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Hockey India Annual Awards 2025: Hardik Singh, Navneet Kaur and Zafar Iqbal honoured
The 8th Hockey India Annual Awards were held in New Delhi, with Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur 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 received the Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award as Players of the Year 2025.
Key specifics
- Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur each received ₹20 lakh as the Player of the Year award.
- Zafar Iqbal got the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award with a prize of ₹25 lakh.
- Prince Deep Singh and Sakshi Rana won the Under-21 Upcoming Player awards, each carrying ₹10 lakh.
- Bichu Devi Kharibam, Sanjay, Sumit and Sukhjeet Singh won positional awards worth ₹5 lakh each.
- The Indian Men’s Hockey Team received ₹1.38 crore and the Women’s Team received ₹69 lakh as performance incentives.
Exam lens
Question type: Awards and sports personalities, prize money match-the-following, hockey awards. TNPSC may ask who won the Balbir Singh Sr. Award, the lifetime award winner, and the cash prize amounts.