New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated each the Indian women and men’s hockey groups on the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Head Office right here on Monday for his or her stupendous efficiency within the just-concluded Under-18 Asia Cup in Japan.
The Indian U-18 males’s hockey staff, led by captain Ketan Kushwaha, had been topped champions of the U-18 Asia Cup 2026 after defeating hosts Japan 4-1 within the last in Kakamigahara on Friday.
The Union Sports Minister handed a cheque of Rs 61.5 Lakh to the boys’s staff. On the opposite hand, the Indian U-18 girls’s hockey staff, led by captain Sweety Kujur, secured the bronze medal on the Under-18 Asia Cup after registering a commanding 3-0 victory over Korea within the bronze medal match. Dr Mandaviya handed the ladies’s staff a cheque of Rs 21 Lakh as encouragement, as per a press launch.
Dr Mandaviya shared phrases of encouragement for each the boys’s and ladies’s groups, saying, ‘I wish to congratulate each the groups for the arduous work they’ve put in for bringing laurels for the nation. The whole nation is happy with you. I wish to let you know that that is simply the beginning. There is not any different for arduous work. Someone who has scored 13 targets ought to consider scoring 15 or extra targets. Someone who has stopped 10 targets ought to purpose for not letting the opponents even rating one. Whether you examine or play sports activities, there ought to be whole dedication. Keep performing to one of the best of your talents and making your mother and father and well-wishers glad; that ought to be your purpose.’
Mandaviya mentioned that the Government of India is absolutely dedicated to remodeling India right into a sports activities superpower as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Sports Minister additionally felicitated the Best scorer within the males’s & girls’s groups, Ashish Tani Purti and Nousheen Naz, and one of the best goalkeeper, Ayush Rajak, who saved 10 targets within the prestigious event.
The Sports Minister additionally felicitated former Indian hockey captains Rani Rampal and Sardara Singh, who’re serving because the coaches of the Indian girls’s and males’s groups, respectively, for the Under-18 Asia Cup. (ANI)