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. ear after her bruised knee gave her immense pain, the 27-year-old got going after promising to play ‘smart badminton. Dhruv Kapila and Mithula U K and Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj and Srishti Jupudi also bowed out of the event. But this time, she’s made history no one’s forgetting anytime soon. “We have good attacking players but we need someone in the middle of the park who can spray the passes, switch the play quickly and play at a tempo that Gareth likes. “What we will have to see is whether we can still give a 100 percent physical effort just three days after playing in Paris. He was second in the first session to Mercedes team mate Valterri Bottas. In theory he will be available for Liverpool’s next game at Manchester City next Saturday, but. Hockey India’s high performance director David John, primarily a fitness coach, has been handed over the reins till a new coach is identified. They do not have knowledge of hockey and are from business or political background.