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Roelant Oltmans Steps Down As Pakistan Hockey Team Head Coach

File photo of Roelant Oltmans with Pakistan Hockey Team© X (Twitter) Head coach Roelant Oltmans ended his association with the Pakistan hockey team after he refused to join the side in China for the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy, citing the lack of a long-term contract. Oltmans, who has been working with the senior team from earlier this year, was scheduled to join the team directly in Hulunbuir but pulled out at the last moment. “Oltmans has notified the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) that he is not available for coaching as he wants a long-term proper contract with the PHF,” an official source in the PHF said. The six-team ACT tournament is scheduled to be held between September 8 and 17. The PHF source said Oltmans, who had also worked as Indian hockey team’s High Performance Director and head coach between 2013 and 2017, was offered an “event-to-event” contract. “The PHF has been hiring him on assignment basis due to fund issues and he was supposed to coach the team during the event in …