The players of Madhya Pradesh Sports Academy are showcasing brilliant performances at the international platforms. Recently, at RoboBack Men's Hockey Champion Trophy (Senior) held at Netherlands, State’s player Vivek Sagar represented team India.
Amazingly, the team bagged silver medal at the championship. It is notweworthy that Vivek was the only player from Madhya Pradesh to be a part of team India at the championship. The player exhibited an impressive show at the championship.
Vivek Sagar was also in the Indian Hockey team that participated in the Commonwealth Games organized in Goldkosh Australia. Vivek Sagar will showcase his talent in the Youth Olympics to be held in Argentina in October 2018.
Here on Friday, Vivek met Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia. She congratulated Vivek for winning the silver medal in the championship and also representing the Indian team. She also encouraged Vivek to win a medal for India in the Asian Games.
Vivek left for Bangalore to participate in the training camp for Asian Games. The training camp will be organised on July 9 till July 22. Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Department Sl Thoussen congratulated Vivek and encouraged him to give excellent performance in the championship.
Vivek Sagar received training from Madhya Pradesh State Men's Hockey Academy from 2013 to 2016 and from September 2016, he is trained in National Hockey Academy, Delhi. Midfielder hockey player Vivek Sagar has played 12 international matches for the past nine months.
Thoussen said that with the initiative and efforts taken by Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia the players are getting advanced facilities at the State Sports Academies. The players are regularly trained to compete at international platforms and bring laurels to the State and the country.
On this occasion, the Technical Consultant and Chief Coach of the Hockey Academy M.K. Kaushik, Tushar Khankar, lokendra Sharma, Bittu Sigroha and Deep Singh Thakur were also present.