Asian
Champion Indian hockey team rejects prize money
TNN
& Agencies | Sep 14, 2011
NEW DELHI: The Asian
Champion Indian hockey team is upset over the prize money given to them by
Hockey India as skipper Rajpal Singh refused to accept the cash prize of Rs
25,000.
The winning hockey
national team was offered Rs 25,000 per player by the sports minister Ajay
Maken during their felicitation ceremony.
Hockey team captain
Rajpal Singh said that their feat of beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the finals
of the prestigious event was not rewarded well and added that his team was
disappointed by the hollow claims of the sports minister to revive the national
sport in the country.
"The Sports
Minster did not come true to our expectations, the money should be better not
just for the motivation of the current crop of players but for the future
generations who like to take up the national sport," Rajpal said.
The skipper also
added that the sports federation can take a leaf out of BCCI's working and
awarding of the players to motivate them for better results.
India had beaten
Pakistan 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy finals on Sunday in Ordos, China.
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