{"id":2786,"date":"2012-02-29T17:45:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T17:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2012-02-29T17:45:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T17:45:34","slug":"sports-minister-praises-wsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Sports Minister Ajay Maken praises World Series Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"#\" title=\"Ajay Maken\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/ajay-maken.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ajay Maken\" width=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/><\/a>Chandigarh: <\/strong>The inaugural <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=World+Series+Hockey&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=World+Series+Hockey&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">World Series Hockey<\/a> (WSH) might have received strong resistance from <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Hockey+India&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Hockey+India&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Hockey India<\/a> but it did find a supporter in sports ministry. The league which was expected to involve the national players have backed out of the league fearing ban from international arena because the league is non- sanctioned and FIH does not allow players to take part in rebel leagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Feeling delighted about WSH which is a joint initiative of <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Indian+Hockey+Federa&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Indian+Hockey+Federa&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Indian Hockey Federation<\/a> and Nimbus Sport, Sports Minister <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Ajay+Maken&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Ajay+Maken&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Ajay Maken<\/a> in a video message aired during the opening ceremony of the event said,\u201dI congratulate the World Series Hockey and the Indian Hockey Federation for daring to dream and conducting such a grand hockey feast for the people of India and hockey players of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We may have lost ground for some time but that&#8217;s part and parcel of sports and life. The good news is that hockey is regaining ground and I&#8217;m very happy that the World Series Hockey is being held in India,&#8221; Maken said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It gives me great pride to see as many as 8 world-class floodlight hockey stadiums in 8 cities across India are being used for the WSH. As India&#8217;s Sports Minister it gives me great pride to announce that we are launching the first of its kind, a global league for the sport of hockey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event which started today in the Sector 42 Stadium here today would go on till April 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh: The inaugural World Series Hockey (WSH) might have received strong resistance from Hockey India but it did find a supporter in sports ministry. 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