Rijiju assures training restart for homesick Indian hockey teams
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The Olympic-bound Indian hockey teams have been confined to the SAI campus in Bengaluru since March due to the nation-wide coronavirus lockdown.
Indian forward S.V. Sunil during a training session at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in Bengaluru (File Photo). - FILE PHOTO/K. MURALI KUMAR
Lack of training is an obvious concern but India’s hockey players are also feeling homesick and they made that known to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, who assured them of a “controlled” resumption of practice soon in an online interaction on Thursday.