LAHORE: Olympic hockey champions Australia have pulled out of the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan in December citing security fears, the Pakistan Hockey Federation said yesterday.
“They have conveyed us that they will not be coming and have cited the baseless security fears, which is not only disappointing but disturbing for us,” federation secretary Brigadier Musarratullah Khan said.
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