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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.

The national hockey camp will finally begin at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bengaluru on August 4, after a six-week gap. According to SAI, 33 men candidates, 31 women and their staff have been asked to report at the venue for the camp that will continue till September 30.

Indian hockey star P.R. Srejejesh has confessed that the Men’s hockey team has the potential to break the Olympic jinx and win a medal for the first time in 40 years. The men's team still hold the record of winning eight gold medals at the Games but they've been without a medal since the 1980 gold.