Former India captain Dilip Tirkey elected Hockey India president

23.09.2022 - 15:43 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

One of the most capped former players -- Tikey played a record 412 international matches in his career spanning more than 15 years as defender --, the 44-year-old great from Odisha represented India at the 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

The Hockey India elections process was scheduled to be completed by October 9, as per the deadline set by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the Committee of Administrators (CoA) in August.

Before Tirkey was elected president, Hockey India was under the jurisdiction of the CoA on the orders of the Delhi High Court because of an alleged violation of the National Sports Code.

Tirkey thanked the CoA and its members following him becoming the president of the national sports federation, tweeting "Thanks @DrSYQuraishi (COA member) & @FIH_Hockey for conducting smooth elections of @TheHockeyIndia.

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