J.M. Carvalho
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J.M. Carvalho is a former India
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player and coach. He was awarded the Arjuna Award
for his performance. He quit the position of coach of Indian team when the team failed to qualify for 2008 Olympics- first time since 1928.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player and coach. He was awarded the Arjuna Award
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961 by the government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. The award carries a cash prize of 500,000, a bronze statuette of Arjuna and a scroll....
for his performance. He quit the position of coach of Indian team when the team failed to qualify for 2008 Olympics- first time since 1928.