Sahara India Parivar, the sponsors of World Cup, has released Rs 1 crore to be distributed immediately among the striking players. Also, UP chief minister has announced a financial assistance of Rs five crore to Indian hockey team. So, the strike might come to an end with this. The whole episode had been very disturbing when the Indian players had gone on strike when the Hockey India did not listen to their demand to release their arrears for 2009, a graded payment system and daily allowance for the players (during matches and during practice sessions).

Our View: The condition of hockey or any other sport, except cricket, is very bad in India. We can take two clues from here :
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