Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- The Pakistan Hockey Federation has announced a 22-member squad for the 2026 Hockey World Cup, which will be held in the Netherlands and Belgium from August 15 to 30. Abu Bakr Mahmood will lead the national team as captain, while the federation expressed confidence that the players will deliver a strong performance on the international stage.

The squad includes Abu Bakr Mahmood, Waqar, Abdullah, Sufyan Khan, Moin Shakeel, Abdul Waheed, Ashraf Rana, Abdul Hanan Shahid, Zakaria Hayat, Arshad Liaqat, Adeel Latif, Ahmed Nadeem, Ghazanfar Ali, Imad Shakeel Butt, Hammaduddin Anjum, Rehman Abdul, Afraz, Omar Mustafa, Ali Raza, Abdul Matan and Muhammad Imad. Waqar and Ali Raza have been selected as the team's two goalkeepers....