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• Rajpal asks Hockey India to follow BCCI

  His unsavoury relationship with Jose Brasa, notwithstanding, India hockey captain Rajpal Singh is still in favour of a foreign coach but advised Hockey India to take cue from the BCCI while selecting the coaching staff of the national team.

• Indian team can win Olympic medal in London: Brasa

  The current Indian Hockey team has the potential to have a podium finish in the 2012 London Olympics but for this to happen the training system need to change, outgoing chief coach Jose Brasa said.

• Brasa humiliated me during World Cup: Rajpal

  Deeply hurt with the treatment meted out to him by chief coach Jose Brasa, a "powerless" Indian hockey captain Rajpal Singh on Monday said he has decided to call it quits from the post and will soon air his views to the national federation (HI).

• Crowd support made the difference: India hockey coach

  India's chief coach Jose Brasa said crowd support at the packed Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday played a big factor in the home team's 7-4 win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their must-win match of the men's hockey event in the Commonwealth. Brasa as well as captains of both Indian and Pakistan agreed that crowd support gave...

• Need to tighten defence against Australia: India hockey coach

  India's chief coach Jose Brasa was a happy man after his side registered three full points against Malaysia on Tuesday but said the home team will have to plug their holes in defence if they stand a chance over world champions Australia in their next match at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.India had to play out of their skin to get past the sp...

• Brasa brands SAI a 'liar', says not keen to renew contract

  Defying Sports Authority of India's gag order, Indian hockey team's chief coach Jose Brasa has called his employer SAI a "lier" and said he is not willing to prolong his association with the national side once his contract expires in November this year.

• Ajitpal Singh hits out at Brasa

  Olympian and Indian selector Ajitpal Singh on Sunday hit out at national team coach Jose Brasa and said the Spaniard's comments were baseless in an effort to create a controversy ahead of this year's Commonwealth Games.

• Indian hockey coach gagged after 'slave' remarks

  India's chief hockey coach Jose Brasa was on Friday gagged from speaking to the media after a controversial interview in which he claimed that he was being treated like a slave by the Sports Authority of India and Hockey India.

• Brasa failed to deliver, so painting himself as martyr: HI

  Hockey India on Friday lashed out at India's chief coach Jose Brasa for his criticism of the Sports Authority of India and the national body, saying the Spaniard is trying to portray himself as a "martyr" after failing to deliver in his job.

• Jose Brasa lashes out at Hockey India

  Another controversy brewing in Indian Hockey with Chief Coach Jose Brasa reportedly lashing out at the Sports Authority of India and Hockey India.

• Brasa unveils roadmap, asks for more power

  Following India's not-so-impressive World Cup campaign, chief coach Jose Brasa on Thursday unveiled the roadmap for hockey's revival and demanded more control in the day-to-day running of the team.

• We can't match best sides in just seven months: Brasa

  Set to play for the bottom half positions in the 12-team hockey World Cup here, India coach Jose Brasa on Saturday said the country would not have played at the same level of top teams in just seven months of preparation.

• Brasa wants changes in video referral system

  India coach Jose Brasa feels that the video referral system, which made hockey World Cup debut here, need some fine-tuning with regard to its timing.

• Hockey India rules out change in captaincy

  Hockey India on Tuesday ruled out changing the captain of the senior national team and advised the players and coaches to keep their focus only on the World Cup starting here this month.

• Unfazed Brasa looks ahead to Champions Challenge

  Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa on Sunday said he is aiming for nothing less than the title at the Champions Challenge-I tournament in Argentina next month.