FIH bans two Pak players from today's hockey match
India government warned FIH of not hosting any international event in case of not taking the action.
BHUBANESWAR (Dunya News) - International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Sunday banned two Pakistani players, Amjad Ali and Muhammad Touseeq to play today s hockey match with Germany.
Earlier, FIH refused to take any action against Pakistani hockey team over the indecent gestures towards Indian spectators at the hockey stadium.
According to Pakistani hockey team coach Shahnaz Sheikh, the alleged hockey players Amjad Hussain, Shafqat Rasool and Muhammad Touseeq were presented before FIH and after watching the video of the match, FIH dismissed the Indian objection.
The head coach of Pakistani hockey team has also appologized over the profane gestures of Pakistani players and has assured to maintain respectful behavior ahead.
Further, Indian government on Sunday enraged over the success of Pakistan in Hockey Champions Trophy’s semi final and demanded FIH to take action against Pakistani hockey players who took off their shirts and did obscene gestures towards the Indian onlookers.
Indian government further warned FIH of not hosting any international event in case of not taking the action.
On the other hand, FIH has ignored the threats of India and has decided not to take any action against Pakistani players.
Also, Pakistan has defeated Indian by 4-3 in the semi-final of men’s Hockey Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar, India. India was the first to score when Gurjinder slapped one into the nets in 11th minute. Pakistan failed to score only three minutes later on a penalty corner but succeeded to convert in the 16th minute of the game to level the match.
The two sides remained even till the end of the first half but immediately after the game was restarted in the third quarter, Muhammad Waqas scored to put Pakistan in the lead. Indians were quick to respond as Dharamvir scored to level the match again.
Irfan was the next to give Pakistan the lead and Nikkin was the next to level the scores yet again.
However, when Qadir scored for the fourth time into the India net, it was the goal that decided the fate of the match in Pakistan’s favour as India failed to score the equalizer one minute later on penalty corner.
