Published Sat, Jun 19 10 08:51 PM
Karachi, June 19 (PTI) Pakistan Hockey Federation today announced the appointment of Dutchman Michel van den Heuvel as its national team coach in a bid to revive the fortunes of the game following a dismal show in the World Cup earlier this year. The PHF said it had got approval from the Federal Sports Ministry to hire van Den Heuvel till the 2012 London Olympics. The federation also announced that Olympian Manzoor Junior would be the manager of the senior team that embarks on a European tour next month to prepare for the Commonwealth and Asian Games. Heuvel will join the training camp of Pakistan team on June 21 at Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium here. Huevel, who was the coach of the bronze-winning the Netherlands team in the World Cup in New Delhi earlier this year, was among the three candidates shortlisted by the PHF. He will be Pakistan''s third foreign coach, after fellow Dutchmen Hans Jorritsma and Roelant Oltmans, who were appointed in 1994 and in 2000 respectively. Media reports have said that Heuvel will be paid a whooping 1.6 million rupees a month, an amount that has already raised eyebrows in the Pakistan hockey community. PHF Secretary Muhammad Asif Bajwa said that the decision to appoint Heuvel was taken after serious deliberation and to revive fortunes of the national team. "We have taken this decision in the best interest of the game," he said. Bajwa made it clear that the Dutch coach didn''t have any problem working in Pakistan and security issues had been discussed with him in detail before he agreed to take up the assignment.
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