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PHF Reappoints Khawaja Junaid as Head Coach Despite Firing Him for Poor Performance Earlier

Days after the PHF’s newly-appointed secretary-general Asif Bajwa promised to improve the standards of hockey, PHF has reappointed Khawaja Junaid as the head coach.

Khawaja, who was removed from the head coach position in 2017 due to poor performances, will again lead Pakistan’s hockey team. Sameer Hussain, Waseem Ahmed and Ajmal Khan Lodhi have also been added to the coaching staff.

The duty of keeping tabs on goalkeepers’ academy has been assigned to Shahid Ali Khan.

A PHF source who confirmed the appointment of Khawaja said:

Junaid will be the head coach and manager of the national team for the coming two international tournaments. The immediate international commitment is the Olympic qualifiers most probably to be held in October and then the SA Games starting on 1st December in Nepal. Khawaja is a quality coach and has rich knowledge and exposure to managing the team in the most effective manner.

Meanwhile, Sindh government has released Rs. 25 million from the Rs. 100 million grant for the federation, enabling it to pay the first installment of fine to the International Hockey Federation (FHI). After the payment of fine, the FIH will reveal details of the roadmap for Pakistan’s qualification for Olympics.

“Once the federation will pay the first installment of fine, it will be able to know about the FIH plans on Pakistan’s Olympic qualification. Pakistan team will have to play and win a couple of matches before getting into the pool of teams for Olympic qualification”, the source confirmed.

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