Sports Room | Najeeb-ul-Husnain | ARY News | 25th July 2024
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00:00Assalam-o-Alaikum, hello and welcome to Sports Room.
00:05I am your host, Najeeb Ulhasnain.
00:07In today's program, we will talk about the Olympics.
00:10Let me tell you that the 33rd Summer Olympics
00:13will start in Paris, the city of lights of France, tomorrow.
00:18Due to political unrest in France, security arrangements will be strict.
00:22And for the first time, the opening ceremony will be held in the river.
00:27We will show you the details in this report.
00:29Pakistan's national sport is Hockey.
00:31And we were so proud of our sport at one time.
00:34Once again, the Pakistan team will not participate in the Paris Olympics.
00:39The Pakistan team will not participate in this event.
00:42The 2012 Olympics was the last Olympics for us in which the hockey team participated.
00:47Ali Hassan is telling the details in his report.
00:50Former goalkeeper Imran Bhatt is with us. Let's talk to him.
00:53Imran, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
00:54Walaikum-as-salam. How are you?
00:56Imran, no surprise that the Pakistan team will not participate in the Olympics again.
01:01The way the downfall has come in this game.
01:03What a golden time we have seen.
01:05What a team we used to have.
01:08I can't hear your voice.
01:11Imran, can you hear me?
01:14Hello.
01:17Imran, can you hear me?
01:21Yes, I can hear you now.
01:23No surprise that the Pakistan team will not participate in the Olympics again.
01:26The way the downfall has come in this game.
01:28What a golden time we have seen.
01:30I always say that the Olympics and the World Cup are the most important events for us.
01:35And these two events are very important for the hockey team.
01:39We celebrate small events but they don't matter for us.
01:44Every year when the Olympics starts, we plan to do better in the next Olympics.
01:51No doubt there are good players in the Pakistan team.
01:54Young talent is good.
01:56But what is your planning?
01:58If we don't use our planning,
02:00the way we are missing Pakistan hockey in the Paralympics,
02:03after the last London Olympics,
02:05I think we will also miss the next Olympics.
02:09We will have to plan for that from now on.
02:12We will have to play matches from now on.
02:14We will have to play events with the teams.
02:16So that we can prepare for the Asian Games in the next qualifying round.
02:19So tell me Imran,
02:21the policy makers play a very important role in this.
02:24The way you said that we will have to plan.
02:27We always say that there should be short-term goals and long-term goals.
02:31For these big events, we have to work very hard
02:36so that we have our representation here.
02:39You are absolutely right.
02:41The most important thing is what the policy makers are doing.
02:45What is the policy? What is the calendar of Pakistan Hockey Preparation?
02:48What has come up so far?
02:50That we have to play these events.
02:52This is our plan.
02:53We should have this preparation before the Asian Games.
02:56Because India is the team that gives you the most tough time in the Asian Games.
03:01With which we have made a lot of progress.
03:03So the Asian Games is the easiest way for you to qualify for the Olympics.
03:07After that, when you play with the European teams,
03:09the luck factor comes up.
03:11Because the European teams are better than us.
03:14Exactly.
03:15So I think the most important thing for us is what our policy makers have planned.
03:20I don't see any planning yet.
03:23That Pakistan has to go to the World Cup.
03:25What is the calendar for that?
03:26Which events do we have to play?
03:28Or what are our domestic events?
03:30This is the most important thing.
03:31How much hockey does Pakistan have to play?
03:33We go to Atlanta and perform.
03:35We should also think that no doubt the players are doing very well.
03:38But what was the level of the teams at that place?
03:40Absolutely right.
03:41If we have to uplift our level, then we will play the Olympics and the World Cup.
03:46If we win with the same teams,
03:49when the teams are rebuilding themselves,
03:51bringing them in preparation,
03:52if we keep the same things inside us,
03:56then we won't even see the next Olympics.
03:58I think you have a golden chance in the World Cup.
04:01If there are 16 teams,
04:03then you have a chance that you can qualify.
04:05If they return 12 teams in the World Cup,
04:07then that qualification will also be tough for you.
04:09I had never thought that we would be talking about this,
04:13that Pakistan will not come in 12 teams,
04:15and if there are 16 teams, then Pakistan will go ahead.
04:17I feel that we are happy with a mediocre team.
04:20Because we can't see anything from the planning.
04:22And you just heard from Mr. Haneef Khan,
04:24that even if we get money, where will that money go?
04:26So who will do the post-mortem on all this?
04:31Look, I am talking about where the money went.
04:34This is a very wrong thing in Pakistan's hockey.
04:38But if the players say that we didn't get anything,
04:41then the government has supported you a lot.
04:43Everyone has boosted you up.
04:45But I am saying that this boost-up is necessary.
04:48I am not saying that it is not necessary.
04:50But we need this boost-up before the Olympics qualifier round.
04:53We need this boost-up before the World Cup qualifier round.
04:56We should set a criteria for those events,
04:59where we have to give very high incentives to the players.
05:01It is not that we give a high incentive in a mediocre tournament,
05:05so that the players' mindset changes.
