Panel to look into Walsh’s demands

November 13, 2014 06:44 pm | Updated April 09, 2016 10:15 am IST - New Delhi

Sports Ministry on Thursday appointed a three-member panel comprising former India hockey captains Ajit Pal Singh, Ashok Kumar and Zafar Iqbal to assess the demands made by Terry Walsh (in picture) to stay on as the chief coach of the national team.

Sports Ministry on Thursday appointed a three-member panel comprising former India hockey captains Ajit Pal Singh, Ashok Kumar and Zafar Iqbal to assess the demands made by Terry Walsh (in picture) to stay on as the chief coach of the national team.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has formed a six-member committee, including well-known hockey players Ajitpal Singh, Ashok Kumar and Zafar Iqbal, to look into the demands of National team chief coach Terry Walsh.

According to a SAI release on Thursday, High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans, SAI Executive Director (Teams) Sudhir Setia and a representative of Hockey India would also be part of the committee.The committee will meet here on Friday to examine Walsh's demands and provide its inputs.

“The Government has asked us to meet tomorrow and give our suggestions about Walsh's demands. But there is hardly any time left,” said Ajitpal.

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