KARACHI: The National Softball Academy (NSA) will organise the first ever Beach Softball Festival at Sea View Clifton in September this year in which players of Karachi, interior Sindh and notable performers of the 15th National Women Softball Championship will be invited.
This was stated by patron Prof. Dr. Farhan Essa Abdullah on the occasion of the third anniversary of the establishment of NSA.
It should be noted that softball is developing rapidly on the beach in most of the Softball playing nations and regular international level tournaments are being played on the beaches. Omar Saeed, CEO of Combaxx Sports, Tehmina Asif, Chairperson NSA, Farah Saeed, Chairperson Karachi Sports Foundation, Syed Waseem Hashmi, President Sindh Softball Association, Huma Bukhari, Chairperson Newports Institute and other sports personalities were also present on the occasion.
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KARACHI: Members of Pakistan’s taekwondo squad upon their arrival at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport pose alongside team leader Omar Saeed and officials of the Sindh Taekwondo Association.
KARACHI: Pakistan’s taekwondo squad returned to Karachi on Monday after participating in the World Taekwondo Olympic qualifying round in Amman.
According to Pakistan’s Haroon Khan, his -58kg semi-final against Asia’s No.1 Ramnarong SawekWiharee of Thailand was quite tough.
“Of course feeling sad for not qualifying for the Olympics but Covid-19 had a telling effect on our training for such a big event,” regretted Haroon.
The Pakistan Taekwondo Federation made all the arrangements to make the national team’s participation possible in the Olympic qualifier with the Army Sports Department collaborating for training camps for the athletes.
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The Pakistan Taekwondo Federation (PTF) hopes to appoint a coach from Korea as it bids to improve its fortunes.
Omar Saeed, the country s team leader at last week s Asian Olympic qualifier for Tokyo 2020, told
Dawn the coach was expected to arrive in July.
Appointing an official from the birthplace of taekwondo should aid the PTF after none of its athletes were able to book an Olympic place through the qualifier in Amman in Jordan.
With the two finalists in each weight division securing a spot, Haroon Khan was one victory away from success but lost his men s under-58 kilograms semi-final to Thailand s Asian number one Ramnarong Sawekwiharee.