Asked whether the think-tank asked feedback from players on Oltmans, Govinda said senior players had vouched for more involvement in team planning and strategy. England were flattered by a late flurry of goals in Friday’s 4-0 win in Malta. Phogat further stated that for the past one year, the national team is in dire need of a foreign coach but nothing has happened on that front. All that matters to me is I’m in the fourth round. On Thursday, they were overrun by the group leaders French at the Stade de France in their heaviest defeat for more than half a century. Kiran said before the Worlds that Nehwal remains a contender for 2020, and slowly but surely and a y. The decision was taken after a three-day meeting of the Hockey India High Performance and Development Committee, which concluded today. WFI blamed local organisers for not providing them good facilitiesfor Indian team’s preparations. “We must stop going on about France,” he told a press conference on Saturday, a day ahea. The result left the Serbians top of the standings with 15 points from seven games, two ahead of Ireland who lost ground after being held to a 1-1 draw in Georgia.