ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey head coach Shahnaz Sheikh has resigned from his post on Thursday months after the national team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in its history.

The resignation came during a Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) meeting held at Islamabad.

It was decided in the meeting that PHF secretary Rana Mujahid Ali will maintain his position till 2018, PTV News reported.

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