State Sports Minister Udayanidhi Stalin presents a memento to HI secretary Bhola Nath Singh on the announcement of the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai.
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The seventh Asian males’s Champions Trophy hockey event will likely be held on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium right here from August 3 to 12. This is the primary time the event will likely be held in India.
Confirming this at a press convention on Monday, Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin stated the State Government would go all out to make sure the event turns into an enormous success.
“It’s a matter of pride for TN to be hosting a prestigious tournament after 16 long years,” stated Udhayanidhi. The final time an International hockey event was held in town was in 2007 when the Asia Cup was performed.
Hockey India secretary Bhola Nath Singh stated, “Odisha is renowned all over the world for its hockey. Hockey India will provide support to Udhayanidhi’s initiative to create a similar hockey hub in TN,” he stated.
HI treasurer and president of the Tamil Nadu unit Sekar J. Manoharan stated with extra such tournaments, there are extra possibilities of Tamil Nadu gamers making it to the Indian group.
Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu member secretary J. Meghanatha Reddy stated a brand new turf can be laid on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium quickly and search was on for a correct place to lay a observe turf.
India, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and China are anticipated to participate. April 25th would be the final date for the withdrawal of entries. Atulya Misra, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Youth Welfare and Sports Development spoke. I. Parandhamen, MLA, Egmore Constitutency, was current.
Star Sports will telecast the Asian Champions Trophy reside.