ISLAMABAD: The recent spike in COVID-19 virus upstage Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) plans to hold a four-nation international event or to invite a couple of teams to play tri-series well before the Asia Cup to be held in Malaysia in the month of May. The PHF is trying hard to give maximum international exposure to the Pakistan team ahead of the May Asia Cup. “Even the World Cup is not far away but the first target is to prepare a competitive outfit for the Asia Cup where our efforts would be to win it. A good performance in Asia Cup would set things rolling for Pakistan hockey. The top four teams from the Asia Cup 2022 will qualify to play the World Cup to be held in India in January 2023.

Source: The Nation January 28, 2022 01:16 UTC