John will be in charge of the team till a suitable replacement is found for a smooth transition. Kosovo later on Saturday, ahead of them on goal difference, while Finland had mustered a single point from six qualifying matches. He had defeated Japan’s Hikaru Minegishi 21-15 19-21 21-11 early in the day. 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. d of the Group A game at the Amsterdam Arena where the Netherlands must win to have any hope of finishing in the top two in their group. Algeria pulled a goal back with powerful left-footed shot from Yacine Brahimi in the 55th minute and. When he took over as the chief coach in August 2015, Oltmans insisted he could succeed where none of his predecessors had. 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. It undermined the 63-year-old’s position in the dressing room, which a senior player highlighted during the review meeting. Hockey India selection committee chairman Harbinder Singh too vouched for John and said the Australian has everything in him to produce results.