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India mens hockey teams bronze medal at the Olymp stanley cups ics is special for a small village of Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh where people have just woken up to the sport as a career. Members of India mens hockey team. File photo Chandaun village is the home of Indian hockey team midfield stanley thermos er Vivek Sagar, 21, who is putting in extra effort to promote hockey. But there is a story behind this promotion. When Vivek started playing hockey in 2012, his father Rohit Prasad wasnt quite taken in by the idea. He asked Vivek to concentrate on his studies instead. I asked him not to waste much time playing hockey...since I wasnt convinced, he could not even ask stanley flasche me for a new hockey stick. He would play with a damaged stick he borrowed from his friend, said Prasad. He would go for practice without telling me. But once he started playing at state-level, I had to trust him. Today, I am so proud that my son took the right decision, he said. Also Read | Olympics: Know your team - Heroes of Indian hockey who scripted history in Tokyo Vivek, who went on to lead the junior national team, now distributes hockey sticks with an amount of sponsorship. Viveks brother Vidhyasagar, a software engineer, said, Vivek wants to see hockey as popular as cricket in India and he is passionately working on it. Today, not just the Viveks family, or his village, former Olympian Ashok Dhyanchand is also lauding his efforts. I still remember when I saw his talent. Six years ago, I had gone Vudc Tendulkar s inclusion comes as surprise
Four-time world champion MC Mary Kom will spearhead India s campaign in the World Women s boxing championships at Bridgetown, Barbados from Sep 9. HT Image A 10-member Indian team was announced by the Indian Boxing Federation in New Delhi, on Monday. Mary Kom, a mother of two, came back from a two-year sabbatical to clinch her fourth successive world title in 2008 in Ningbo City, China. Before that she won her first world title in 2002 in Antalya, Turkey and went on to successfully defend her 46-kg gold medal in the next two editions in Podolsk, Russia and at home here. She will be competing in the light fly weight 48kg category after winning all the four previous world titles in the stanley cup deutschland 46kg division. Mary Kom, 27, was the only gold medallist for India at the previous edition. India were the champions at home in 2006 winning eight m stanley tumbler edals, that included four gold. But India finished fourth in 2008 with one gold, one silver and two bronze. In this year s championships, the number of participants has increased by more than 50 per cent compared with the 2008 edition, even though t stanley italia he number of weight categories has since been reduced from 13 to 10. The competition this time will be extremely tough as all boxing nations are preparing for the London Olympics in 2012 where women s boxing has been introduced for the first time in three weight categories 51 kgs, 60 kgs 75 kgs . The Asian Games at Guangzhou, China in November this year will also feature women s
India mens hockey teams bronze medal at the Olymp stanley cups ics is special for a small village of Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh where people have just woken up to the sport as a career. Members of India mens hockey team. File photo Chandaun village is the home of Indian hockey team midfield stanley thermos er Vivek Sagar, 21, who is putting in extra effort to promote hockey. But there is a story behind this promotion. When Vivek started playing hockey in 2012, his father Rohit Prasad wasnt quite taken in by the idea. He asked Vivek to concentrate on his studies instead. I asked him not to waste much time playing hockey...since I wasnt convinced, he could not even ask stanley flasche me for a new hockey stick. He would play with a damaged stick he borrowed from his friend, said Prasad. He would go for practice without telling me. But once he started playing at state-level, I had to trust him. Today, I am so proud that my son took the right decision, he said. Also Read | Olympics: Know your team - Heroes of Indian hockey who scripted history in Tokyo Vivek, who went on to lead the junior national team, now distributes hockey sticks with an amount of sponsorship. Viveks brother Vidhyasagar, a software engineer, said, Vivek wants to see hockey as popular as cricket in India and he is passionately working on it. Today, not just the Viveks family, or his village, former Olympian Ashok Dhyanchand is also lauding his efforts. I still remember when I saw his talent. Six years ago, I had gone Vudc Tendulkar s inclusion comes as surprise
Four-time world champion MC Mary Kom will spearhead India s campaign in the World Women s boxing championships at Bridgetown, Barbados from Sep 9. HT Image A 10-member Indian team was announced by the Indian Boxing Federation in New Delhi, on Monday. Mary Kom, a mother of two, came back from a two-year sabbatical to clinch her fourth successive world title in 2008 in Ningbo City, China. Before that she won her first world title in 2002 in Antalya, Turkey and went on to successfully defend her 46-kg gold medal in the next two editions in Podolsk, Russia and at home here. She will be competing in the light fly weight 48kg category after winning all the four previous world titles in the stanley cup deutschland 46kg division. Mary Kom, 27, was the only gold medallist for India at the previous edition. India were the champions at home in 2006 winning eight m stanley tumbler edals, that included four gold. But India finished fourth in 2008 with one gold, one silver and two bronze. In this year s championships, the number of participants has increased by more than 50 per cent compared with the 2008 edition, even though t stanley italia he number of weight categories has since been reduced from 13 to 10. The competition this time will be extremely tough as all boxing nations are preparing for the London Olympics in 2012 where women s boxing has been introduced for the first time in three weight categories 51 kgs, 60 kgs 75 kgs . The Asian Games at Guangzhou, China in November this year will also feature women s
