Indias junior hockey team players celebrate their win over Korea in the final match of the Sixth Mens Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Hyderabad July 18, 2008. -Photo by REUTERS

NEW DELHI India have suspended a national hockey camp for under-18 players after medical tests revealed that a majority of the 55 players present were overage.

 

Hailing from various hockey academies around the country, the players were vying for spots in the team for Novembers Asia Cup in Myanmar, Hockey India said in a release.


The federation, keen to revive the sport after the eight-time Olympic champions failed to qualify for last years Beijing Games, have made tests mandatory following complaints that many juniors were not declaring their true ages.

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