March 6, 2013 9:30 AM

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Pak hockey team to tour India next month for five-match series

Pakistan's Hockey team will tour India next month for the first five-match series between the South Asian rivals in nearly seven years. Officials from Pakistan Hockey Federation, PHF and Hockey India met on the sidelines of an Asian Hockey Federation meeting in Malaysia last week before finalising the tour. Hailing the revival of the series, PHF Secretary Asif Bajwa said, Pakistan will play matches in the cities of Ranchi, Lucknow, Delhi, Mohali and Jalandhar between April 5-15. He also said that the Indian team will pay a return visit and play five matches in Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi and Sialkot from April 23.India had suspended all sporting ties with arch-rival Pakistan after the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which left 166 people dead.Pakistan cricket team had visited India in December last, the first series after a gap of five years, which saw the resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan.Pakistan and India last played a bilateral hockey series in 2006 — three matches in each country. Pakistan won three and lost one, while the remaining two were drawn.

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