Hockey returns to Pakistan after 7 years

KARACHI: Pakistan is facing China, as international hockey returns to the country after seven years.

The Chinese team will play four matches in Pakistan, two in Karachi and one each in Faisalabad and Lahore.

"We are happy to be here and since Pakistan is our friendly country we always wanted to tour here and we have no security problems," Chinese team leader Li Gaochao told a press conference in Karachi.

International sporting events have been suspended in Pakistan since gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore in March 2009, killing eight people and wounding seven visiting team members.