Athletes off to India today

Published September 17, 2008

LAHORE, Sept 16: A seven-member Pakistan squad leaves here for India on Wednesday (today) to take part in the second All Star athletics meet, starting in Bhopal from Thursday.

The squad includes six male athletes and one official and returns to the country on Sept 20.

Squad: Asif Javed (100 metre); Asad Iqbal, Rana Sagheer Ahmad (400m); Ali Mohammad (800m); Irfan Hussain, Imran Yaseen (javelin).

Asghar Ali (coach/manager).—Sports Reporter

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