LAHORE: Pakistan have struggled in kabaddi during the best part of the last two decades. Pakistan last won a silver medal in the 2006 Doha Asian Games. In the last four Asian Games, Pakistan got.
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) vice-president Abbas Averseji of Iran believes the country has the potential to be at the forefront of the sport ahead of next year’s Asian Games as he looks to launch a bid to become the organisation’s new leader.
The IKF has recently been rocked by the death of founding President Janardan Singh Gehlot.
The Indian Olympic Association vice-president, who had led the IFK since its inception in 2004, died last month following a prolonged illness.
Averseji, the head of the Iran Kabaddi Federation, is one of seven IKF vice-presidents and is now looking to succeed the late Gehlot, according to the