pakistan hockey revival
special r
epor
t
Hockey’s popular-
ity has suffered
HOCKEY IN PAKISTAN
during recent
times because of
The official and national sport of Pakistan is
a lack of media
field hockey, although cricket is more popu-
coverage.Now the
lar across the country.
PHF has organised
with Pakistan’s
Hockey is the sport in which Pakistan has
premier sports
been most successful at the Olympics, with
channel to tel-
three gold medals in (1960, 1968, and 1984).
ecast international and domestic hockey events.
Pakistan has also won the Hockey World

Cup a record four times (1971, 1978, 1982,
Unlike his predecessors, he has set a realistic
1994). Pakistan has also hosted several in-
goal of winning the Asiad in 2010. The most
ternational competitions, including the SAF
challenging task presently is to ‘create players’
Games in 1989 and 2004.
as the long prevailing sterile culture in Pakistan

hockey has resulted in the drying up of the pool.
The Pakistan National Field Hockey
pakistan revival
He has plans to set up academies at eleven cen-
Team are also known as the Green
tres where boys will be given hockey coaching
Shirts. Waseem Ahmad aka Muhammad
and formal education as well as free board and
Waseem,Olympian and former captain is
lodging.
their most capped player. Sohail Abbas is
probably their current most famous player
As a defender Qasim helped the national team
thanks to his devastating penalty corners
in many tight situations. Once more he’s being
and as holder of the world record for the
asked to defend Pakistan hockey, Lets hope he
most goals scored in international competi-
wins.
tion - 274.



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