Former world champions Pakistan have pulled out of the World Team Squash Championship to be held in Washington (USA) from December 14-21.
The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) official told The News that according to them, there were "no realistic chances of Pakistan qualifying to the top ten teams of the world", and therefore, the federation has decided not to send a team for the World Team Championship.
“Senior players are not putting in their best efforts. We have invested heavily in recent times on our seniors but they are not putting up their best efforts. That is why we have decided to pull out of the event. Instead, we would prefer to invest on juniors,” a PSF official stated.
Pakistan finished 17th in the last World Team Championship which was held two years back.
“It is useless to finish out of ten teams. Seniors are not making their best efforts and we are in no mood to throw almost Rs 6 million without any real benefit.”
As many as 23 teams from around the world are competing in the December World Championship.
https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/1816-pakistan-pulls-out-of-world-team-squash-championship
"Total 32 teams will be in action for the top honours during the mega squash event. Egypt are defending champions and top seeds while England are the seeded second, followed by France, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Germany, India, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Malaysia, Scotland, USA, Spain and Wales. Pakistan had won this event for six times starting from 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1993, as last time Pakistan won in 1993 in Karachi and Pakistan’s worst performance was in 2011, when Pakistan finished 21st in Paderborn, Germany."
"When contacted a senior PSF official, he, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that the decision was made in the best interest of squash and country. “As senior players including Farhan Zaman, Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan, Israr Ahmed, Ammad Fareed and Farhan Mehboob, never wanted to train as per modern day requirements and whenever they were called for the training camp at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad, they simply refused, so the PSF and PAF had to take such a harsh decision."
"The official disclosed that during the last world team championship in France, Pakistani players could have easily reach top 16 and then in top 8, but the players underperformed and lost badly. Around Rs 10 million were spent on their training, tickets, dailies and participation fee and the same amount was expected to be spent in this event."
https://nation.com.pk/27-Jul-2019/d...o-take-part-in-world-team-squash-championship
The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) official told The News that according to them, there were "no realistic chances of Pakistan qualifying to the top ten teams of the world", and therefore, the federation has decided not to send a team for the World Team Championship.
“Senior players are not putting in their best efforts. We have invested heavily in recent times on our seniors but they are not putting up their best efforts. That is why we have decided to pull out of the event. Instead, we would prefer to invest on juniors,” a PSF official stated.
Pakistan finished 17th in the last World Team Championship which was held two years back.
“It is useless to finish out of ten teams. Seniors are not making their best efforts and we are in no mood to throw almost Rs 6 million without any real benefit.”
As many as 23 teams from around the world are competing in the December World Championship.
https://www.geosuper.tv/latest/1816-pakistan-pulls-out-of-world-team-squash-championship
"Total 32 teams will be in action for the top honours during the mega squash event. Egypt are defending champions and top seeds while England are the seeded second, followed by France, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Germany, India, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, Malaysia, Scotland, USA, Spain and Wales. Pakistan had won this event for six times starting from 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1993, as last time Pakistan won in 1993 in Karachi and Pakistan’s worst performance was in 2011, when Pakistan finished 21st in Paderborn, Germany."
"When contacted a senior PSF official, he, on the condition of anonymity, confirmed that the decision was made in the best interest of squash and country. “As senior players including Farhan Zaman, Tayyab Aslam, Asim Khan, Israr Ahmed, Ammad Fareed and Farhan Mehboob, never wanted to train as per modern day requirements and whenever they were called for the training camp at Mushaf Squash Complex, Islamabad, they simply refused, so the PSF and PAF had to take such a harsh decision."
"The official disclosed that during the last world team championship in France, Pakistani players could have easily reach top 16 and then in top 8, but the players underperformed and lost badly. Around Rs 10 million were spent on their training, tickets, dailies and participation fee and the same amount was expected to be spent in this event."
https://nation.com.pk/27-Jul-2019/d...o-take-part-in-world-team-squash-championship
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