Full-back William Xalco will replace the Namdhari defender, who is down with chicken pox, in Indian hockey team at the Commonwealth Games.
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.
The IHF dropped Gagan Ajit Singh, Viren Rasquinha, Deepak Thakur and Prabhjot Singh for the Pakistan series and Commonwealth Games
Teams for the hockey World Cup and SAFF Games would be announced on August 16.
A combined India-Pakistan team will take on World XI for a charity match
India's senior hockey team coach says it has broadened the pool of players.
The penalty-corner ace, who was seriously injured in a road accident last September, says he is totally fit and looking to prove himself on the ground.
He will lead the Indian team for the six-match home-and-away Indo-Pak hockey series which begins today evening.
Indian Hockey Federation said efforts are on to get a substitute for the World Cup bound team.
The IHF's senior vice-president accused Gill of committing financial irregularities.
Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur are among many regulars left out of the team, to be coached by Harinder Singh.
The mercurial forward and Baljit Singh Dhillon are among nine players named for a pre-Olympic camp in Cologne from May 27 to June 21.
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The IOA president said Pillay's experience could improve the medal chances of the eight-time Olympic hockey champions.
The IHF announced the five teams to feature in the Premier Hockey League, Dhanraj Pillay to play for Maratha Warriors.
Six Olympians have written to the President seeking to draw his attention to the autocratic way in which the IHF was being run
The Olympic hockey semi-finalists will play two Tests in Chandigarh ahead of the Champions Trophy.
The IHF president also ruled out the inclusion of Gagan Ajit Singh, Baljit Dhillon and Deepak Thakur in the team for the Champions Trophy.
The IHF senior vice-president announced his candidature for the posts of both president and secretary-general.
The two ace forwards, in the cold since the Athens Games, are in the list of 35 players short-listed for the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The Council looks into the game at grassroot level and is responsible for its subsequent global development.
Mumbai-based Clarity Gold Pvt Ltd on Monday said it had joined hands with Switzerland-based global mint company, Faude and Huguenin, to set up a 300-metric tonne gold minting plant in Jaipur with an investment of Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million).
The two veterans are sure to figure among the 26 Olympic probables, to be announced by the Indian Hockey Federation in Delhi on Monday.
Narinder Batra, Senior Vice President of IHF, demanded an explanation as to how the Federation funds were being spent.
The former hockey ace said the IHF chief must take the 'blame and responsibility' for the team's dismal show in the recent Rabobank Trophy.
Former players hit back at K P S Gill for his comment that those who played in the Olympics after 1966 were "not Olympians but losers".
Pillay said he would play in the inaugural Premier Hockey League in Hyderabad and donate his earnings for the tsunami victims.
It is the cricketers who have been roped in to appear in the promos of the Premier Hockey League beginning next week at Hyderabad.
The IHF chief said the National championship will be held in Nov-Dec this year.
The Dutch too will be with their best players for the three-Test series, beginning in Hyderabad on February 5.\n\n
Defender Dilip Tirkey will lead the team for the four-Test series, starting on September 24.
Australia and New Zealand, are contemplating pulling out of the December 4-12 competition, to be held in Lahore, on security grounds.
Former Olympian Jagbir Singh and Dutch coach Frank Leictre will assist the Indian hockey team in its preparations for the Olympics.
The IHF said reports of the SARS disease resurfacing in the country forced the cancellation.
The IHF has asked the FIH and IOC to recommend some of the world's best physiotherapists.
For India and Pakistan matches, at least 30 to 40 per cent of the paying public was of Indian origin, and more than 30 Indian media persons turned up to cover the event including five TV channels. Surely this is something that the IHF can build on.
The Indian Hockey Federation on Tuesday deferred a decision on underfire coach Gerhard Rach leaving the foreign coach to wait till the middle of January to know his fate.
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