Pakistan has produced athletes who did not just win, they defined entire eras of their sport. For a long stretch of the twentieth century this country was the standard in squash and a force in field hockey, and the courts, clubs and grounds that produced those players are still here.
What is missing is the record. Many of those careers were never properly written down, the footage is scattered, and the people who trained alongside them are getting older. That is the gap this series exists to close.
What the series will cover
Each piece will take one athlete, coach or club and try to tell the story properly: where they came from, what they actually did, who taught them, and what happened afterwards. Where we can, we will speak to families, teammates and the clubs themselves rather than repeat what is already online.
Why a sportswear brand is writing it
We make kit for padel, tennis, badminton and running, and almost every player we meet has a story about someone local who was extraordinary and is now barely mentioned. Building kit for this community and ignoring its history felt wrong.
Records fade faster than the people who made them.
How to take part
If you know a story worth telling, or you have photographs, results or clippings sitting in a drawer, we would like to see them. Message us and we will follow it up carefully.
You can follow the rest of the editorial in Articles, keep up with launches and events in News, or see the kit itself in the shop.
First in the series: Abdul Khaliq, The Flying Bird of Asia, the sprinter who made Pakistan believe it could win.