IOA set up Three-Member Committee to resolve Issues in Indian Hockey

The Indian Olympic Association set up a three-member committee to resolve the issues in Indian Hockey. Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation, the two bodies for Hockey in India have been asked to present their stand before the committee on 21 August 2012.

The committee has been set up following the directions from the International Hockey Federation in July 2012. The three-member committee will have former Wrestling Federation of India president GS Mander, the Indian Weightlifting Federation president Birendra Prasad Baishya and the Handball Federation of India secretary-general SM Bali as its member. The committee will submit its report on 31 August 2012.

In its worst ever performance the Indian Hockey team had finished at the bottom in the London Olympics 2012. The team, which had failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics 2008, suffered defeat in all the eight matches it played in the London Games.