Chennai, Oct. 21 -- Ten teams, including a junior team from Malaysia, will vie for honours in the 97th All India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament to be held here from tomorrow to November 1, 2026.
The Malaysian team's participation marked its second consecutive appearance in the tournament to be held Mayor Radhakrishnan astro-turf hockey stadium.
The ten teams were divided into two groups and the top two teams from each group would make it to the semifinals to be played on October 31. The final would be played on November one, with the winner taking home a purse of Rs seven lakh and the runner-up Rs.five lakh, Arun Murugappan, Executive Chairman, Tube Investments of India (part of Murugappa Group), Organising Secretary S.L.Rajiv R...