Indian hockey touched its nadir on Monday with the eight-time gold medalists, for the first time, failing to make the Olympics cut in complete contrast to its glorious past. Since its debut in the quadrennial sporting extravaganza in 1928, India remained unbeaten in the Olympic Games till 1956, winning six gold medals in a row.
Time to start from scratch writes Joaquim Carvalho: It has been a roller-coaster ride for me in the past 11 months as the national hockey coach and I am afraid that it ended rather painfully. India failed to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in 80 years since we made our debut back in 1928.
Read On (rediff.com)“Don’t blame it on the boys writes” Viren Rasquinha captain of India’s national hockey team, retired from the sport in Jan 08 in Indian Express: My first thoughts on India failing to qualify for the Olympics. I think it is high time we learnt to swallow our ego and pride and realised that we are not masters of hockey and started taking help from the best.
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