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Planning to call it quits within next two months: Dwyer

Legendary Australian Hockey Player Jamie Dwyer Is All Set To Call Time On His Illustrious Career Within Next Two Months, Ruling Out Any Possibility Of Representing The ‘Kookaburras’ In Their Champions Trophy Defence In India Later This Year.

PTI | Updated on: 22 Jul 2014, 08:41:00 PM

New Delhi:

Legendary Australian hockey player Jamie Dwyer is all set to call time on his illustrious career within next two months, ruling out any possibility of representing the ‘Kookaburras’ in their Champions Trophy defence in India later this year.

Asked if the Indian hockey lovers would see him in action in December, Dwyer told PTI from Perth, “No I don’t think I am going to play in the Champions Trophy (in December this year).  There are very mild chances of that. I am undecided at the moment (whether to retire from international hockey). I will make a decision in the next two months.”

The 35th edition of prestigiuos FIH Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy will be held in Bhubaneswar, India from December 13 to 21 this year.

Dwyer said that he would be present during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro albeit in a different avatar.

“You will see me there (in Rio Olympics) but I guess not as a player. I am going to play the rest of the year with my club in the Australian Hockey League and then the Hockey India League early next year and then see what happens,” he said.

Three-time Olympian Dwyer has been an integral part of Australian hockey team since making his debut in 2001. In his 13-year-old illustrious career, Dwyer has achieved every possible recognition and medals, which includes two world titles, an Olympic gold, three Commonwealth Games gold and six consecutive Champions Trophy titles.

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First Published : 22 Jul 2014, 08:38:00 PM

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