BHUBANESWAR 27-Nov-2019
Government of Odisha commemorated the first anniversary of Hockey Mens World Cup 2018 as host by organising a pack of events here at Kalinga Stadium Hockey Complex today. A 15,000-strong crowd, featuring around 10,000 school and college students, roared in excitement when Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik announced that Hockey India has given Odisha the honour to host the FIH Hockey Mens World Cup consecutively for the second time.
The unassuming Chief Minister made it a double delight for the state in particular and hockey in general by announcing that steel city Rourkela of Sundargarh district, known as the cradle of the sports in the state, will be one of the two venues of the FIH Hockey Mens World Cup 2023 with the other being Bhubaneswar, which was the sole venue for the previous edition of the World Cup 2018.
