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PHF seeks deadline extension for FIH Pro League participation

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has formally approached the International Hockey Federation (FIH), requesting an extension of the deadline for Pakistan’s participation in the Pro Hockey League.

The PHF Secretary, Rana Mujahid, has stated that there has been a positive response from several government ministries for Green Shirts’ participation in the marquee event.

“We have received positive signals from the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, the Ministry of Finance, and the Pakistan Sports Board regarding support for Pakistan’s entry into the league.

“We are hopeful that the FIH will extend the deadline for Pakistan’s participation in the Pro League,” Mujahid added.

He also thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi for their support of Pakistan hockey.

“I am grateful to the Interior Minister for supporting Pakistan Hockey.  Mohsin Naqvi’s provision of medical and training facilities to the player is welcome,” he concluded.

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A month earlier, the Pakistan hockey team received a formal invitation from the FIH to participate in the Hockey Pro League, scheduled to take place in December this year.

The invitation followed New Zealand’s decision not to participate in the FIH Hockey Pro League due to financial constraints.

Consequently, the FIH gave PHF a deadline to inform about its decision to accept or decline the invitation.

For the unversed, the FIH Pro League began in 2019 and is contested annually by the top nine national hockey teams, as ranked.

The team with the highest points at the end of the tournament is crowned Champion and awarded the Pro League Trophy.

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PHF announces players, officials for Under-18 Asia Cup

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced the team and officials for the Under-18 Asia Cup, which is scheduled to commence in China on July 3.

The officials include Olympian Malik Shafqat as team manager, with Mukhtar Ahmed, Toufeeq Ahmed, and Masood ur Rehman as coaches. Abu Zar Umrao will serve as the video analyst, while Adeel Akhtar has been named as the team physiotherapist.

Following the announcement, the President of the PHF, Mir Tariq Hussain Bugti, and Secretary General, Olympian Rana Mujahid Ali Khan, extended heartfelt wishes to the team.

The Pakistan hockey team is set to depart for China on June 30 to participate in the U18 Asia Hockey Cup 2025, scheduled to take place from July 3 to July 13 in Dazhou, China.

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The final squad was selected on merit following open trials held at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium from June 11 to June 13, which saw participation from talented young players across the country.

The tournament includes 11 teams: Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan.

Pakistan’s hockey team is placed in Pool A with Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, and Sri Lanka.

The matches of the tournament will take place at Dazhou City, located in Sichuan province. The city will host this scale of event for the first time, and preparations are already underway for world-class facilities.

Pakistan Squad for Under-18 Asia Cup

Muhammad Usman, Atif Ali, Usama Haider, Muhammad Abdullah Farooq, Abdullah Awan, Zubair Latif, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Ali Taj, Ghulam Mustafa, Ali Hamza, Ali Hamzada, Aamir Sohail, Adeel Afzal, Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Shaheer, Hasan Shahbaz, and Yaseen Jamshaid.

Pakistan Team Officials

Shafqat Muhammad (Team Manager), Ahmad Mukhtar (Head Coach), Masood (Assistant Coach), Arshad Toseeq (Assistant Coach), Akhtar Adeel (Physiotherapist), Umrao Syed (Video Technician)

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PHF imposes life ban on Olympian Junaid for ’12 players blunder’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on former team manager and Olympian Khawaja Junaid.

According to the PHF, the decision was made by the inquiry committee, founded to investigate the Pakistan team’s costly error during the Asia Cup match against Japan in 2022 when the green shirts fielded 12 players instead of 11.

Due to the blunder, the national team had a crucial goal disallowed against Japan and ended up on the losing side, which, consequently seized Pakistan’s expedition to qualify for the World Cup.

Notably, Pakistan needed to make it to the Super Fours of the continental event but could only finish fifth in the six-team tournament after beating Bangladesh in the rankings match.

Meanwhile, in an official statement, PHF stated that Junaid’s blunder resulted in Pakistan facing embarrassment, while the decision to ban him is in line with the Federation of International Hockey (FIH) guidelines.

“Pakistan faced a lot of embarrassment due to Khawaja Junaid. Due to his misconduct, Pakistan failed to qualify for the World Cup,” said PHF.

“The decision to ban him has been taken in line with FIH rules,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, the federation also confirmed that PHF President Khalid Sajjad Khokhar also approved the decision of banning Junaid as his mistake was irredeemable.

“The committee called Khawaja Junaid but he did not come. The misconduct of Khawaja Junaid is unforgivable,” said PHF.

“In the light of the inquiry committee’s report, after the approval of PHF President Brigadier R. Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, Khawaja Junaid has been banned for life. Khawaja Junaid will not be able to participate in any hockey activity,” the statement concluded.

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Khalid Sajjad Khokhar re-elected unopposed as President PHF

KARACHI: Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar has been re-elected unopposed as the president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Friday.

According to the details, Khokhar was elected unopposed for the period of four years along with Haider Hussain as secretary and Shahid Pervaiz Bhandara as Finance secretary of PHF in the meeting held here at Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Club. All three were elected unopposed as no other candidate filed the nomination papers for the posts.

