Jimmy likely to get international ban

National hockey team captain Rasel Mahmud Jimmy is likely to face an international ban as the four-member investigation committee comprising members of the selection committee and the national team has prepared a few recommendations for imposing a suspension on Jimmy for two to three years.

Four allegations -- criticising officials of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF), taking responsibility of publicity of the national team during the Hockey World League, threatening players of Army hockey team, and breaching the bond he had given to the federation previously -- were brought against Jimmy. The forward denied all the allegations during a hearing recently.

"We have all but prepared three recommendations which will be referred to the BHF working committee within a couple of days. We have recommended suspending Jimmy from international matches and foreign leagues for two to three years. We have also recommended serving a show-cause notice to national team coach Oliver Kurtz for allowing Jimmy to work in a publicity campaign and have asked him to consider players' past records, education and behaviour before selecting the captain of the national team," said a member on condition of anonymity.

"We could have recommended lesser punishment had Jimmy not refuted those allegations," said the source, adding that there was no recommendation made on suspending Jimmy from domestic competitions.

The final decision, however, will be taken at the next BHF working committee meeting.