‘Rebel’ hockey players reach camp

BANGALORE: The hearing of the five ‘rebel’ hockey players – Arjun Halappa, Adrian D’Souza, Sandeep Singh, Sardara Singh and Prabhjot Singh – did not take place in New Delhi on Sunday, leaving Pargat Singh fuming. Instead, four of them, barring Prabhjot, made their way to Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bangalore although their names did not figure in Hockey India’s list of campers for the second phase, beginning here on Monday. Confusion ruled the day as one of the rebel players insisted he had no idea that his name had been struck off the list and that he would report for the camp anyway. Neither had he any information that he had to meet Pargat in Delhi.

Air India officials confirmed that Arjun and Adrian – two of the five players who made it to Mumbai for the World Series Hockey function last month without official permission – did not figure in the list and that they had been informed of it.