The Indian hockey captain said it will only benefit the game in the country.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Luckless Korea went down 4-5 to Germany in a 5-8 classification match at the Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday.
The other Indian shuttlers who participated in the singles events of the Super 1000 tournament have already left Thailand while the doubles players will fly out on Monday.
Drag-flicker Diwakar Ram continued his fine form and scored a brace to give India a comfortable 3-1 victory over Malaysia and place in the semi-finals of the men's junior Asia Cup hockey tournament, at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
India went on a goal-scoring spree and thrashed Japan 7-2 in their first Pool G play-off match for 9 to 16 places in the men's Junior Hockey World Cup in Singapore on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The ace forward, who was suspended for unruly conduct, was named in the 26-man probables' list for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland.
Korea and Pakistan scored hard-fought victories to join Australia in the second round of the Rabobank Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
Pakistan conceded a last minute goal to allow South Korea escape with a 3-3 draw in a thrilling pool 'B' match in the sixth men's junior Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Sandeep Singh's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory over England in their concluding league match in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
The Aussies routed Belgium 7-1 for their second successive victory in the Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
India frittered away a 2-0 first half lead and lost to Australia 3-2 in the semi-finals of the Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
An extra-time goal by Pedro Ibarra carried Argentina to a 2-1 victory against Spain in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
India struggled to beat England while Spain made the grade after the Dutch shocked Korea in the last league matches in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
India took a decisive step towards a semi-final spot with a 3-1 victory in a crucial Pool E encounter of the Rabobank Men's Junior hockey World Cup.
The defending champions laboured to a 3-2 victory in their second match of the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup.
A 3-2 victory gave Pakistan their second victory in the six-nation Junior hockey tournament.
The ace striker has been called to the pre-tournament hockey camp after recovering from an injury.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra made the announcement during the send-off ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.
Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners to help India successfully defend its Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 hockey title, beating Great Britain 2-1 in a keenly-contested final.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap knocked out top seed Lee Hyun Il of Korea in the men's singles opening round of the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Anaheim, United States.
Mary was back in her preferred 48kg category as she overcame the challenge from younger competitors to make it to the Indian team for the marquee continental event, which is to be held from November 2 to November 11 in the Ho Chi Minh City.
At 14 she represented India for the first time and scored a scintillating goal. Since then there has been no looking back for this striker with electric speed and agility.
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
Was it badminton sensation PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold medal? Or is it the young shooting progidy Saurabh Chaudhary? Or his India colleague Elavenil Valarivan, who recently took over as World No 1? What about India's heroes on the cricketing field -- Virat Kohli? Rohit Sharma?
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was named the Indian contingent's flag-bearer for the Asian Games opening ceremony to be held on August 18 in Jakarta.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
An Olympic campaign saved by the fortitude of three women, a cricket team that rediscovered itself under a bold and zealous Virat Kohli -- Indian sports in 2016 was a dramatic mix of highs and lows wherein athletes mostly raised the bar but administrators found new ways to embarrass the country.
India's 572 athletes hope to return home with an overflowing treasure chest of medals.
