hase of Africa’s World Cup qualifiers and effectively ended Algeria’s hopes with a 3-1 triumph on Saturday. Hockey India’s high performance director David John, primarily a fitness coach, has been handed over the reins till a new coach is identified. However, Hockey India termed these achievements ‘more incidental than deliberate. The players alleged that Oltmans ‘favoured a couple of players’ despite their poor form, which affected the morale of the team. PTI reports that BCCI is expected to be richer by more than Rs 20,000 crore through their earnings from the rights. If the players are still in a funk, they might not even bother playing Bulgaria. John’s appointment as the high performance director earlier this year created two power centres. No one’s going away anywhere yet, Viktor’s just gotten started — and his fans promise to traverse many lands following his exploits. There’s consensus that she’d have given even Carolina Marin and Sindhu a run for their money. He is slightly disappointed she’s moved onto coaching.