Times of India4/24/2026SportsIndia
From Discarded Stick to National Camp: Seoni Girl's Hockey Dream
Nausheen Naz, 15, from poverty-stricken Seoni, is India's most exciting women's hockey forward prospect, closing in on a spot in the Under-18 Asia Cup squad
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- Nausheen Naz, a 15-year-old from Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, has risen from poverty to become India's most promising women's hockey forward.
- Training at a national camp after being spotted by MP Hockey Academy in 2023, she was top scorer with nine goals at the 16th sub-junior women's national championship.
- Her father, a daily-wager earning Rs 250, could not afford proper hockey gear, but she used a discarded broken stick tied with cloth.
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Nausheen Naz, a 15-year-old from Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, has risen from poverty to become India's most promising women's hockey forward. Training at a national camp after being spotted by MP Hockey Academy in 2023, she was top scorer with nine goals at the 16th sub-junior women's national championship. Her father, a daily-wager earning Rs 250, could not afford proper hockey gear, but she used a discarded broken stick tied with cloth. She aims to play for India at the Under-18 Asia Cup starting May 29.
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