Mandaviya, Zafar Iqbal pay tribute to Dhyan Chand on National Sports Day

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya was joined by hockey legend Zafar Iqbal in paying tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on the National Sports Day here, with the latter also emphasising on the need to focus on disciplines like table tennis and swimming for bigger medal hauls in the Olympic Games.

The birth anniversary of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, who won gold medals in three successive Olympic during the pre-independence era, is celebrated as the National Sports Day.

Mandaviya, after paying floral tributes to the statue of Dhyan Chand at the National Stadium here, said staying fit was the key to building a healthy society.

"On the occasion of the National Sports Day, we paid a floral tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary. What Prime Minister Narendra Modi says is right... that is those who play, flourish," Mandaviya told PTI Videos after paying tribute to the legend on his 119th birth anniversary.

"The citizens of the country need to stay fit and healthy, and healt