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Odisha Developing Infra To Produce Best Hockey Players In Coming Years
The Men's Hockey World Cup will be hosted at the iconic Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar and newly constructed Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela from January 13 to 29. Apart from these two international standard hockey stadiums, the state government has created 17 astro-turf in 17 blocks of hockey cradle Sundargarh district.
Tribal-dominated Sundargarh district has so far produced more than 60 international players for both men's and women's teams. The famous names include members of the 1975 World Cup-winning squad, Michael Kindo, Hockey India chairman Dilip Tirkey and Prabodh Tirkey, among several others.
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