Pune, January 8 (Agencies): Indian hockey players have boycotted the preparatory camp ahead of next month’s World Cup over non-payment of dues. The players had earlier threatened to pull out of the ongoing national training camp in Pune if they were not paid their match fee for the recently concluded Champions Challenge I-Tournament in Argentina. Having made public their annoyance at the delay in payment, some senior players had written a letter to Hockey India President A K Mattoo, demanding that money be paid within seven days. The players said that on previous occasions they were paid money in advance but this time the fee has not been paid even after the conclusion of the tournament.“We would like to be paid our money for Champions Challenge in Argentina. In the previous three years we were paid Rs. 25,000 each for every tournaments before we left India. We would like to be paid this time too and as for the future tournaments, please make arrangements to pay well in advance,” the players demanded in the letter. India had won bronze medal in the tournament, held in Salta, Argentina last month.

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