Siegfried Aikman (Twitter)
Pakistan Hockey Federation had employed Aikman after the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) stated it could pay the Dutch coach’s wage. A standoff between the PHF and PSB over elections and constitutional points led to a scenario the place the state-controlled physique has stopped funding the PHF
Pakistan’s Dutch hockey coach, Siegfried Aikman, resigned after not getting paid for the final 12 months.
Aikman, who had joined the nationwide group final yr, took to social media to announce he had formally resigned as head coach.
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Though Aikman had returned residence from Pakistan late final yr over a wage dispute, he didn’t relinquish the publish ready for his arrears to be cleared. But with no decision in sight, he has determined to resign.
Around the time Aikman despatched in his resignation to the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), one other Dutch coach, Roelant Oltmans, arrived in Pakistan and can fly out with the nationwide junior squad to Muscat for the Asia Junior Cup on Sunday evening.
PHF confirmed that Oltmans had arrived in Lahore and brought cost of the junior group for the continental occasion.
PHF has not indicated who pays Oltman’s wage or whether or not Aikman’s dues will probably be cleared.
PHF had employed Aikman after the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) stated it could pay the Dutch coach’s wage. A standoff between the PHF and PSB over elections and constitutional points led to a scenario the place the state-controlled physique has stopped funding the PHF.
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”Even the (funding of the) group we now have despatched to Oman has been achieved by elevating cash by way of personal donors and sponsors,” stated a PHF official.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated news company feed – PTI)
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