New Delhi: Hockey India president Narinder Batra on Monday refuted reports that India's men hockey chief coach Paul Van Ass has been sacked from his position.
"I have been fired by Hockey India," the Dutchman confirmed IBNLive on Monday from his home in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he had gone for a vacation after the FIH Hockey World League Semifinals in Belgium.
The Dutchman also confirmed about his spat with the Hockey India President Batra in Belgium, which was being widely reported in the media over the last week.
Van Ass confirmed that Batra did invade the pitch after the quarter-final against Malaysia, which turned into an argument between him and the president.
However, Batra told news agency ANI that Van Ass had not been sacked from the position of Indian hockey team coach.
Paul van Ass was hired in January this year and the Dutchman guided the Indian side side to the fourth spot in the just concluded FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.
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