Newsinc24 Team 
FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup got off to a colourful start in the historic Barabati stadium in the millennium city of Cuttack in Odisha on Wednesday. The magnificent opening ceremony of the tournament was graced by Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik,Union minister of Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur, FIH President Tayyab Ikram, Hockey India President Dillip Tirkey, and a host of national and international players and delegates.
Addressing the huge audience in the stadium, the Odisha Chief Minister welcomed the participants while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Govt of India for all the support extended to Odisha in hosting the World Cup. The Union Minister Mr Thakur welcomed the players and delegates and said that hosting the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup is a great moment for India.
Thakur reflected on how the Indian hockey teams have gifted to the nation the prestigious Olympic gold cups in hockey, three times each, both before independence under the hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand and under another hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior after independence. He said, while the Indian govt has been doing its best to promote sports and games in the country including hockey, the states are also contributing immensely, to the true spirit of cooperative federalism.
The Celebrations have begun! Kicking off the show with an invocation ceremony led by Guru Aruna Mohanty, as a tribute to lord Jagannath.#HWC2023 #HockeyComesHome #OdishaForHockey #HockeyWorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/yP8jFRb3Nd
— Odisha Sports (@sports_odisha) January 11, 2023
The FIH hockey Men’s World Cup begins from coming Friday in both Capital Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
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