Pakistan's failure to qualify for next year's men's hockey World Cup has sparked angry protests around Karachi, with some fans burning effigies of the players.
Protesters carried banners demanding the resignation of the country's hockey officials, after their 2014 World Cup dream ended when they lost 2-1 to South Korea in the semi-finals of the Asia Cup.
Pakistan has a proud history in the game, having won four World Cups, in 1971, 1978, 1982 and 1994, and three Olympic gold medals.
But since 1994 they have not won a major global title, and the failure dominated headlines in the newspapers, while television channels also gave the story extensive coverage, pointing out that it was a black day for Pakistan's national sport.
