Okay so i am talking about Field hockey and the game in India.
A nation of one billion people and 7 times Olympic champions and once world champion.
I am not sure how the game is progressing at a grass roots level there are only 13 Astro-turf in the country and of that how many are functioning the way they should with school kids being involved.
Now comes with the news that Hockey INDIA just finished their elections and elected an 83 year old woman who looks like Indira Gandhi. Stokes' close ally Narinder Batra also defeated Gunjam Haider of Hockey Arunachal 41-18 for the secretary general's post.
i don't understand the reasoning of this and i feel it should have been ex Indian captain Mr Parghat singh.
This being India, i really hope that people who voted for Mrs stokes took the future of the game at heart and not some side dealings. One can only hope though those days are too numbered it seems.
Why i say this is that in all probability the Supreme court of India would rule that the Indian Hockey Federation is the official ruling body and not Hockey India.
Here is more after the jump.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/hockey/Stokes-elected-HI-president-Narinder-Batra-secretary-general/articleshow/6260550.cms
yes i agree it is sad state of affairs
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