Hockey India sacked Roelant Oltmans despite a largely successful four-and-half-years stint in India. There’s much mangling of pronunciations and names, before the Japanese hack spells out J W A L A and enquires about where she’s disappeared. Both India sub-continental and world media rights are in offer and it is the former that is the most coveted due to the massive interest that the tournament generates. h means Hamilton’s World Championship rival Sebastian Vettel, who managed only eighth for Ferrari, will start sixth. Gujarat dominated the first half and were leading by seven points at the end of it. “My plans from day one was to set long-term goals for India hockey to put the house in order and achieve a level a consistency. Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic shaved the outside of the post with a close-range header as some Serbian fans ran up the terraces for cover from bursts of driving rain. Oltmans is credited with bringing stability to the team that looked disjointed. It is notgood enough when you lose a Test match to anyone, but Bangladesh are tough at home. In this case, we look for new direction by getting a new coach,” John said.