Free-Falling Pakistan Hockey Plunge Into 'Coma'

Former players have blamed corruption, officials living in denial and a failure to keep up with developments in hockey prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to set up a committee to try to arrest the slide. But it has a monumental task.

Pakistan finished last in Hockey World League.© AP

Karachi:

Pakistan's field hockey team has been on the slide for years but the side's failure earlier this month to qualify for the Olympics for the first time marks a calamitous new low.(Rift in Team?)

Former players have blamed corruption, officials living in denial and a failure to keep up with developments in the game prompting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to set up a committee to try to arrest the slide. But it has a monumental task.(Pakistan Hockey Skipper Quits)

Pakistan, three-time Olympic gold medallists and four-time world champions, finished a distant eighth in the World Hockey League in Antwerp, Belgium, earlier this month.

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