Indian Women Hockey news .......

[ssp]

Pretty poor tour so far. We have gone backwards again.

Why does this keep happening? From one outing to the next, there is never any consistency. Perhaps it is because our internal 'squad' is always in camps and play no competitive hockey at all other than international matches.

We are missing our 2 key players because of silly games being played out by our esteemed selectors.

[ssp]

India have won the 5 test series in New Zealand by winning the 4th match 3-1. They have won 2 & drawn 2 games so far. This is more encouraging news compared the Japan & China tours 2-3 months ago.

[ssp]

India drew 3-3 with Germany in the first match of a 4 nation tournament. The other 2 teams are Australia & Ireland. Encouraging news as we were 3-1 down till the last 6 minutes.

[ssp]

Not so good today. Our women got thumped 6-2 by Australia. We will probably finish 3rd in this tournament. I was hoping for a better performance against the Aussie women, but the result went the way our results always go against Australia....a demoralising loss.

[ssp]

6-0 win against Ireland today. That's much better. We finished 3rd as Australia got the draw needed against Germany to win the tournament.

[akmohanty]

really sad and infuriating news on women's hockey

Complaints of sex abuse in women’s hockey team, officials called in

[jaydeep]

Really disgusting and disturbing news ... Should take strict action against these people ...

[jayakris]

... only if they are proven to be guilty ... until then they are innocent .. we can be disgusted anyway though.

Jay

[jaydeep]

Yes Jay, I was too early to react on that ...

These allegations r against longtime women coach Mr. M K Kaushik!!!

It's a conspiracy against me: Kaushik

[akmohanty]

... only if they are proven to be guilty ... until then they are innocent
Jay

nice in theory, but not when it comes to the Indian judicial system, that too something like the hockey organisation

[SaniaFan]

That is true but I will be really sad if whatever is said about Kaushik turn out to be true. I think I would like to see commects of other members of the team. that will be crucial.

[jaydeep]

As per report mostly verdict is 'Guilty' against former chief coach of the Indian hockey team M K Kaushik.

Hockey India panel may find Kaushik guilty of sexual harassment

[mugu]

Very confusing scenario. The panel more or less found Kaushik guilty, but more importantly Hockey India forwarded the report of the panel to the Police saying that if they wanted this could be considered as an FIR.
Kaushik is considering his legal options. Not many are convinced that he could be guilty. Let's wait and see. A variety of stories have appeared on the topic; a few samples below:

http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/25/stories ... 062000.htm

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/article530260.ece

http://epaper.mailtoday.in/epaperhome.a ... ue=2672010

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 214112.cms

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_te ... an_1412913

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 215379.cms

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spor ... 207318.cms

[akmohanty]

i hope the uproar on this issue serves as a warning to all those officials who exploit sportswomen in India. i understand from media reports coming out that this is not a one-off.

the sad thing about this incident is that it happens just a month before the World Cup. I can only imagine the amount of chaos that must be prevailing within the team leading upto the all-important tournament. anyways, all the best to our women's hockey team, Chak De !!!

[akmohanty]

any news on the asian champions trophy which is supposed to have started yesterday?