Coach dedicates kabaddi win to martyrs

AHMEDABAD — Indian kabaddi team head coach Balwan Singh on Saturday dedicated his team’s World Cup win to the Indian Army soldiers who were martyred in the last month’s terrorist attack in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir.

“We dedicate this win to our brave soldiers who laid down their lives in the terrorist attack in Uri,” Balwan told reporters after the final. We salute them. We had planned before the match that we will give something to the nation. We wanted to win the World Cup for our nation and our soldiers,” he said.

Balwan asserted that winning for the nation matters the most for him and his players. —