Hockey News: Indian hockey teams to start training from August 19

Sports Authority of India have announced that the Indian Men's and Indian Women's Hockey Teams are scheduled to resume sports activities from 19th August 2020, following the completion of their 14-day quarantine period. After having had detailed discussions with all stakeholders including the Chief Coaches and core probables of both the teams and after giving the utmost priority to the safety and well-being of all the athletes, it has been decided that the sporting activities will be resumed at SAI's National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, as scheduled earlier. Amid growing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, it was necessary to have detailed discussions with all stakeholders of both the teams, which resulted in having their consensus on the resumption of sports activities from 19th August 2020 onwards while maintaining proper social distancing norms and other guidelines in the SAI SOP.