Hold elections to keep away from jeopardising World Cup ’23: FIH to inform Hockey India CoA

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) will write to the Committee of Administrators governing Hockey India, asking it to conduct elections and keep away from “jeopardising” the boys’s World Cup to be held in Odisha in January.

The govt board of the FIH on Friday took the choice to ship an official communication to the CoA at its assembly in Terrassa, Spain on the sidelines of the Women’s World Cup. “FIH will send an official communication to the Committee of Administrators of Hockey India with a request to have elections for India’s hockey governing body held as soon as possible, in order not to jeopardise the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup scheduled in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in January 2023,” the FIH said on Saturday.

The world governing physique’s subsequent assembly of the manager board shall be held on November 3 forward of the FIH Congress that shall be held just about on November 4-5, 2022. Hockey India’s state of affairs is predicted to be reviewed once more in FIH’s subsequent govt board assembly.

The Delhi High Court in May positioned Hockey India beneath a three-member CoA after observing that the federation had violated the National Sports Code. The courtroom ruling got here on a petition filed by former India participant Aslam Sher Khan, who had challenged Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra’s appointment as a life member of Hockey India.

The High Court held that HI’s appointment of Batra as its life member and Elena Norman as CEO have been unlawful, and thus the executive setup of the nationwide federation was misguided or unlawful.

SA to host Indoor World Cup in Feb ’23

Meanwhile, South Africa was confirmed as host of the subsequent FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup, which was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The occasion shall be held in Pretoria from February 5-11.