Dutch coach puts team before home

Sjoerd Marjine, women’s hockey in-charge, decides against flying to Amsterdam because squad is in lockdown

By Mihir Vasavda


Sjoerd Marijne, the coach of the Indian women’s hockey team (Source: WORLDSPORTPICS)

Sjoerd Marijne, the coach of the Indian women’s hockey team, could have been on an early Thursday morning’s evacuation flight from Mumbai to Amsterdam, arranged by the Dutch government. Instead, he is staying put in Bengaluru, with his players.