New Delhi, April 14: Hockey India (HI) on Friday (April 14) announced its decision to not send the junior men's squad for the 2017 Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia, maintaining its stand of not competing in a tournament that features arch-foes Pakistan until receiving an unconditional apology for the neighbouring players' misbehaviours in the 2014 Champions Trophy.
HI's stand on not playing in a tournament featuring Pakistan had in January come in the wake of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) blaming the Indian federation for taking revenge on it for the 2014 incident in Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium by not giving them visas to take part in the 2016 Junior World Cup in Lucknow in December.