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Hockey: FIH CEO reacts to the controversy surrounding India dominating annual awards #IndiaNEWS
The International Hockey Federation will create a task force to work on its global awards selection process that caused “anger� and “disappointment� this year but its CEO Thierry Weil asserted that the winners – all of them Indians – wouldn’t have been different even without fans’ votes.India swept the FIH annual awards last Wednesday, claiming all top honours based on a voting system which was termed a “failure� by men’s Olympic champions Belgium, prompting the global body to say that it would try to figure why some associations did not cast their ballot.Many from across hockey world questioned if it is really a good idea to have fans voting for an award which is meant to define the best athletes and coaches from a technical perspective.However, the award winners topped each of the voting groups that also involved the national associations and media.“Our overall strategy at FIH is to put athletes and fans at the centre of everything we do. So, it is essential to give fans an option to express their views. If in this regard the current process is the right one or not, is something we will need to analyse of course,� Weil said in an interview published by FIH.FIH statement...Read more

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