NEW DELHI: India has time till October 9 to elect a new executive board (EB) of the Hockey India (HI) and avoid an international ban by the sport's global governing body. The adherence to the election timeline will also ensure that India keeps the hosting rights of the men's hockey World Cup, scheduled in Odisha's Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13-29, 2023.
The development came on a day when a delegation from the international hockey federation (FIH) held talks with the court-appointed committee of administrators (CoA) here to check the progress made in terms of the drafting of new constitution of India's hockey governing body and renew the world body's request to have elections held as soon as possible, in order not to jeopardise the conduct of the World Cup.
