India ends 44-year wait for gold

The Indian women's hockey team beat China one nil in the final on October second, twenty twenty six, at the Asian Games. It was India's first gold medal in the sport since nineteen eighty two.

Odisha announces cash rewards

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on October third, twenty twenty six, that each player would receive eleven lakh rupees. Support staff would get five point five lakh rupees each.

Victory qualifies team for Olympics

By winning the Asian Games gold, India's women's hockey team also qualified for the two thousand twenty eight Los Angeles Olympics. They defeated defending champions and Olympic silver medallists China.

Odisha's long commitment to hockey

The Odisha government became the first Indian state to sponsor national hockey teams in twenty eighteen. It will remain the official sponsor of men's and women's teams, senior and junior, until twenty thirty six.

Prize adds to Hockey India's reward

Odisha's Sports Department Secretary Bhupendra Singh Poonia said the state's cash prize was over and above the reward already announced by Hockey India. The government said it stands firmly with Indian hockey.

“The cash prize for the players announced by the chief minister is over and above the one that has been announced by Hockey India yesterday”