Indian Railways has emerged as champions for the first time in 32nd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament. They have defeated the defending champions Indian Oil Corporation of Mumbai by 4-3 in the nail biting final at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium. Star-studded Indian Oil Corporation finished runners-up for the sixth time. The winners were presented a cheque of Rs 5 lakh and the trophy. Runners-up get cash award of Rs 2.50 lakh and trophy. The Player of the Tournament Malak Singh of Indian Railways was given a cash award of Rs 25000.

Did You Know???

• ‘Blackheath Rughy and Hockey Club’ is the first hockey club in the world which was set up in the year 1861 in England.
• The apex institution of hockey is ‘Federation Internationale de Hockey’, which was established on January 7, 1924, with headquarters at Vienna (Austria), which was later shifted to Paris (France).
• Hockey was introduced in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1908 in London.
• Since 1944, National Hockey Championship is organised by the IHF every year.
• All India Women’s Hockey Federation was formed in 1947.
• India took that part in Olympics for the first time in 1928 (in Amsterdam Olympics)
• In Olympics, India has won the hockey title a maximum of 8 times. The first World Cup Hockey was played in Barcelona in 1971.