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Hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay feels that the upcoming FIH Pro League matches against Argentina will help the Indian team to assess their strengths and weaknesses ahead of 2021 Tokyo Olympics. India have been pitted alongside Argentina, Australia, Spain, Japan, and New Zealand in the group stages.

Indian hockey star Varun Kumar revealed that the advice from senior players like Manpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh and Rupinder Pal helped him recover from injuries and make his comeback with the national team. The Indian team will be up against Argentina in their Pro League matches on April 11 and 12.

The Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High-Performance Centre (HPC), set-up in Bhubaneswar with a vision to groom the upcoming sporting talent in hockey and produce world-class sportspersons, has commenced its boys’ resident programme at the Kalinga Hockey Complex. Tata Steel confirmed the same.

Odisha's Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, announced India's largest Hockey Stadium in Rourkela for hosting the 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup, with a sitting capacity of around 20,000 people with world-class facilities. Alongside that, the work to develop synthetic hockey turf has commenced.