LAHORE: Pakistan hockey chief coach Tauqir Dar on Friday resigned from his post after national team’s dismal outing during the ongoing Hockey World Cup. Pakistan played a total of four matches during the World Cup but were unable to bag even one victory. They lost 1-0 to Germany and 5-1 to Netherlands in their group D matches, while a 1-1 draw was churned out against Malaysia. However, even after such a bad show, they were allowed a chance to make it to the quarter-final courtesy a cross-over match against Belgium, however, the Men in Green were outclassed by their opponents in a 5-0 thrashing. Earlier, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Khalid Sajjad Khokhar had formed a four-member commission to investigate the reasons behind team’s depressing performance. The commission will report in 15 days.
Published in Daily Times, December 15th 2018.
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