The Supreme Court on Thursday lamented that it was because of businessmen heading sports bodies for hockey that India could not even qualify for the next Olympics.
A bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and J. Chelameswar observed: “You have brought the game to this abysmal low. One gold medal we used to get in the Olympics. Now, we don’t even enter the arena. Who are these people who are heading these organisations? Businessmen? Sports officials are only interested in visiting foreign countries and not in promoting the game. This showed the sad state of affairs.”
It was hearing a petition filed by the Indian Hockey Federation on a dispute with Hockey India.
