Pakistan's parliament has fined members of it national hockey team rupees 200,000 ($2,350) after photos surfaced of them hugging a female liaison officer at the Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina last month. Player Rehan Butt was fined rupees 100,000 ($1,175) while coach Shahid Ali Khan and manager Asif Bajwa have to pay rupees 50,000 ($588) each. Pakistan team members took pictures with the liaison officer during the official players' night at the end of the tournament. The dinner was also attended by other participating teams and their officials. Pakistan lost the final to New Zealand, costing them a place in the Champions Trophy. “It is not our culture to hug a lady,” said Jamshed Dasti, chairman of Pakistan's lower house standing committee on sports. “The players are ambassadors of their country and they should remember this well.” Pakistan Hockey Federation warned all the team players and officials to be careful in future. Indian players shun World Cup camp India's preparations for the upcoming field hockey World Cup suffered a setback when the country's leading players boycotted a training camp over non-payment of match fees, a report said Friday. India and arch-rival Pakistan have been drawn together in Pool B alongside Australia, Spain, England and South Africa in the 12-nation tournament to be played in New Delhi from February 28 to March 13. Germany head Pool A, which includes the Netherlands, South Korea, New Zealand, Canada and Argentina.
