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At Olympic Day commemorations, Maharashtra Sports minister Bansode announces funding for facilities for athletes
At the Olympic Day programme organised in Pune on behalf of the Maharashtra Olympic Association and in collaboration with the Maharashtra Directorate of Sports, state sports minister Sanjay ...
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P.R. Sreejesh expectedly took the sole goalkeeper’s spot as the veteran, along with Manpreet Singh, joined an elite club of Indian hockey players to appear in four Olympics each – others being ...
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Dhanraj Pillay (born 16 July 1968) is a retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the India national team. He also looks after the Air India Sports Promotion Board as a Joint Secretary based in Mumbai.
A broken hockey stick is only as good as the player who wields it. The start of Dhanraj Pillay’s career is proof of it. He attacked each of his goals with agility, to be rightly named Toofan...
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Aug 9, 2023 · Learn about Dhanraj Pillay, the only player to have played four Olympics and four World Cups for India. He overcame poverty and hardships to become a star forward and captain, and led India to Asian Games gold in 1998.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Born on 16th July 1968 in a small town of Khadki in Maharashtra, India, Dhanraj Pillay was one of the best forwards and former captains of the Indian hockey team. He is regarded as one of India's best-ever hockey player. He played for India in four Olympics, World Cups and Hockey Champion Trophies each.
Mar 25, 2020 · DHANRAJ PILLAY is the first hockey player to be bestowed with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. He spoke to Sportstar about his preparations for Sydney 2000 Olympics.
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Jan 29, 2021 · Learn about Dhanraj Pillay's achievements as a player and his current roles in hockey development and coaching. He is the only Indian hockey player to have participated in four World Cups, Olympic finals, Champions Trophies and Asian Games.
THE DEBUT OLYMPICS FOR DHANRAJ PILLAY. Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay’s international career was two years old when he was selected for the first of four Olympics he featured in. Chief coach Balkishen Singh, himself a hockey Olympic gold medallist, relied on Pillay’s dash and instinctively opportunistic scoring skills for the 1992 ...
