The Pakistanis just stopped short of calling it a conspiracy but they are livid nevertheless. Less than 12 hours after their team manager Hasan Sardar claimed that FIH's (International Hockey Federation) decision to suspend their vice-captain Ammad Butt for a physical charge on a Malaysian player during a previous match reeked of bias, the Pakistanis have been pulled up for another error.

No accreditation
According to Pakistan coach Tauqeer Dar, Hockey India have initiated an enquiry against them since one of their support staff members was not wearing his accreditation. "Assistant Coach Danish [Kaleem] and me sit up on the terrace [in the stands] to watch our matches and communicate via walkie-talkie with Hasanbhai and Rehan Butt [assistant coach]. At half time, I sent Danish with some notes to Hasanbhai and when he was coming back, he was stopped by a security guy for not wearing his accreditation — he forgot it in the dressing room.