In a move that may jeopardise the existence of Hockey India, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) said it is in talks with IWHF to form a single body for the game and willing to follow government's age and tenure guidelines.
Terming the players' revolt as an 'unfortunate' incident, former hockey federation chief KPS Gill on Friday advised the authorities to talk to the national team members and bring them back to the camp.
'If he is being spoken in the same breath as Dhyan Chand, then you can image how good he was.'
Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan is of the opinion that Indian hockey is run on the whims of FIH and there was no need to have a foreign coach on board.
The former junior India captain will captain the team for the Champions Trophy as Dilip Tirkey has been ruled out following an illness.
It is important that these events do not remain one-offs. It is crucial that India sets long-term targets, and not solely depend on foreign coaches from regions that continue to produce some of the finest talents in the world, asserts Arindam Roy.
The IHF, on Tuesday, accepted the resignation of K Jothikumaran from the post of secretary- general, who quit after a television channel aired video clips of him accepting a bribe to induct a player in the national squad.
India start their Olympic Qualifier hockey tournament in Santiago, Chile against Mexico on March 1.
India cricketer Harbhajan Singh hosted a high-profile wedding reception at a posh hotel, in New Delhi, on Sunday, which was attended by a host of Bollywood celebrities, teammates and politicians.
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.
In a dramatic turn of events, the erstwhile Indian Hockey Federation and newly-formed Hockey India decided to bury the hatchet and joined hands to bring the state associations -- both men's and women's into Hockey India's fold.
Shouldn't India have sent their best men to try out new permutations at the Kuala Lumpur tournament?
Sports minister M S Gill on Wednesday provided men's hockey in the country a new lease of life by upgrading it to the 'Priority' category, along with seven other disciplines. He also named former Olympians Ajit Pal Singh and Zafar Iqbal as 'Government Observers' in the selection committee of the Indian Hockey Federation.
India's Dilip Tirkey wants to take a break from hockey for three months to recover from an ankle injury and decide his future.
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.
India's premier hockey tournament will be played over 22 days, from December 20 in Chandigarh, and have 26 matches.
Three Sher-e-Jalandhar players banned The IHF slapped a three-year ban on forward Tejbir Singh and goalkeepers Kamaldeep Singh and Maninder Singh for 'unruly and disgraceful behaviour' during the Premier Hockey League final.
Former Team India coach John Wright is favourite to succeed Australia hockey legend Ric Charlesworth as New Zealand Cricket's next High Performance Manager.
The erstwhile IHF had recommended to the Sports Ministry a development team, having a few senior players, but the new selection committee, changed the squad though it retained some players from the old list. The committee also decided to retain A K Bansal as head coach of the team for the tournament, starting May 8.
The former Olympian, who heads the Indian Olympic Association-appointed five-member selection committee following the dissolution of the Indian Hockey Federation, says he wants the national hockey team to be a united and powerful force as depicted in the Bollywood film Chak de India.
Indian Hockey Federation chief K P S Gill lashed out at Sports Minister M S Gill for suggesting that younger administrators should head sports federations, saying first the sports minister should be a younger person.
India beat Pakistan 3-1 to win the gold medal in men's hockey at the Afro-Asian Games.
The proposed Bangalore event will now be a five-Test series between India and Belgium, the third team that was in the fray.
The Indian hockey team will attend a 10-day training camp in Germany for the Champions Challenge tournament.
The midfielder will lead India at the Azlan Shah tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, from May 5 to 15.
Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association and chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising committee to be held in New Delhi in 2010, said that it was a painful decision to suspend the Indian Hockey Federation and see the exit of former super cop K P S Gill as the president of the ailing Federation.
Clearly in no mood to oblige Sports Minister MS Gill who wants him to go, Indian Hockey Federation President KPS Gill on Thursday said he is not quitting from his post.
India would host the venue at Chennai if FIH decides to shift the event from Lahore on security grounds.
The Indian Hockey Federation is organising two exhibition matches, featuring top players from India and Pakistanl, and a host of film and television artists, in Chandigarh, on September 11.
Union sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar lashed out at the Indian Hockey Federation, saying "it is a matter of shame that a team which has been part of the Olympics for the past 80 years and won several gold and silver medals failed to qualify for the Beijing Games". Eight-time champions India lost 0-2 to Great Britain on Sunday night in the final of the second Olympic qualifier in Santiago, Chile, and failed to make it to the quadrennial event for the first time in 80 years.
The IHF selection policy came under fire, with some players saying the selectors must own up responsibility for the national side's poor showing in international tournaments.
They will take part in a procession in New Delhi to protest against the functioning of the Indian Hockey Federation.
Former captain Dhanraj Pillay said the Indian hockey team was lacking on all fronts.
The former India full-back quit the selection committee, saying it indulges in discrimination and high-handedness while selecting players.
Indian hockey chief coach Joaquim Carvalho clarified that he is not against appointing a penalty-corner specialist coach.
The ace midfielder rubbished reports that he was dropped from the Asian Games squad for lack of fitness.
Indian hockey team coach Joaquim Carvalho's views on the need for a specialist coach to tone-up the penalty-corner conversion rate was in conflict with those of IHF chief K P S Gill.
The experienced midfielder was a surprise omission from the 16-member Indian men's hockey team for the Doha Asian Games.
Gagan Ajit Singh and Vikram Pillay failed to find a place in the list of probables for the Doha Asian Games.
The Indian ace and partner Katarina Kachlikova of Solvakia lost in the second round of the doubles event.
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