Pakistan's hockey team beat South Africa 4-3 in a penalty shootout on Friday to finish 11th at the FIH Hockey World Cup in Amstelveen. It is a miserable finish for a four-time champion nation, no better in substance than the 12th place secured in 2010 and 2018, and no real advance on missing the tournament altogether in 2014 and 2023. Set against recent history, this is not progress. Set against what Pakistan hockey once was, it is confirmation of a decline that shows little........

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