Uzbek hockey team arrives on training tour today
LAHORE: Uzbekistan’s national hockey team will be arriving here on Saturday on a training tour of Pakistan.
The touring team will play a number of matches against local outfits during the visit which ends on May 10.
“Besides playing the local sides, the touring team will [also] face the Pakistan Hockey Federation development squad,” said a spokesman of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Friday.
During the tour, the Uzbek side will also face local teams in Gojra and Okara.
Tour programme:
April 29: Uzbekistan vs Tariq Academy Manga Mandi, Johar Town
April 30: Uzbekistan vs PHF development squad, National Hockey Stadium
May 2: Uzbekistan vs Academies, National Hockey Stadium
May 3: Uzbekistan vs PHF development squad, International Hockey Stadium Gojra
May 4: Uzbekistan vs Punjab, National Hockey Stadium
May 6: Uzbekistan vs PHF development squad, National Hockey Stadium
May 7: Uzbekistan vs Okara Garrison, Okara Cantt Hockey Stadium
May 9: Uzbekistan vs PHF development squad, National Hockey Stadium.
Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2019