Bengaluru, Feb. 13 -- Indian Women's Hockey Team coach Sjoerd Marijne, under whom the team clinched a historic fourth-place finish at the Olympics, has returned with a renewed vision and a focus on team unity ahead of the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup Qualifiers next month.

The coach under whom India missed their first-ever Olympic medal by a whisker at the Tokyo Games said he was delighted by his reappointment in January and hoped to steer the team to victories.

Asked about India's chances of making it into the top five in international rankings, Marijne emphasised the importance of steady daily efforts. "I don't have control over the outcome. But I have control of what we do day and night. And how we work with the team," he told ANI. ...