New Delhi, Nov 15:
The first non-European to head the International Hockey Federation, newly-elected FIH President Narinder Batra today said his main focus would be on the 10-year Hockey Revolution strategy starting from 2019, which aims at making the sport more popular and reachable.
Batra, who was elected President last Saturday, said as part of the Hockey Revolution programme the world body is set to introduce a nine-team home-and-away league of international teams which also serve as Olympic and World Cup qualifiers.
“There is one game I am passionate about is hockey. I want to contribute to the game and make it more popular and bigger,” Batra told in his first media conference here after becoming the world body chief.
“As part of the plan, the FIH will introduce a 10-year Hockey Revolution programme from 2019. The programme’s aim is to ensure the next generation takes up the sport. It’s overall aim is to make hockey more popular and reachable. (PTI)
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