South Asian Games: Pakistan to defend title in India next year

Pakistan won the handball title by beating India by 7 goals in 2010

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan handball team will be defending its title in the SAG Games to be staged in January next year at India.     

Talking to APP, handball player Usman Anjum who is undergoing training in a camp underway at Pakistan Sports Complex, said the team has high hopes of defending their title in the event.

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"As many as 18 players are participating in the camp including Shahid Pervaiz, Zakir Hussain, Hazrat Hussain, Rehmat Shah, Mobin Ashraf, Naveed, Nawaz, Khurram, Asif, Asif Ali, Zubair, Aziz, Usman, Zahid, Imran, Shahzad, Asim and Muzamil," he said.

Usman added that the coaches training the players are Rana Izhar ul Haq and Sultan Mehmood Ali.

Recalling his memory of the past victory, Usman said Pakistan team became champion by beating India by 7 goals in 2010 at Bangladesh in the SAG Games.

He said that in next year's SAG Games a tough competition is expected against the Indian team but hopefully Pakistan will beat India and will also defend its title.