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The Telecom Asia Sport: A disgruntled Pakistan hockey team left for Egypt for World Cup qualifiers under a head coach banned for life over his blunder in the last global event the team played, a news report said on Tuesday.

The players are not happy with the interim arrangements for the team as the federation has not arranged for a foreign coach and instead appointed a Pakistani coach who was banned for life in 2023, Telecom Asia Sport said in a report.

"Pakistan hockey players led by Ammad Butt are not happy with the interim arrangements of the team as they wanted Dutchman Roelant Oltmans as the head coach, but the new interim head of national hockey appointed Khawaja Junaid, who was banned for life in 2023," sources told www.telecomasia.net.