Every coach needs time and long term tenure,” he said. “There are no Japanese drivers at the very top either because it takes time. Saturday, dealing a severe blow to the visitors’ hopes of direct qualification for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. In women’s doubles, Ramya Venkatesh Chickmenhalli and Trisha Hegde and Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker crashed out of the tournament. 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. WFI blamed local organisers for not providing them good facilitiesfor Indian team’s preparations. The Emirates Arena was sold out for quarters, semis and finals — which the organisers knew wouldn’t star a Scottish name. We decide to like a player or not depending on how he moves his feet,” he adds. THE KIDAMBI FAN CLUB If there was a distinct buzz about any Indian player, it was Kidambi Srikanth. Oltmans’ future was thrown into doubt in July after India’s dismal performance at the Hockey World League.