The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has appointed two foreign instructors to prepare national taekwondo competitors for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Birmingham and the South Asian Games (Asiad).

“Keeping in view the importance of these events we have hired the services of two foreign coaches – one from South Korea and the other from Iran to train our taekwondo players” Director General PSB Col (retd) Asif Zaman said in a statement on Friday.

“We want to maximize our athletes’ chances to win medals at these coveted events and for that we are utilising our all resources”, he added.

The national taekwondo team’s training camp is currently underway at Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad, where the athletes are receiving modern line training.

The camp is attended by more than 50 players.

The CWG will be hosted in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from July 28 to August 8, 2022, and the Asian Games will be held at the same venue from September 10 to 25.