New Delhi: The four-time World Cup Hockey champion Pakistan slumped to its worst-ever performance, by finishing at the bottom among the 12 teams that took part in Hockey World Cup 2010 in New Delhi.

 

Pakistan started their disastrous World Cup campaign by losing to India 1-4 in the opening match. The only saving grace for them was that they beat Spain in a league match. Today's Pakistan Hockey was put into shame, when the team went down to lowly Canada 2-3 and finished 12th.

 

Pakistan Hockey Federation President Qasim Zia sacked the national hockey management and the selection committee after the dismal performance of the team. The sacked chief selector Hasan Sardar had already announced his resignation.

 

The Pakistani players are heart-broken. All the 18 members of the national team submitted their resignations. They owned up the moral responsibility for the poor performance and wanted the youngsters to take over.

 

It would be very difficult for Pakistan Hockey to revive after this humiliating performance. It seems that Sports in Pakistan has taken a severe beating. Even, Pakistan cricket is in turmoil, as seven key players were either banned or fined for their poor performance in Australia.