Beighton Cup from tomorrow

KOLKATA, MARCH 24. Top hockey outfits from different parts of the country, including reigning champions Punjab and Sind Bank, will stake their claim for the prestigious 106th Servo-Beightion Cup hockey championship to be held here from March 26 to April 9.

Secretary of the Bengal Hockey Association and former India captain Gurubux Singh informed that beside 14 outstation teams like Army Eleven, Border Security Force (BSF), South Central Railway and Bangladesh Eleven consisting mostly of the national players, 14 local teams would also take part in the meet sponsored by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Teams which would lead the local challenge include B N Railway, CESC, Customs, Port Commissioners, Sai Eastern Centre and ERSA.

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