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I agree Sunder. Lack of public enthusiasm more than anything else seem to be inflicting the heaviest blow to Indian sports.
This is a democracy, for God's sake! We decide!
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meanwhile....

IHF names Pillay for pre-Olympic camp

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The controversy over the exclusion of Dhanraj Pillay from pre-Olympic build-ups on Tuesday blew over with the Indian Hockey Federation announcing that the star forward would be asked to attend a conditioning camp for the Athens Games in Germany.

IHF president KPS Gill, under attack from various quarters for ignoring the 35-year-old striker, however, denied that the latest move was a stand-down on its part and refused to confirm whether Pillay was a certainty for the Olympics, beginning in Athens in August.

The other players who would be going to Germany for the first phase of training are Baljit Singh Dhillon, Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Singh, Jatinder Pal Singh and Devesh Chauhan.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Excellent. We need Dhanraj, Baljit, Dilip, Gagan Ajit, Jugraj and all the other capped blue shirts.

Seriously, I am hopeful of a better medal haul this Olympics, not just hockey, but other disciplines as well.
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