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Global hockey body sets up expert panel to enhance profile, TV coverage
MUMBAI: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has set up a new advisory panel to assist it in the creation of new events and make decisions on hosting that will improve its television exposure worldwide.
The broad ambit of the panel, comprising industry experts, is to advise it on how to make the sport more commercially viable and expand television coverage of its events.
Ten Sports vice president programming Peter Hutton is a member of the panel that includes former Octagon CEO Karl Bistany and the English Cricket Board’s David Collier.
The first meeting will be at Lords on 14 May, where the group will make initial recommendations to the FIH. Ten Sports hold the television rights for FIH events in the Indian sub-continent and Middle East including the upcoming mens and womens hockey World Cups.
The panel will also include members of the FIH’s existing marketing and events committees of which Collier is already a member.
FIH marketing director Steve Morris, who will also feature on the panel, was quoted by Sportcal.com as saying that that the FIH had reviewed its events calendar over the past six months and concluded that its strategy could be improved.
Sportcal.com further reports that the FIH is in negotiations over the renewal of sponsorship deals with its four global partners – BDO International, Radobank, Sahara India, Samsung Electronics – which expire at the end of 2006.
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Kamlesh Singh receives Haldi Ghati Award from MMCF
India Today Group editor honoured for three decades of journalism at Udaipur ceremony.
MUMBAI- Kamlesh Singh just turned a lifetime of sharp words into a shiny shield because when journalism wakes up a society, even the Maharana of Mewar wants to pin a medal on it.
The Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF) conferred its prestigious Haldi Ghati Award on Kamlesh Singh, a senior editor at the India Today Group, during a ceremony in Udaipur on 15 March 2026. The national award, instituted in 1981-82, recognises “work of permanent value that initiates an awakening in society through the medium of journalism.”
Singh, who leads several editorial initiatives including Aaj Tak Radio, the Teen Taal community and The Lallantop, was presented the honour by Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar, Managing Trustee of MMCF. The citation highlighted his three decades of contributions to Indian media, innovations in digital journalism, mentoring young reporters, and his popular podcast persona “Tau” on Teen Taal, which fosters thoughtful public discourse.
The Haldi Ghati Award, named after the historic Battle of Haldighati symbolising valour and resilience, is one of four national awards given annually by MMCF. Past recipients include Tavleen Singh, Piyush Pandey and Raj Chengappa.
Other honourees this year included Padma Vibhushan Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vedamurti Devvrat Rekhe, Treeman of India Marimuthu Yoganathan, Vir Chakra Capt Rizwan Malik, and US-based researcher Molly Emma Aitken, who received the Colonel James Tod Award for contributions to understanding Mewar’s spirit and values.
In an era where headlines often shout louder than substance, the MMCF quietly reminded everyone that real journalism isn’t about noise, it’s about the quiet, persistent work that stirs society awake, one thoughtful story at a time.
