Hockey World Cup!

Let me start by congratulating the marauding Aussies who won the Hockey World cup with elan and they were the efficacy of efficiency .!

I was elated when the world cup was staged without any hassles like security problem or spectator trouble.I thank all the twelve teams who participated in the competitions despite the difficulties involved and the crowd support was better than expected for all the teams .

All teams together gave a message to the world that terrorism cannot instill fear and the world will overcome terrorism .

But , Indian hockey , has to go a long way before they can even think of finishing in the top 3 or 4!!! first , the board has to put up a proper structure in place and the officials has to take up responsibility for the mistakes or rather blunder . The players has to be more responsible , they just cant strike saying will not practise at a crucial time before world cup!!!!! , money is important but representing the country and playing for that pride should be more important !!! .

Indian hockey should stop blaming cricket and cricketers !!! they have a proper board and they know how to expand their coffers and at the same time , they have started taking responsibility on and off the field too !!!..

Being a National Game , i expect Hockey to be a sport to be reckoned with but unfortunately it will happen only of the Administrators , Players and the support staff take more responsibility.The appalling build up to the world cup and especially the sale of tickets!!! that can happen only in India !!!!

If Hockey India doesn't hold elections ,there is a grave danger that it will disaffiliated form the International hockey federation. I hope Hockey India pull up their socks and start steering the game in the right way .

And yeah India has proved that it is a safe place to be in and sports to be conducted , looking forward to IPL and Common wealth games ..Hope Hockey does will in common wealth Games .

Adios