we took him to hospital. But on reaching the hospital, we got to know that he was expired earlier,” he shared while adding that he was a patient of blood pressure.

It must be noted here that Waheed was part of Pakistan’s gold medalist hockey team of the 1960 Rome Olympics. He also bagged gold medal in 1962 Jakarta Asian Games.

Later on, Waheed also served as manager and coach of the national team.

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has hired an Australian Physical Trainer – Daniel Berry for the national hockey team, here on Friday.

As per the details, Berry will reach Pakistan by the end of this month and will be available for the second phase of the national hockey team training camp.

The first phase of the training camp will conclude on February 8. The players will participate in a tournament to be held in Gujranwala.

Furthermore, the second phase of the camp will begin at the National Hockey Stadium after the conclusion of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 7.

The cricket’s marquee event will conclude on February 27.

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KARACHI: H.I Osmania Degree Girls College won the title of Girls Hockey held in District Central in connection with the 4th Sindh Colleges Games; defeating North Nazimabad Block, M by one goal in the final, here on Wednesday.

The match between the two teams remained equal for 56 minutes. Until, Iqra Iqbal, the centre half of the government college, scored a stunning goal on captain Saima’s pass to give her team a one-goal lead which was maintained till the end of the match.

Apart from the Hockey title, Osmania College also won the Volleyball and Badminton titles; winning a total of three out of the eight competitions.

Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui was also present in the closing ceremony after watching a thrilling final. Islahuddin, alongside Regional Director College Education Karachi, Prof. Hafiz Abdul Bari Indhar distributed the prizes among the top performers.

On this occasion, Islahudding praised the competitive final and claimed that the young players can go on to represent the country if they continue to play the same way.

“Today’s match was very good and exciting. If the players continue to play like that, I am sure that they will succeed in making a place in the national women’s hockey team,” he said.

Islahuddin also emphasized the importance of sports in the educational institutions said the ‘educational institutions are the nursery of sports’.

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LAHORE: Pakistan National Men’s Hockey players have started training under the supervision of the head coach – Siegfried Aikman, here in National Hockey Stadium today.

At the training camp, Aikman, while talking to the media said that Pakistan hockey has a lot of activities this year including the Asia Cup and Commonwealth Games.

“The Asian Games are also in the same year which is the Olympic qualifiers for us. We have to prepare well for all the events as time is short,” Aikman said.

Aikman also raised a drawback in the team’s defence as the green shirts conceded 20 goals in the Asian Champions Trophy.

“20 goals were scored against us in the Asian Champions Trophy which is a lot. The first priority is the defence and the second priority is the focus on physical fitness,” Aikman added.

“We are also working on the basics of the goalkeeping,” Aikman concluded.

It is apropos to mention here that the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) called 35 players for the training camp which will be concluded on February 14.

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LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has called 35 players for the development of skills training camp from January 17 to February 14. 

These players will have to report to the national team’s manager Khuwaja Junaid in the afternoon on January 17. Head coach Siegfried Aikman will also attend a month-long training camp.

Probables

Goal Keepers: Mazhar Abbas, Amjad Ali, Waqar, Abdullah Ishtiaq, Akmal Hussain, Muneeb ur Rehman

Defenders: Mubashir Ali, Amad Shakeel Butt, Abu Bakar, Mohammad Abdullah, Hammad Anjum, Aqeel Ahmed, Tazeem Hasan, Arbaz Ahmed, Rizwan Ali

Mid Fielders/Forwards: Umar Bhutta, Moeen Shakeel, Mohammad Azfar, Ali Shan, Rana Waheed, Junaid Manzoor, Ahmed Nadeem, Afraz, Ghazanfar Ali, Ajaz Ahmed, Salman Razaq, Abdul Hannan, Abdur Rehman, Adeel Latif, Roman Khan, Abuzar, Naveed Alam, Hamza Waheed, Ghazanfar Ali, Abdul Mannan, Mohibullah, Ubaidullah, Aleem Usman, Shahzaib, Hasan Amin, Shahzaib, Abdur Rehman, Nohaiz, Sameen, Zikriya Hayat

READ: PHF calls report of senior, junior players’ performance

LAHORE: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) called for the performance report of the senior and junior national hockey players, here on Thursday.

PHF ordered to craft a comprehensive managers report and submit it this week, according to details. The performance report for the Pakistan Junior Hockey Team will be compiled by Head Coach Olympian Danish Kaleem, while the senior hockey team will be accumulated by Olympian Khawaja Junaid.

On the orders of President PHF Brigadier Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, Secretary-General PHF Asif Bajwa issued the letter.

It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan Junior Hockey Team participated in Junior World Hockey Cup, while the senior team participated in Asian Hockey Champions Trophy.

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