Earlier, PSB sent a letter to Khokhar, the then president of the ad-hoc committee, on August 3, a copy of which is available to ARY News, citing their concerns over the conduct of elections without fulfilling the constitutional and legal formalities.

The letter read: “Holding of elections by ignoring the lawful modus operandi shall have no legal sanctity in the eyes of law and shall lead to the initiation of legal proceedings by different factions of Hockey ultimately culminating at having an adverse effect on Pakistan Hockey.”

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PSB sacks PHF President Khokhar, Secretary Asif from their positions

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has removed Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Khalid Sajjad Khokhar, secretary Asif Bajwa, and treasurer Muhammad Akhlaq from their positions. 

The Director National Federation of PSB Syed Wahid issued the notification with the approval of DG Col (retd) Asif Zaman regarding the sacking of PHF officials.

According to the details, the PHF officials had completed their constitutional term on May 14, 2022, but could not hold elections, which led to PSB dismissing them.

It is important to note that PHF elections were held on May 15, 2018, which took place more than four years ago. President Khokhar, Secretary Shahbaz Ahmed Senior, and Treasurer Akhlaq were elected for four years in those elections.

In contrast, Asif Bajwa was proposed as the PHF secretary following Shahbaz Senior’s resignation in 2019.

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PHF announces to hold the first-ever Hockey league ‘The Max’

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced to hold the first-ever Hockey league by the title of “The Max”, later this year.

In a press conference here, the PHF president Khalid Sajjad Khokhar announced the first-ever league, while the national men’s team captain Umar Bhatta was also present.

Speaking on the occasion, the PHF president Khokhar expressed gratitude for announcing the league and termed it a milestone for the PHF.

“It is a milestone for the PHF,” Khokhar told the media. “We have worked really hard for this day to announce our league. I am proud to announce it finally,” he said.

Khalid further shared that the league may face difficulties to attract foreign players in the beginning but expressed hope that they will soon begin to participate in the league.

“We might face difficult in dealing with foreign players in beginning but with time, we are hopeful of attracting them,” Khalid stated.

“This league is very important for the development of Pakistan Hockey and it is a milestone for us,” he added.

The PHF president then disclosed that the management team had been expanded with the help of open bidding. The managing team also includes Salman Sarwar Butt, the first director of PSL.

It is pertinent to mention here that the league will initially feature five teams including Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, and Islamabad.

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Foreign trainer, goalkeeping coach will join Pakistan team in March

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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Pakistan Hockey Federation releases 2022 sports calendar

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) released the sporting calendar for 2022, which includes six international and seven domestic events.

International events in the sporting year 2022 include six events including Asia Cup, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games.

Whereas, seven domestic events are part of the sports calendar, including the women’s senior and junior hockey championships.

PHF also announced four training workshops, planned to build the capacity of umpires, coaches and technical officials.

Furthermore, Inter-school championships including inter-school hockey championships and All-Pakistan tournament are also part of the sporting calendar.

Secretary-General PHF Asif Bajwa released PHF Sports Calendar for 2022, while President PHF Brigadier Khalid Sajjad Khokhar approved the calendar.

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PHF introduces ‘Level-3 coaching course’

Lahore: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to introduce ‘Level-3 coaching course’ under the coach capacity building program.
According to PHF secretary Asif Bajwa, International and Asian Hockey Federations will also support during these coaching courses
Coaches of all departmental, provincial and district units will be included in the course. Successful coaches will move on to Level 2 and Level 1 courses after Level 3 course
Coaching curriculum will be developed by PHF for the courses. The courses are aimed at enhancing the capacity of coaches and preparing new coaches
PHF plans to close the gap between international hockey and domestic hockey via these coaching courses.

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Pakistan fails to get hosting rights of FIH Hockey5s World Cup

Karachi: The Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday picked Oman to host the inaugural Hockey5s World Cups (Men and Women) to be played in January 2024 as Pakistan failed to get the nod of hosting.
India and Singapore were also in the race to host flagship event. Matches will take place in Oman’s capital city Muscat, FIH said in a statement.


The Hockey5s’ event is a brand-new FIH competition. Sixteen teams per gender (3 per continent + Oman as hosts) will take part in this first edition. Continental Hockey5s qualifiers for the World Cup will be organized in 2022.
“We’re looking forward to a wonderful inaugural FIH Hockey5s World Cup in Oman. This surely will be a great boost for the promotion of hockey both in the country and in the whole region,” FIH CEO Thierry Weil said.
“We’re convinced that Hockey5s will play a key role in the growth of hockey worldwide. This is why this World Cup has been created, as well as a Hockey5s World Tour which we are currently working on.”
In 2019, the FIH Executive Board decided to create an FIH Hockey5s World Cup, with a view to further boosting the development of the game globally through the promotion of its 5-a-side format. Played in about 70 countries in the world, Hockey5s was the most attended sport at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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