Games winners feted

These included the Asian Games men8217;s hockey gold medal winning team members forward Sabu Varkey and mid-fielderSandeep Somesh who received Rs one lakh each.

Varkey, shockingly dropped by the Indian Hockey Federation IHF along with Somesh and four other Bangkok heroes for the nine-Test series against Pakistan scheduled in February, was awarded Rs 25,000 as well for being a member of the Indian team at the Commonwealth Games in Malaysia along with goalkeeper Jude Menezes.

Other award winners were:

Commonwealth Games: George Thomas badminton men8217;s team silver 8212; Rs 75,000; PVV Lakshmi, Neelima Chowdhary and ArchanaDeodhar badminton women8217;s team bronze 8212; Rs 50,000 each.

Asian Games: Devendra Joshi billiards doubles bronze 8212; Rs 50,000; Urvashi S Sodhi women8217;s golf participation 8212; Rs 25,000.