Indian men\u2019s hockey coach Harendra Singh was on Wednesday sacked from the position following a disappointing 2018 and offered the task of helming the junior squad by the national federation.<\/p>\n
Constant chopping and changing of coaches is a frequent phenomenon in Indian hockey and Harendra, who was appointed in May, is the latest casualty. \u201cThough the year 2018 was very disappointing for the Indian men\u2019s hockey team with results not going as expected, Hockey India believes investing in the junior programme will reap long-term benefits,\u201d HI said in a statement explaining the reasons behind Harendra\u2019s axing.<\/p>\n
The Junior World Cup-winning coach took charge after India\u2019s medal-less showing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games but was unable to change the team\u2019s fortunes.<\/p>\n
India were also below-par in the Asian Games in Indonesia, settling for a bronze after going into the tournament as the defending champions. They ended the year with a quarterfinal loss in the World Cup in Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\n
\u201cHockey India will shortly be advertising and will invite applications for the position of the chief coach of the Indian men\u2019s hockey team which will be returning to training camp in February 2019 for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup scheduled to commence from 23 March, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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