Inam Butt honoured by POA.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Olympic Association on Tuesday named wrestler Inam Butt as its ambassador and awarded him with a cash prize of Rs500,000 for his gold medal triumph in the recently held ANOC World Beach Games.

The 33-year-old wrestler received another Rs500,000 from the president of the Pakistan-Japan Business Council Rana Abid Ali.

Inam, while thanking the POA for helping him prepare for the Games, said his next target was to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics the qualifiers of which will be held in February.

POA president Lt. Gen (retd.) Arif Hassan said the association was focusing on the task to engage potential sponsors to train...

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