Indian players: Chasing the gold
The four-test hockey series between India and Pakistan will be remembered - if at all - for the blatantly partisan refereeing that reduced the first two matches to a tragic farce. Before the series reached the half-way mark, cynics in both countries were suggesting that future matches could be played without the teams. Viewed objectively, however, it was only the last-minute recruitment of two Dutch referees to supervise the final two matches that saved the series.
