Sports Ministry recommends Hockey legend Dhyan Chand for “Bharat Ratna”

Indian Sports Ministry recommended name of legendary Hockey player Major Dhyan Chand for highest civilian honor – the Bharat Ratna. The Minstry had already sent the letter to the Prime Minister in this regard. Recently, Indian government included sports person to be eligible for Bharat Ratna.

By recommending Legendary Dhyan Chand’s name; Indian Sports ministry put an end to the debate about other names such as cricket great Sachin Tendulkar and Chess champiaon V. Anand. Dhyan Chand popularly known as “The Wizard” scored more than 400 international goals and played vital role in India’s Gold Medal wins during 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics.

Season 2: World Series Hockey to start on 15th December

The second season of the biggest hockey league in the world – World Series Hockey would be conducted during 15^th December 2012 and 20^th January 2013. Although not recognized by the sport's world governing body FIH, World Series Hockey was hugely successful benefiting all the stakeholders such as players, franchises, owners and commercial partners.

Joint initiative by Nimbus Sport and Indian Hockey Federation, World Series Hockey became quite popular among hockey fans as well as other sport fans. As a result, it is second largest sports league in India after Indian Premier League (IPL).