"The FIH (International Hockey Federation) has informed us that Canada will not participate in this tournament due to security concerns," the Bangladesh Hockey Federation's general secretary Abdus Sadeque told AFP. Canada, who are 11th in the world, had been drawn along with Bangladesh, Oman and Fiji in one of two groups for the World League Round 2 event. Canada is the second country to pull out of a hockey tournament in Bangladesh since militants killed 22 people in an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last July. Australia's cricket team also pulled out of a scheduled tour to Bangladesh in late 2015 over security fears. England's cricket team did tour Bangladesh in October last year after the authorities accorded them security normally reserved for visiting heads of state.

Source: dna February 01, 2017 16:04 UTC