IHF inducts Sodhi, Carvalho, Madhu Yadav in Managing Committee
MUMBAI: Conforming to the government’s guidelines for national sports federations, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has inducted former captains Surender Singh Sodhi, Joaquim Carvalho and Madhu Yadav in its Managing Committee with complete voting rights.
The decision to include the trio of Arjuna Awardees was taken by the IHF’s Executive Committee at its meeting held yesterday in New Delhi, IHF president RK Shetty said in a media release.
Sodhi is a member of the 1980 Olympic gold medal winning team, while Carvalho represented the country in the 1984 Olympics and is also a World Cupper and ex-chief national coach.
Madhu was a member of the Asian Games gold medal winning women’s squad.