CWG hockey final 2010 : PM to Watch

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will cheer the Indian hockey team which clashes with world champion Australia in the Commonwealth Games final while his wife Gursharan Kaur goes to Siri Fort Auditorium to root for ace shuttler Saina Nehwal who vies for gold tomorrow.

The PM will watch the match at the Dhyan Chand Stadium in the company of former hockey Olympians Zafar Iqbal, Balbir Singh, Ajitpal Singh, Ashok Kumar and others, PMO sources said.

At the same time, Gursharan Kaur will join other sport enthusiasts at the Siri Fort Auditorium where Saina features in the final of the women’s badminton singles.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul had cheered the Indian hockey team at the same venue where it had thrashed Pakistan 7-3 and entered semifinals. In the semis, India defeated England in a tie-breaker yesterday.