India to allow Pakistani team to compete in men’s hockey Asia Cup: Ministry source

The tourney is scheduled to beryllium held astatine Rajgir successful Bihar from August 27 to September 7

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Pakistan’s hockey squad volition not beryllium stopped from competing successful adjacent month’s Asia Cup successful India, a Sports Ministry root said connected Thursday.

“We are not against immoderate squad competing successful India successful a multi-national competition. But bilateral is different,” the root said.

“International sports demands that we cannot backmost retired from competing. Russia and Ukraine are astatine warfare but they amusement up astatine multi-national events,” helium added.

The tourney is scheduled to beryllium held astatine Rajgir successful Bihar from August 27 to September 7.

On a query whether India volition beryllium allowed to play against Pakistan successful the Asia Cup of cricket successful September, the root said, “The BCCI is yet to scope retired connected this. We volition code this erstwhile they attack us.”