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\nPakistan Netball Federation (PNF) said that it was planning to send strong outfits in various international events during the next year.
\n\u201cWe are planning to send our athletes in a series of international events in 2021, including Asian Indoor Games, Asian Women Netball Championship, Asian Coaching and Umpiring Camp, and Netball World Cup\u201d Mudassar Arain, president of PNF told APP.
\nThe Asian Indoor Games are scheduled to be held in June 2021, in Thailand. And according to Arain both men and women outfits will participate in the topflight event.
\nThe Asian Women Netball Championship, which was earlier scheduled to be held in June, 2020 in Korea has been postponed to October, 2021. The event, which will also serve as qualifier for the World Cup will offer a perfect chance to Pakistan women to make it to the mega event by finishing among the top three sides.
\nPakistan men team has already earned a spot in the Netball World Cup after claiming silver medal in the Asian Netball Championship in 2018. The World Cup will take place in Australia in October-November, next year.
\nThe PNF president said before all other events some senior male and female athletes would be sent to Sri Lanka in February to attend an umpires and coaches course. \u201cWe\u2019ll be sending our senior players in the course with an aim to prepare them for coaching and umpiring after their retirement,\u201d he added.
\nArain said the federation was in talks with Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) to start a training camp at Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad in August to prepare the athletes for their future assignments.
\n\u201cOur coaches are already monitoring workouts of athletes via video link, but we believe there is no alternative of a training camp.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve told the PSB that we can start training camps in August while adhering to necessary safety measures,\u201d he added.
\nPresident PNF also thanked Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza for playing a key role in the release of federation\u2019s annual grant by the government.
\n\u201cThe minister has been very kind for the uplift of netball in the country. Previously, South Asian Games\u2019 medal-winners were given away cash prizes due to the personal interest of the minister.
\nWe are grateful for all that as this will help a lot them during these trying times,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Online ISLAMABAD Pakistan Netball Federation (PNF) said that it was planning to send strong outfits in various international events during the next year. \u201cWe are planning to send our athletes in a series of international events in 2021, including Asian Indoor Games, Asian Women Netball Championship, Asian Coaching and Umpiring Camp, and Netball World Cup\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n