Champions Trophy: Pakistani players celebrate India win with obscene gestures

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

BHUBANESWAR: Pakistani players shamelessly hurled obscene gestures towards Indian fans and media after their win over India but no action will be taken against them as their coach Shahnaz Sheikh has apologised to the FIH for the incident.

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Soon after their 4-3 win, Pakistani players went into a frenzy mode and started celebrating their victory in a wild fashion. They started dancing in jubilation.

They removed their shirts, used foul language and made obscene gestures towards the crowd and media, prompting their coach Shahnaz to come into action and take away his players.

Tournament Director Wiert Doyer then spoke to Pakistani camp and said International Hockey Federation (FIH) has accepted their apology.

"The celebration of the Pakistani team contained some behaviour that warranted further investigation by me as Tournament Director. As a result I have spoken to the Head Coach of the Pakistan team, Mr. Shahnaz Sheikh and told him that the behaviour of Pakistan players went beyond what is acceptable to standards of the FIH," Doyer said.

"The behaviour in question concerned many members of the Pakistan team. It is difficult to find any particular miscreant, and it is possible that the behaviour of the players may have been a reaction. Shahnaz Sheikh has apologised and assured me that this behaviour will not occur again. Given these matters, I've decided that no further action is warranted," Doyer added.

The gestures of the Pakistani players infuriated every person present at the stadium.

Pakistan coach Shahnaz Sheikh was bound to feel the wrath of the media at the post-match press conference for his players' behavior but he went away by merely saying a sorry, which according to him was enough to settle the issue.

"I am not a politician I am a sportsperson, but I am sorry for this. They are youngsters and made a mistake in enthusiasm. I guess that's enough," Sheikh simply said and walked out of the conference hall evading further questions on the matter.

India captain Sardar Singh also denounced winners' celebration style.

"It doesn't look good because many families came to watch the match. Their celebration after the win was not appropriate. They deserved to win. Congratulations to them, but the way they celebrated by opening their shirt and making indecent gestures was not right. It sends a wrong message."

India's High Performance Director Roealt Oltmans said, "To be honest I didn't see much but it looked too much."

Champions Trophy: Pakistani players celebrate India win with obscene gestures - The Times of India

 

[cranwerkhan]

Hahaha maza agaya

 

[Sage]

Jo howa theek nahi howa ...but hota hay ...and Shaheens must not repeat such behavior no matter what remarks the audience hurl on them !

 

[Burhan Wani]

Another propaganda started by bharti media.

 

[ssethii]

 

[airmarshal]

i think that Shahid Afridi comment about Indian being miserly & small hearted rings so true. they could not take Pakistan win on Indian soil.

 

[Sugarcane]

Baray baray matchoon main aise chooti chooti bataain hoti rehti hain.

 

[SipahSalar]

Oi BALAY BALAY BALAY DIL KHUSH KAR DITA.

Don't be sore losers India.

EDIT: how come PDF has a Chinese flag but no Indian flag emote even though there are more Indian members than Chinese?

 

[KingMamba]

 

[Star Wars]

Pakistanis supporting and backing uncivilized behavior ...? Last time they were cheering about PN Naval Vessal ramming into Indian ship.... weird bunch

 

[SipahSalar]

How come not everyone is flipping the bird? This is a gross show of lack of patriotism! These players should be banned for not showing the FINGER TO INDIANS...............IN INDIA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I am surprised the indians didnt start throwing plastic bottles into the ground as they usually do.

 

[Areesh]

Lets cut the cr@p. Even if I don't support such behavior. These players might have tolerated a lot of sh!t from the local crowd during the whole match or else this wouldn't have happened. Also these are all young kids. Most are playing there first or second international tournament. They weren't even participating initially due to lack of funds. Indian players who are playing for years do such kind of gestures and sledging and that too routinely. So no need to go bezerk on what a few kids did. Your oldies do the same and that too regularly.

 

[hussain0216]

This should be made into a poster

 

[MM_Haider]

Pakistanis supporting and backing uncivilized behavior ...? Last time they were cheering about PN Naval Vessal ramming into Indian ship.... weird bunch

It was a reaction to audience who were showing such gestures at first hand.. Brick has to be answered by a stone ..

 

[Areesh]

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