Pritam Siwach win Khelo India hockey league title

Lucknow: Pritam Siwach Sports Foundation bagged the Khelo India Women’s League (U-21) cup, defeating HAR Hockey Academy 2-0 in the final played on Tuesday at the Padma Shri Mohd Shahid Hockey Stadium here.A total of Rs 54.40 Lakh was sanctioned by the sports department for the conduct of the tournament over three phases. While the winning team bagged a prize money of Rs 5 Lakh, the runners-up took home a prize money of Rs 3 Lakh and the teams securing the third and fourth spot got Rs 2 Lakh each.In the final match, Tannu opened the scoring via a field goal in the first quarter, while Sakshi Rana doubled the lead for Pritam Siwach in the third quarter after converting a penalty corner.Meanwhile, Sports Hostel Odisha beat SAI Bal team 3-1 in the match for the third spot earlier in the day. Navneet Sehgal, additional chief secretary, sports, RP Singh, director, sports, Sanjay Saraswat, senior executive director, Sports Authority of India, Sayyed Ali, Olympian, Sujit Kumar, Olympian, Rajneesh Mishra, international hockey player, Piyush Kumar Dubey, hockey high performance manager, Prabal Pandey, member, TIDC, Khelo India and Devendra Sharma, official Hockey India, attended the closing function.tnn