National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29, on the birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand. But the hockey great has been so far been denied India's greatest honour, Bharat Ratna
David John's contract was renewed by the SAI till September 2021 but the Australian preferred to resign, claiming that he was being sidelined by the Hockey India for a long time
Surender Kumar alongwith five other India players were on Monday discharged from a hospital in Bengaluru after recovering from COVID-19
Male recurve archer Atanu Das, kabaddi player Deepak Hooda and tennis player Divij Sharan have also been recommended for Arjuna award
Around 61 athletes, including 30 junior women, 26 junior men, four senior women and one senior men's team core probable, will benefit from the initiative
Training camps for both the men and women teams will begin from Wednesday. However, the six recovered players will be in isolation for some time
The men's and women's Indian national hockey teams will resume traninng at SAI's centre in Bengaluru
Mandeep Singh, captain Manpreet, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak tested positive for COVID-19
Currently, 33 male and 24 female players are in Bengaluru for the camp. The six COVID-19 positive men -- mostly from Punjab -- were part of a 10-member group that travelled together from New Delhi
