NEW DELHI: Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Thakur un-veiled the trophy that will be awarded to the winner of the Asian Champions Trophy which will be played in Chennai, at the Major Dhyanchand National Sta-dium here on Thursday.
Hockey India organised the elite event which was witnessed by the Hon’ble Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of Information & Broadcast-ing, Shri Anurag Thakur. The Asian Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held from August 3 with India, Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Pakistan, and China compet-ing for the title.
The trophy unveiling event turned out to be a spectacular celebration of Asian hockey, featuring a vibrant programme and attended by distinguished guests including, Anurag Thakur, Hockey India President Padmashri Dr. Dilip Kumar Tirkey, Hockey India Secretary General Bhola Nath Singh, and Hockey In-dia Treasurer and President Hockey Unit and Tamil Nadu (Host State) Sekar Ma-noharan.
Moreover, some prominent former international hockey players and Olympians including the likes of Harbinder Singh, Ashok Diwan, Zafar Iqbal, Romeo James, MP Singh, HPS Chimani, and Vineet Kumar also graced the occasion with their presence.
The ‘Pass the Ball’ campaign was launched during the event and it saw Anu-rag Thakur dribbling a hockey ball with a hockey stick and passing it to Indi-an hockey Legend Zafar Iqbal.
Furthermore, the event served as a prelude to the various promotional ac-tivities planned throughout the Pass the Ball and Trophy Tour, as the trophy travels across multiple cities including Delhi, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Bangalore, Trivandrum and host city Chennai, before vis-iting districts throughout the state of Tamil Nadu.
The Pass the Ball and Trophy Tour aims to create an electrifying atmos-phere, building anticipation among hockey fans and driving support for the In-dian men’s hockey team, Hockey India informed in a release on Thursday. IANS
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