On August 10th in Chennai.
Former India captain Rani Rampal criticized women’s hockey team chief coach Janneke Schopmann for not choosing her for the last two years. She also stated that she will not retire anytime soon.
Rani has been excluded from activities or not given much attention since she led the Indian women’s team to come in fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics. Rani said that what happened to her in the past two years was not good. Regarding my profession, even though I recovered from an injury, performed well, and even participated in the National Games, I was not chosen for the senior team. Only the coach can tell why,” the 28-year-old said. However, I haven’t felt an urgency to start preparing for my retirement. “I have a lot more to offer to the sport. ” – PTI
Sardar and Rani have been given new coaching jobs.
Chennai: Hockey India has said that they have formed the national sub-junior (under 17) teams. They have chosen Sardar Singh and Rani Rampal, who used to be captains for India, as the coaches for the boys’ and girls’ teams. HI also said that they will have a special training program and some games against teams from other countries. The 50-day camp will start on August 21 in Rourkela. Afterwards, there will be matches in Belgium and Netherlands.