Thursday, April 26, 2007

Pakistan preparations for Asian Volleyball Championship in full swing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s preparations for this year’s Asian Central Zone Volleyball Championship are in full swing here at the Liaquat Gymnasium. The championship will be played in June at the same venue. To get a place in the team, twenty hopefuls are undergoing training under the watchful eyes of Bulgarian coach Stefan Dimitrov and assistant coaches Muhammad Akram and Farooq-e-Azam. “Islamabad will stage the competition for which Iran, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Kazakistan have confirmed their participation. And we are expecting few other teams from Central Asian States will also participate in the event,” a spokesman for the Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) told Daily Times on Wednesday. “Ace players Kashif Mansoor and Naseer Ahmad, both of whom are playing in leagues abroad, will join the camp in mid May,” he added.

The players attending the camp are: Mohammad Zaman, Mohammad Yasin, Imran Ali, Syaad Ahmad, Naeem Jan, Mohib Rasul, Bakht Risal, Mohammad Farooq, Azhar Mahmood, Ismail Khan, Mohammad Riaz, Ali Abbas, Zaheer Abbas, Muhammad Zahid, Mohammad Ali, Asif Hussain, Shahid Manzoor, Mohammad Tariq, Ishfaq Hussain, Imran Sultan and Mohammad Siddique.


Source: Daily Times

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