Maria Sharapova returned from a 15-month doping ban in April but was refused a wildcard for the French Open. Hockey India, the sport’s governing body, decided to sack him following a three-day meeting of its 24-member High Performance and Development Committee. When he took over as the chief coach in August 2015, Oltmans insisted he could succeed where none of his predecessors had. Roelant Oltmans sacked: 23rd hockey coach fired in 23 years; says 'can't change system'. Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. THE FANTOM CHAMPS Tai Tzu Ying is missed at the World Championships — when she chose to play the World Universiade. at the removal of the Dutchman and said the “changing and chopping policy” will not do any good to the Indian team. Algeria pulled a goal back with powerful left-footed shot from Yacine Brahimi in the 55th minute and. from Lallana to beat the Slovakia in last September’s fixture, a game played under previous England manager Sam Allardyce. ”Oltmans said that he rarely ever had any disagreement with the authorities in India.