New Delhi: India’s men’s boxing coach Santiago Nieva was elevated to the position of high performance director for both men and women’ teams while women’s chief coach GS Sandhu was made director of the national coaches’ commission. The decisions were taken at the Boxing Federation of India’s (BFI) executive meet here Monday.
The appointment of Nieva as high performance director comes a few days after women’s foreign coach Stephane Cottalorda quit his position within a month of coming here, complaining of delay in payment of his salary.
“I can handle both the jobs. I have played similar roles in Sweden as well but obviously, the expectations are much higher here,” Nieva told this agency.
Asked whether time management will be an issue, Nieva said: “I know it involves juggling my time at both the men’s and women’s camps (while the men’s camp is in Patiala, the women’s camp is in Delhi) but I feel it is manageable and I am confident of delivering results,” he added.
Press Trust of India
