Appointment of 9 coaches stuck as sports ministry can8217;t find Secy to sign files

Consequently,Australian Terry Walshs appointment as the mens hockey chief coach was announced on Tuesday,nearly three weeks after his name was recommended.

Besides Walsh,SAI had suggested nine names to the ministry: Chae Woong Lim recurve archery; South Korea,Dee Wilde compound archery; USA,Pavel Smirnov shooting; Russia,Peter Engel table tennis; Germany,Jim Holt gymnastics; USA,his wife Hannah who will coach women gymnasts,Roelant Oltmans hockey high performance director; Holland,Remon Remaro Drake boxing; USA and Assen Andreev Gladinov volleyball; Russia.

We have performed so well in the last Olympics and taking into account that next year we have two major events lined up,we are trying to get the best coaches, Thomson said. However,since the sports secretary is yet to be appointed,we are awaiting an official approval from the ministry.

The sports ministers office did not respond to an email from The Indian Express. A ministry official said the appointment had been delayed as the Cabinet appointments committee,which decides in consultation with the PM,had not been able to do so as the PM has been travelling a lot lately.