He is the sixth Indian coach to be sacked in the last 10 years. Sharapova, the champion in New York in 2006, returned from a 15-month doping ban in April but was refused a wildcard for the French Open while injury ruled her out of Wimbledon. Algeria’s preparations were disrupted by a decision to allow African Footballer of the Year Ri. He’s even fascinated by Sai Praneeth, whose footwork and fluid movement again he gushes about. John will take charge of the men’s team as interim coach after Hockey India today sacked Oltmans despite a largely successful four-and-half-years stint in India. ’Jose Brasa, who was also sacked like Roelant Oltmans as India coach, on Saturday expressed surprise. Barcelona were equally keen to make a statement of intent after Neymar’s rancorous departure, and identified Coutinho as the player most likely to fill that void. India had won a silver medal at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and a bronze at Guangzhou Asian Games under Brasa. He was cited by the tournament for three violations, including one incident in which he insulted a female chair umpire. Harbinder, however, denied rumours about any bad blood between John and Oltmans.