'Van Ass NOT sacked as Hockey India coach'

July 20, 2015 17:25

Just in: "We have not sacked Paul van Ass from the post of Indian hockey team coach," say Narinder Batra, Hockey India President.

India's men's hockey team chief coach Paul van Ass on Monday claimed he was fired by Hockey India following his alleged public altercation with federation president Narinder Batra.

"As far I know I was fired one week after the Hockey World League semi-finals in Antwerp. Roelant Oltmans (High Performance Director) was asked to replace me," Van Ass said from the Netherlands.

"I have been told on January 13 that Dr Batra doesn't want me to be the coach any more. Roelant called me and informed me about this," he said today.

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