Hockey India drops its High Performance Director David John from selection panel

Hockey India (HI) Tuesday decided to drop its High Performance Director David John from the men's senior team selection committee for showing "bias" against a few senior players.

Expressing his displeasure at John discussing with the media India's disappointing performance in the Asian Games and its likely fallouts on some players, newly-elected HI President Mushtaque Ahmad decided to remove him from the selection panel.

In a letter to his Secretary General Rajinder Singh, the HI chief said John will not be a part of the selection committee which will pick the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup in November-December. But sources said that John will not be a part of any selection panel from now on.

"I am not happy with David John commenting on individual players who played in Asian Games. As a matter of policy/principle we do not allow discussion on individual players in public domain and John by discussing that has broken all protocols," Mushtaque, who was elected as HI chief on ...