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Hockey India Annual Awards 2025: Hardik Singh, Navneet Kaur win Players of the Year
At the 8th Hockey India Annual Awards in New Delhi, Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur were named Players of the Year 2025.
Key highlights
Direct fact
In 2026, the 8th Hockey India Annual Awards were held in New Delhi, where Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur were named the Players of the Year 2025 and Zafar Iqbal received the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.
Key specifics
- Hardik Singh won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award with a cash prize of ₹20 lakh.
- Navneet Kaur also received the Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award and ₹20 lakh.
- Zafar Iqbal got the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award with ₹25 lakh.
- Prince Deep Singh and Sakshi Rana were named Upcoming Player of the Year in the Under-21 category, with ₹10 lakh each.
- The Indian Men’s Hockey Team received ₹1.38 crore and the Women’s Hockey Team received ₹69 lakh as performance incentives.
Exam lens
Question type: Awards and sports personalities, award-name matching, cash prize recall, and milestone recognition. TNPSC one-liner: Who won the Hockey India Players of the Year awards in 2025 and which legend received the lifetime honour?