Hasan Sardar feels the rise of cricket and "unprofessional" attitude of the national federation (PHF) has led to hockey's slow demise in the neighbouring country.
Spain stunned the Argentines as early as in the third minute through young Enrique Gonzalez's fine field strike past Argentina goalkeeper Juan Vivaldi.
India scored three fine field goals in a span of four minutes to take the match out of South Africa's reach.
While Shah Rukh Khan shared his words of wisdom with the team captains, Madhuri Dixit put up an elegant performance while AR Rahman belted out a few hit numbers.
The video displays glimpses of rich culture and heritage of Odisha at its best.
Indian and Pakistan were declared as the joint winners after the final was abandoned due to bad weather conditions.
Placed fifth in the latest world rankings, India is the top-ranked team among the competing nations, while Japan are ranked No.16.
It is a very proud moment for me personally and I owe this to my Coaches over the years, my teammates and my family for their constant support since the very beginning.
India men's hockey team made a mockery of Sri Lankan challenge pumping in 20 goals to remain unbeaten in the pool stages.
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Neha Goyal gave India the lead in the 25th minute before Lily Owsley equalised from a penalty corner in the 54th minute.
India beat New Zealand 3-1 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series at the Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru Campus.
Rupinder Pal Singh (2', 34'), Mandeep Singh (15') and Harmanpreet Singh (38') scored for India while Stephen Jenness (26', 55') scored a brace for the visitors.
India have been clubbed in Pool A in the men's competition alongside Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong China.
The Indian team will play their opening match against Ireland on July 14.
Hockey is the unofficial national game of the country and with Odisha all set to host the World Cup in November, Patnaik asked Prime Minister to make the status official.
Hockey already enjoys the status of the unofficial national game of India and with Odisha all set to host the World Cup in November, Patnaik urged PM Modi to make the status official.
South Korea kept a resolute defence and score the only goal of the match in the 24th minute when Youngsil Lee found the back of the net from a field effort.
Rajinder Singh was today named the president of Hockey India (HI), following Mariamma Koshy's resignation from the post.
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