05:09When we get a decided thing,
05:11where our hockey moves forward for 4 years,
05:14if we don't qualify for those events,
05:16then I think even if we perform well in small events,
05:19they don't matter to us in any way.
05:21Okay, thank you very much.
05:23Imran Butt was with us.
05:24And obviously, he is also disappointed
05:26with the position of Pakistan Hockey.
05:29And what he wants to say is that
05:31what we are thinking right now,
05:32we should think about it at that time.
05:34We should think about it at that time,
05:35when the Olympic qualifiers are taking place.
05:37We get very happy with a good performance in small events.
05:40Because of this reason,
05:41Pakistan Hockey is becoming a mediocre team.
05:44Now, let's talk about Pakistan's squad.
05:47Let's talk about Pakistan's squad.
05:50There are 7 players and 11 officials.
05:53It is amazing that this is the Olympic squad of Pakistan Hockey.
05:56And the number of officials,
05:58who are more than our players,
06:00is still there.
06:02In this Olympics, we have only hope from Arshad Nadeem.
06:06We don't see anything positive.
06:10You will be able to watch all the matches live
06:13on Asports and ARYZ.
06:15We will show you the details in this report.
06:17Let's take a short commercial break here.
06:19Don't go anywhere. We will be right back.
06:23We are to have you back once again to Sports Room.
06:25And today we are talking about the Olympics in Sports Room.
06:28So right now, weightlifter, gold medalist,
06:30Noor Dastgir Butt has joined us.
06:32Let's talk to him.
06:33Noor, Assalam-o-Alaikum.
06:34Thank you very much for your time.
06:36First of all, I would like to know,
06:37the biggest event of sports is starting from tomorrow.
06:40Only 7 athletes from Pakistan are participating in this.
06:44The world is moving so much forward in sports,
06:47and we don't know why we are going backwards.
06:49What would you say?
06:51I think the world has definitely moved forward in technology.
06:55But, Alhamdulillah,
06:56we were not less in hard working.
06:58We defeated 72 countries in the Commonwealth Games.
07:02And I defeated 7-8 countries in the South Asian Games.
07:07And I am also the junior world champion,
07:09in which I won the Olympic silver medalist
07:11and the world silver medalist,
07:13which I have already beaten.
07:15And the New Zealand player whom I defeated in the Commonwealth Games,
07:21he is qualifying for the Olympics.
07:24And he is also participating, but I am not.
07:27Because of Pakistan,
07:31I have not been able to go to any qualifying event,
07:34nor have I been sent.
07:36They should have made me participate in international training
07:39or qualifying events after the Commonwealth Games,
07:43so that I could qualify for the Olympics
07:46and become a medalist for Pakistan.
07:49Okay, Anu, you also talked about yourself,
07:51so I would like to know,
07:52what difficulties did you face in your career?
07:55And what is the biggest honor for an athlete?
08:00The biggest difficulty for me at the moment
08:02is our own sports institutions in Pakistan,
08:05who have neither sent me to qualify for the Olympics,
08:09nor have I been given an international platform for two years,
08:13that I go to the international level and participate,
08:16and qualify for the Olympics.
08:18But I can only appeal to the government
08:22to give me an international platform
08:24where I can go and participate,
08:26and qualify for the Olympics.
08:30For the upcoming events,
08:31the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,
08:33I can qualify for them,
08:34and become a medalist for Pakistan.
08:37And the biggest honor for a player is
08:40that he represents his country at the international level,
08:44and not only does he represent his country,
08:46but he also wins medals for his country.
08:48Because many nations stand for your national anthem,
08:51for your flag,
08:52so there can't be a more proud moment in your life.
08:56Noor, let's take a break, stay with us.
08:59Glad to have you back once again,
09:00and Noor Dastgir Butt is with us, we're talking to her.
09:03Noor, tell me, you made Pakistan proud,
09:06you won medals,
09:07after you came, it seemed like weightlifting
09:09would take us further, but that didn't happen.
09:11What's the reason?
09:14See, Alhamdulillah, my family,
09:18we're putting in as much effort as we can,
09:20and we'll continue to do so, Inshallah.
09:22We've won medals in the Commonwealth Games,
09:24the Junior World Games, the South Asian Games,
09:26for Pakistan,
09:27and we're sure that in the next Asian Games,
09:31and the Olympics,
09:33we can win medals for Pakistan.
09:35But if I'm not allowed to play,
09:39if I'm not allowed to sell,
09:40then maybe I won't win any medals for Pakistan.
09:43Noor, last question,
09:44what's your appeal to the government?
09:47I think there should be a selection on merit,
09:50that if a player is going to the international level,
09:53then he should go on merit,
09:54and there should be justice with every player.
09:57Because if there's no justice,
09:58then I think that,
09:59like with cricket, squash, and hockey,
10:04and I think that soon,
10:06weightlifting will be the same,
10:08that in weightlifting,
10:09the medals that Pakistan has won in the last 4-5 years,
10:12I think that will stop coming.
10:14Thank you very much Noor Dastgirbhat for being with us,
10:16and I can only see disappointment,
10:19with whom to talk.
10:20Best wishes to our 7 athletes.