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P R Sreejesh has said Hockey India removed him from role of head coach of the national junior men’s team to appoint a foreigner.
Kannur: Kerala's first Olympic medalist Manuel Frederick passed away while under treatment at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Friday. He was 80. He was the goalkeeper when India won the bronze medal in the 1973 Munich Olympics, defeating the Netherlands. He was also the Indian goalkeeper at the
The FIH will announce a replacement team shortly for the event in Chennai and Madurai.
The Indians controlled the game from start to finish and scored through Shilanand Lakra (4th minute), Dilpreet Singh (7th), Mandeep Singh (18th), Raj Kumar Pal (37th), Sukhjeet Singh (39th) and Abhishek (46th, 50th).
50th anniversary of India's triumph in the hockey World Cup, unmatched till now.
As a token of appreciation, a gold medal of five sovereigns and a cash award of Rs 5 lakh were presented to him by Malayala Manorama Managing Editor Philip Mathew.
Sreejesh will take up the role of the junior national coach.
The men's hockey team created history by winning back-to-back medals for the first time since the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
India will compete against Spain in the bronze medal match in men's hockey.
The FIH on Wednesday named its new Athletes Committee, to be led by co-chairs Chilean women's hockey team defender Camila Caram and Sreejesh.
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