Veteran hockey player from Odisha Lazarus Barla receives Lifetime Achievement Award on National Sports Day
Bhubaneswar: Veteran hockey player from Odisha Lazarus Barla received the Lifetime Achievement Award on National Sports Day. The National Sports day is observed on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyanchand.
It is worth mentioning that Lazarus Barla from Odisha was a popular former international hockey player who represented played for the Indian National Hockey team.
On winning the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’, the former international hockey player Lazarus Barla told ANI, “It is a happy moment. Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award on the birth anniversary of Major Dhyanchand, also the National Sports Day is a huge deal.”
The former international hockey player further said, “The CM urged all senior players to contribute to the state in the field of our respective sports so that more and more people get the opportunity to represent the country in the world…”
Further detailed reports awaited in this regard.