Hockey

Every year on August 29th, National Sports Day is observed to honor hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. Major Dhyan Chand Singh, who won gold medals for India in the Olympics in 1928, 1932, and 1936, was born on this day.

The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose International stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by former chief minister of Odisha Late Biju Patnaik in 1978.

The Odisha Government will sponsor both the national teams for another 10 years till 2033 once the existing sponsorship contract ends in 2023, said CM Naveen Patnaik.

Major Dhyan Chand  had been an Indian field hockey player who was largely considered as one of the best in the sport's history.

Secretary to CM (5T) V. Karthikeyan Pandian interacted with the Hockey Olympians from Odisha Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas and congratulated them on their outstanding performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

India has a total of ten gold medals from the Olympics. Eight of them are from the men's hockey team. Neeraj Chopra is the second individual Gold medallist after Abhinav Bindra.