On August 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise call to Manpreet Singh, Captain of the Indian Hockey team, after they won Bronze Medal in Olympics.
PR Sreejesh - fondly known as "the wall" of the Indian Hockey team, was once confronted by a bunch of hyper-aggressive Shiv Sainiks who thought he is a Pakistani.
In the last few seconds of the semi-finals match, when Ravi Dahiya was attempting a pin down Sanayev, the Kazakhstan wrestler bit him hard on Dahiya's right arm leaving injury marks.