Monday, November 17, 2008

IHF expresses regrets over cancellation of Pak tour

LAHORE: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) through a letter to Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has expressed its regrets that their U-21 team could not come to play a test series for reasons beyond their control and urged to continue bilateral hockey ties.Indian team was to tour Pakistan from November 10 to play a five test series against Pak Junior at various centres and it could not come to Pakistan when it was refused clearance by the Indian authorities at the last minute when PHF officials had reached Wagha Border to receive it. In the letter, Convenor of the IHF Ad-hoc committee, Muhammad Aslam Khan wrote “However, We would like to express, once again, our fullest cooperation in having bilateral ties between the two countries in future”. “We firmly believe that PHF and IHF must have a close interaction in the field of hockey to address a common cause of development of the game in the sub-continent “, he said. link...

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