March 29 , 2010
Indian Hockey Team
The performance of Indian hockey team in the last hockey world cup was not too impressive. Though it is the fact that the nation lives on a daily dose of cricketing news and the T20 format ensures a round the year action that leaves little room for any other sport to capture our imagination. The Indian team’s eighth place finish in the Hockey World Cup may be disappointing to their fans, but International Hockey Federation chief Leandro Negre feels there is a marked improvement in their performance. Negre said India should be patient with their hockey team and have faith in Spanish coach Jose Brasa. I feel that if Indian Cricket Board can help Indian Hockey in this regards by investing some money to improve the infrastructure of Indian hockey. Many argue that the decadence of hockey coincided with the rise and the rise of The Cricket. The sport of the willow attracts all the sponsorships, monies, media coverage and ads while its players enjoy celebratory status. The amount of money invested behind Indian cricket if a part of that can be utilized behind India's hockey and football then some progress can be made. Once it was fast and furious sport of india, now it has become poor man sport. Hope goverment do something about this sport and invest on youth to bring back its glory.
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