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Kabaddi Asia Cup: Pakistan, India favourites
to win gold
Sunday September 16, 2012 01:58:57 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: India and
Pakistan will feature in the eight-nation second Kabaddi Asia Cup
to be held at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore from Oct 27-31.
Sri Lanka, Iran, Nepal, Indonesia, Thailand and Afghanistan are
the participating teams in the five-day event, where India and
Pakistan are the favourites to win the gold medal, reports Xinhua.
Pakistan Kabaddi Federation (PKF) Secretary Mohammad Sarwar said
that the home team is confident of winning the gold medal.
Pakistani lost the final of the inaugural event by 44-38 to India
in Tehran in September last year.
"We are working hard on our team's preparations and hopefully will
not repeat mistakes that we did last year, and we shall lift the
trophy," said Sarwar.
The teams will be divided into two groups and every team will play
against each other in the group. The top two from each group will
go through to the semi-finals.
The winning team will be awarded an amount of Rs.1.5 million
($15,957) while the runners-up will receive Rs.1 million
($10,638).
Pakistan has also announced to provide all the participating teams
with free travel tickets besides arranging foolproof security
during their stay in the country.
Pakistan has won silver medals at the 10th South Asian Games held
in 2006 in Sri Lanka followed by 11th South Asian Games in 2010 in
Bangladesh. The Pakistani team also won silver medal in the 2006
Asian Games held in Doha.
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