The FIH Athletes Committee serves as a consultative body and makes recommendations to the FIH Executive Board, FIH Committees, Advisory Panels and other bodies.
The IHF has asked the FIH and IOC to recommend some of the world's best physiotherapists.
'It is all about money (that BCCI wants to play Pakistan) but in times like these you have to rise above monetary gains'
A large contingent of officials and media were present at the airport to receive the team, which finished fifth in the just-concluded Hockey World League Semi-finals in Antwerp.
The Secretary General of the Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa also condoled the death of Singh.
England pulled out of the FIH Men's Junior World Cup, to be held in Bhubaneswar next month, on Monday, citing a number of COVID-related concerns and taking "note" of the Indian government's mandatory 10-day quarantine protocol for all UK nationals.
Indian Hockey Federation president Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, as always, was composed when asked for his reaction to Indian hockey's latest debacle. In an exclusive conversation with rediff.com, he brushed aside talk about stepping down following the India's failure to qualify for the Beijing Olympics, but admitted it was a setback for the game in the country.
A miffed Indian Olympic Association hit out at the Sports Ministry for not involving it in Saturday's merger talks to resolve the long-standing dispute between Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation.
Teams for the hockey World Cup and SAFF Games would be announced on August 16.
Former captain Dhanraj Pillay said the Indian hockey team was lacking on all fronts.
The Aeroflot, in which the Indian team travelled, demanded US dollars 1,000 to be paid for the excess baggage.
'Jugraj wanted us to win all the matches and he was talking to us regularly,' said captain Dhanraj Pillay.
"The Hockey India League made a big difference. It played an important role in the re-development of hockey in India," he said.
The Indian Hockey Federation has questioned the legality of the Indian Olympic Association's move to form a three-member committee to decide whether the IHF or Hockey India is the legal body to run the game, terming the action contempt of the high court order.
Australia Olympian Ric Charlesworth's appointment as Technical Adviser/Director of the Indian Hockey Federation, under the IOC Solidarity Programme, will be announced in New Delhi on Friday by the FIH despite the Government of India not clearing it.
A cash-rich Hockey India League (HIL), featuring six city-based franchises and comprising top international and Indian players, will be held from January 1 to 30, 2013. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has okayed a 30-day window at the start of next year so that all top players can participate in the league.
Despite taking a two-goal lead, India persisted with their aggressive style, maintaining pressure on Canada. However, they were unable to find more goals in the opening quarter as it ended 2-0 in their favour.
Hockey India on Thursday strongly opposed the Indian Olympic Association's controversial decision to make scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala its life presidents.
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games is scheduled from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be held from September 10 to 25 this year.
The Indian women's hockey team will return to the Olympics after a long gap of 36 years as it qualified for next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday, after England made it to the final of the ongoing EuroHockey Championships in London.
Full-back William Xalco will replace the Namdhari defender, who is down with chicken pox, in Indian hockey team at the Commonwealth Games.
Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA), an affiliate of the Indian Hockey Federation, is in a dilemma after a state Government official sought the use of its stadium for conducting IHF's rival body Hockey India's upcoming League.
The ace midfielder rubbished reports that he was dropped from the Asian Games squad for lack of fitness.
The cloud of doubt that threatened to disrupt the million-dollar World Series Hockey (WSH) has been cleared after warring factions Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) entered into an interim arrangement on Monday.
The FIH has responded by introducing a number of changes to the way hockey will be played and broadcast at the Rio Games. Those include a move to 15-minute quarters and scheduling more time for television replays and analysis to showcase players' virtuoso skills with a ball moving at more than 160 kilometres an hour, Fairweather said. For the first time in Olympic competition, the Rio hockey tournament will also feature quarter-finals, making it the last team sport to adopt the format at the Games.
Calling the working agreement between Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation a 'bizarre live-in relationship', IOA acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Tuesday said the two federations for one discipline will never be accepted.
Indian hockey chief coach Joaquim Carvalho clarified that he is not against appointing a penalty-corner specialist coach.
The Delhi high court on Monday cleared the way for the players' participation in the World Series Hockey (WSH), a joint initiative of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Nimbus Sport, if the tournament schedule does not clash with international commitments of the national team.
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Observing that hockey need not lag so much behind cricket in terms of popularity in the country, new president of the Indian Hockey Federation V Dinesh Reddy said he will make every effort to regain lost glory in the sport.
'My target is not just to qualify for the Olympics but also do well at Athens and end up in a good position,' says Indian hockey Chief Coach Rajinder Singh.
Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, has been named the title sponsor for the 2010 FIH men's hockey World Cup, to be held in Delhi in March. The announcement was made at a glittering ceremony on Monday, in the presence of International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi, Hockey India president A K Mattoo and the 1975 World Cup-winning members of the Indian team.
Prabodh Tirkey will lead the 16-member Indian hockey team at the seven-nation junior Challenger tournament starting in Poland.
Viren Rasquinha suffered a fracture on a left hand finger on Friday and will miss the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Malaysia.
The Indian duo of Prabhjot Singh and Surinder Kaur were named in the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Men and Women World All Star Teams announced on Thursday.
Viren Rasquinha and goal-keeper Adrian D'Souza have been named to the list of 32 probables for the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament
The former India player was named chief coach of the Indian hockey team. Olympian Mohinder Pal Singh was appointed coach while Ramesh Parmeswaran assistant coach.
Sports Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has advised former Olympians to push the issue on the floor of the Houses.
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