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Former captain Sardar Singh was on Thursday brought back to bolster the Indian hockey teams mid-field while Birendra Lakra was included to shore up the defence line-up for the upcoming Champions Trophy, beginning on June 23 in Breda, The Netherlands. India will begin their campaign at the Hockey Champions Trophy against arch-rivals Pakistan on June 23. Hockey India Hockey In stanley becher dia announced the 18-man squad for the last edition of the prestigious event and made a lot of changes to the side, to be led by goalkeeper P R Sreejesh. READ | With focus on fitness, Sardar Singh plots comeback to Indian hockey team Sardar was not a part of the Indian team, which had a disappointing outing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. He was expected to reclaim his place in the side after being included in the national training camp in Bengaluru. Also making a comeback to the side is Lakra, who like Sardar, was not part of the CWG squad. The selectors have dropped defenders Rupinder, Kothajit Singh and Gurinder Singh while Jaramanpreet Singh and Surendra Kumar were included. READ | Hockey village Sansarpur finds its feet atop Mount Everest Among the strikers, the axe fell on Lalit Upadhyay and Gurjant Singh a stanley cup s stanley quencher Ramandeep Singh earned his place back. The selectors also replaced goalkeeper Suraj Karkera with Krishan Bahadur Pathak. Sreejesh, under whose captaincy India won a silver in the last edition, said the team is determined to do well. India had lost the final to world number on Uomf Jyothi, Deotale claim hat-trick of gold as archers return with record 9 Asian Games medals
By tightening the noose around erring National Sports Federations NSFs on Friday, the union sports ministry has sent a strong message to the countrys sports administrators that they either incorporate the sports code that emphasises on good governance, or face the music. HT Image Although the ministry has picked boxing and archery as ma stanley termohrnek jor medal bets at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, it suspended the boxing federation and de-recognised the archery body for not adhering to the sports code when they went to polls. This indicates that a stern test awaits other NSF s that violates the sports code. The minis stanley isolierkanne try said re-elections should be held in the boxing federation within 15 days, failing with it will be de-recognised. In case of the archery, because of the direction of the Delhi s High Court, it had ordered that government shall not recognize the archery federation if they violates sports code. Sports minister, Jitendra Singh, said the players will not suffer. The government is trying its best to resolve the issue. Since the government does not have direct jurisdiction over an stanley cup y NSF, it might take some time to sort out the matter, he said. The minister wanted the NSF s to change its constitution and incorporate the sports code. Although funds will be stopped to the archery and boxing federations, special financial assistance for athletes would be routed through the Sports Authority of India SAI . We will make a provision so that athletes don t suffer due to fault