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Mizoram In Focus As Future Women Hockey Stars Identified At ASMITA Sub-junior League

By IANS News April 23, 2025 • 17:30 PM View: 172

Naval Tata Hockey High Performance: Five under-16 girls from Mizoram are among the 15 selected by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to be inducted into the various National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs) for hockey. Seen as the building blocks for women’s hockey in India, the girls have been chosen after the conclusion of the 2024-25 season of the ASMITA league matches.

The 15 selected for training at the NCOEs include three players from Haryana and two each from Jharkhand and Odisha. The presence of girls from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh reflects the passion for hockey in India.

Piyush Dubey, the High-Performance Director for hockey at SAI and Khelo India, said these girls have been chosen keeping the 2032 and 2026 Olympics in mind.