LAHORE, Oct 10: South Korean coach Hawang Dong Hoon is arriving here to conduct a national baseball team camp for their back-to-back international assignments.The camp is being held at the Iqbal Park Sports Complex from Oct 17. Mohammad Zubair has been appointed as camp commandant with the Korean coach, Pakistan Baseball Federation secretary Khawar Shah said here on Tuesday.

The first tournament will see Pakistan taking part in the Punjab International Sports Festival which starts from Nov 7 and invitations have been extended to Sri Lanka, Iran, Nepal Afghanistan and India with all teams having confirmed their entry with the exception of India.

After that the Pakistan team will take part in the Asia Cup to be held in Taiwan in December.—Sports Reporter

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