New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) The Sahara Group today renewed its association with Hockey India by signing a sponsorship deal till 2021. Under the new agreement, men and women hockey teams at both junior and senior levels will benefit from the company’s sponsorship deal, aimed at supporting India's preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sahara India Pariwar has been associated with Indian Hockey since 1995 and with this new agreement, it will be the national teams major partner until 2021. “Hockey is our national game and we are very proud of the team’s performances at both junior and senior level, men and women, in the past year," Abhijit Sarkar, Head Corporate Communications, Sahara India Pariwar said in a statement."We at Sahara India Pariwar believe that with adequate backing the young crop of players have it in them to create greater success stories in the following years similar to the Junior World Cup win, the men's FIH Champions Trophy Silver medal performance as well as the women winning the Asian Champions Trophy," Mr Sarkar said. Sahara India Pariwar has been a major supporter of Indian Hockey for a long time now and they are very grateful to them for partnering us in our endeavor to bring about the hockey revolution Mariamma Koshy, President, Hockey India said. "They were a major support to us at the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Hockey Junior World Cup Men Lucknow 2016 where they helped some of the foreign teams with accommodation at their very well-maintained Sahara City," Koshy said. Sahara India Pariwar who owns the Uttar Pradesh Wizards franchise in the annual Hockey India League tournament has been a strong contributor to the HIL since its inception in 2013. UNI NC SW 1541