PVF invites India

Published April 5, 2024

LAHORE: The Pakistan Volleyball Federation (PVF) has extended an inv­i­t­ation to India to send its team for the Asian Chall­enge Volleyball League, to be held in Islamabad next month, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported on Thursday.

Chaudhary Yaqoob, who heads the PVF said that they had also sent invitations to the Indian volleyball federation for the event in which 10-12 teams are expected to participate.

“We won the bid to host the Asian challenge volleyball championship after much effort and we would like to see all the top teams in the continent competing in the event from 11-17 May,” he said.

Iran, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Turkmenistan, Afghan­istan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz­stan have confirmed their entries while other confirmations are awaited.

Yaqoob said that the trai­n­ing camp for the Pakistan players is already underway in Islamabad.

Published in Dawn, April 5th, 2024

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