The 36th National Games hockey action will begin in Rajkot on October 2. Dilip Tirkey's big goal is to promote hockey in a big way where the game was once very popular.
The newly elected president mentioned that his unopposed election as the President of Hockey India is the reflection of Odisha and its Chief Minister's efforts to promote sports, especially hockey.
Dilip Tirkey, the member of the 1998 Asian Games gold medal-winning side, was elected unopposed after two others, who had filed nominations for president's post, withdrew their nominations.
The goalkeeper highlighted that the International Hockey Federation allows him to carry a hockey stick which is over 40 inches, however on the contrary the airline demanded more than a thousand rupees for him to carry the same.
She further stressed on the team's World Cup outing where things didn't go their way but they rallied together to bounce back from the disappointment of losing the crossover match against Spain.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 23 (ANI): Ahead of hosting the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup in 2023, the Odisha Cabinet on Thursday approved the revised project cost of Rs 875.78 crores.
The three-time Olympian MM Somaya was an elegant right half-back in his prime, concedes that Haryana, Punjab and Kerala, who have been dominating the medals table in recent years, cannot be ignored.
After an impressive second-place finish at the Commonwealth Games 2022, the Indian Hockey team is keen on making up for the disappointment of the 2018 FIH World Cup in Bhubaneswar, Odisha