Close X
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
ADVT 
Sports

Punjab hockey players to get Rs 2.25 cr each on winning Oly gold

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Jul, 2021 01:13 PM
  • Punjab hockey players to get Rs 2.25 cr each on winning Oly gold

Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmeet Sodhi announced on Friday that hockey players from the state representing India at the Tokyo Olympics would get Rs 2.25 crore each if the team wins the gold medal.

Earlier, an amount of Rs 2.25 crore was announced for the entire team on winning gold at the Olympics.

Sodhi said that 11 players from the state are giving their best for the Indian hockey team competing in Tokyo Olympics.

India has finished second in Group A behind Australia in Tokyo and will take on Great Britain in the quarterfinal to be played on Sunday.

MORE Sports ARTICLES

Swapna Barman Becomes First Indian Heptathlete To Win Asiad Gold

Swapna Barman Becomes First Indian Heptathlete To Win Asiad Gold
Swapna Barman on Wednesday created history by becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold here, a feat she achieved despite competing with pain due to a toothache.

Swapna Barman Becomes First Indian Heptathlete To Win Asiad Gold

Indian Women’s Team Reaches First Asian Games Final In 20 Years

Indian Women’s Team Reaches First Asian Games Final In 20 Years
The Indian women’s hockey team made its first Asian Games final in 20 years, outlasting three-time champions China 1-0 in a fiercely-contested battle here on Wednesday.

Indian Women’s Team Reaches First Asian Games Final In 20 Years

Arpinder Singh Wins Gold In Men’s Triple Jump; First For India In 48 Years

Arpinder Singh Wins Gold In Men’s Triple Jump; First For India In 48 Years
  Arpinder Singh clinched India’s first men’s triple jump gold in 48 years with a jump of 16.77m in the Asian Games here on Wednesday.

Arpinder Singh Wins Gold In Men’s Triple Jump; First For India In 48 Years

Four Medals In Athletics, New Firsts For PV  Sindhu, Saina Nehwal

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's historic gold medal, along with three silver medals in athletics, continued success stories of P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal and the men's table tennis team's first-ever medal assurance marked a successful day for India at the Asian Games here on Monday.

Four Medals In Athletics, New Firsts For PV  Sindhu, Saina Nehwal

Dutee Chand, Hima Das And Muhammed Anas Add Three Silvers To India’s Tally

Dutee Chand, Hima Das And Muhammed Anas Add Three Silvers To India’s Tally
Indian sprinters Muhammed Anas, Hima Das and Dutee Chand claimed silver medals, while two rare silver medals in equestrian and two bronze medals in the bridge event soared India's medal tally to 36 at the end of ninth day at the 18th Asian Games on Sunday.

Dutee Chand, Hima Das And Muhammed Anas Add Three Silvers To India’s Tally

Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu Assure India Historic Medals

Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu Assure India Historic Medals
Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal today headed for a gold medal showdown at the 18th Asian Games after their quarterfinal victories ensured India’s first ever women’s singles medals at the Continental event.

Asian Games 2018: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu Assure India Historic Medals