There will be no Hockey India League (HIL) in 2018 with Hockey India (HI) deciding to give the league a break next year and return in 2019. The decision was taken at the Hockey India Governing Committee meeting here on Tuesday. “It wasn’t possible to hold the HIL along with the World Cup and it would make no sense either. Plus there are the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the World Cup. What is interesting is that the dates for the 2018 Indoor World Cup were announced in January even as the HIL was on.

Source: The Hindu July 25, 2017 14:26 UTC