{"id":22797,"date":"2015-08-20T06:22:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T06:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22797"},"modified":"2015-08-20T06:22:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T06:22:07","slug":"fih-promotes-deepak-to-international-outdoor-umpire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22797","title":{"rendered":"FIH promotes Deepak to International Outdoor Umpire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-10458\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100.jpg\" alt=\"hockey 161 100\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi: Hockey India National-level Umpire Deepak Joshi has been promoted to the International Outdoor Umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) today. The FIH took the decision after seeing his performance in the recently concluded U-21 Volvo Invitational Tournament, held in Breda, The Netherlands in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak started his career as a hockey umpire from the SAIL National College Championship in 2012 and from there he has officiated at the 35th National Games held in Kerala this year. He was a regular umpire in the Hockey India National Championships including the Senior Men National Championship 2015, Division A and Division B.<\/p>\n<p>27-year-old Deepak was a hockey player earlier and had represented Uttarakhand state hockey team in the National Championships from 2007 to 2010. In 2011, he completed a Diploma in Sports Coaching from the National Institute of Sports, Patiala and in 2012, he started working as a Coach at the MDC National Stadium, New Delhi. Presently, he is a regular coach for Delhi Hockey.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak is among those young umpires from India who have recently been upgraded to international-level tournaments. In this year, 24-year old Deepa has also been promoted as International Outdoor Umpire in the Women&rsquo;s Hockey by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). With Deepak and Deepa, a total of 13 Indian umpires (9 Men, 4 Women) are now in the category of International-level umpires and officiate FIH tournaments around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulating Deepak Joshi, Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad, Secretary General, Hockey India said: &ldquo;This is another achievement of Hockey India as we not only produce the best international players, but also international-level umpires. Deepak is very professional about his work and his consistent hard work has paved the way for this reward. Hockey India feels proud of the young umpire achievements and we congratulate Deepak for this new feat. Hockey India wishes him good luck for his future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-10458\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100.jpg\" alt=\"hockey 161 100\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hockey_161_100-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>New Delhi: Hockey India National-level Umpire Deepak Joshi has been promoted to the International Outdoor Umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) today. The FIH took the decision after seeing his performance in the recently concluded U-21 Volvo Invitational Tournament, held in Breda, The Netherlands in July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Deepak started his career as a hockey umpire from the SAIL National College Championship in 2012 and from there he has officiated at the 35th National Games held in Kerala this year. He was a regular umpire in the Hockey India National Championships including the Senior Men National Championship 2015, Division A and Division B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey-hockey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIH promotes Deepak to International Outdoor Umpire - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=22797\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIH promotes Deepak to International Outdoor Umpire - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Hockey India National-level Umpire Deepak Joshi has been promoted to the International Outdoor Umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) today. 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