INDIAN HOCKEY

Field hockey in India refers to two teams, the India men's national field hockey team and the India women's national field hockey team.
In Juof Indian state Odisha wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to declare field hockey as the national sport of India. The state government of Odisha has been supporting India's national field hockey team from February 2018 till next five years. The 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup was held in the Odisha capital Bhubaneswar between November 28 and December 16 and culminated with Belgium as World Champions defeating Netherlands in the finals. Field hockey was formerly India's National sport but this is no longer the case as the country now has no national sport