Green-shirts hockey camp from next month

KARACHI: Pakistan national hockey team’s training camp for the preparation of qualifying rounds for Rio Olympics 2016 will be held in Islamabad from next month, ‘The News’ has learnt.
After the training, the Green-shirts will participate in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Informed sources said that PHF’s financial issues could not be resolved but it would continue the preparation of national hockey team as the qualifying rounds for the Olympics 2016 were very important.
The qualifying rounds will be held in Belgium in June and July, 2015.
Pakistan would have to play well in this tournament to qualify for the Olympics, coach Shahnaz Sheikh has said.
PHF sources also confirmed that the Green-shirts would participate in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as the entry has been sent to the Malaysian Hockey Federation.
Some members of national team have said that they wanted some rest as they had been playing non-stop: Asian Games 2014, Champions Trophy, national championship, COAS hockey tournament, Customs Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup.
They said they would be exhausted if they participated in any other domestic tournament.
The players said if their financial problems and contracts issues were not resolved they would prefer to participate in the professional leagues in foreign countries.