Charlesworth turns down curtailed role
Ric Charlesworth on Monday refused to accept the curtailed role offered to him by the ministry of sports and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF).
The Australian hockey legend, who arrived in the capital on Monday morning at the behest of the ministry, was not willing to restrict his role to the junior men’s and the women’s squads.
“That was not part of the deal,” he told The Telegraph and made it clear that he was only interested in coaching the senior national team.
“Things don’t work that way. I have not come to India to do that (coaching the juniors),” an irate Charlesworth said.
When asked whether he would like to coach the junior men’s and senior women’s squads only, Charlesworth categorically said: “No.”
The Australian’s rebuff came after the IHF once again had its way and managed to convince the ministry to keep Charlesworth at bay from the senior national team.
After a four-hour meeting on Monday with top IHF officials — that included supremo K.P.S. Gill — the ministry decided to finalise Charlesworth’s appointment as the technical advisor but said the Australian would only look after the junior programmes of the federation.
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Source: Telegraph
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