He was dressed in a white sherwani, a traditional South Asian coat-like garment.

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It says a lot about the recent fortunes of hockey in England that names from the 1988 Olympic team, such as Sean Kerly, Ian Taylor and Imran Sherwani, are still more widely known than the heroes of the current side, like Ashley Jackson, Barry Middleton and James Fair.

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