Daily Times

LAHORE: A 33-member Oman hockey squad arrived here on Monday to play a four-match series against national development and rising squads. The visiting team was received here at the airport by the President of Punjab Hockey Association (PHA) Lt Col Asif Khokhar and other officials of the PHA and Pakistan Hockey Federation. The Oman team are on a preparatory cum training tour of Pakistan to give final touches to their preparations for the Asia Confederation Hockey Cup being played in Dhaka, Bangladesh from October 14 which is the qualifying round of the Asian Hockey Cup. Pakistan will kick-off their preparation to participate in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the four-match series against Oman. The first match will be played on October 1 (today) while the next three matches will take place on October 2, October 4 and October 6. Oman hockey team’s head coach Tahir Zaman said, “We have come to Pakistan with full preparation. We hope to give Pakistan a tough time in the field.”