Pakistan bans hockey player, member of 1984 LA Olympics gold medal winning team, for criticising PM Imran Khan
Pakistan's sports authorities have banned for 10 years hockey player Rashid-ul-Hasan, a member of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics gold medal -winning team, for allegedly using offensive language against Prime Minister Imran Khan, a media report said on Friday. Rashid, 62, while categorically denying the allegations of using offensive language, is considering the option to challenge the ban in the court of law, the Dawn newspaper reported. He was banned by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Thursday for 10 years after he criticised Prime Minister Khan -- who is also PHF patron-in-chief on a social media platform over the decline of the sport in the country, it said.
