ESPN Star Sports on Thursday said that ING Vysya Life, a private sector life insurance company will sponsor the Bangalore team for the Premier Hockey League (PHL) from 2006. | |
| ING Vysya Life has also signed up as the official life insurer of the Premier Hockey League and as part of it, all participating Indian players will be provided a life insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh each. |
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| The Premier Hockey League is a brainchild of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), ESPN-Star Sports and Leisure Sports Management. ESPN-Star Sports will market and broadcast for 10 years. |
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| Frank Koster, MD and CEO, ING Vysya Life said, "The objective of the association is to develop and promote hockey in India. We have made a start with Bangalore Lions. Bangalore Lions, prior to being sponsored by ING Vysya was known as Bangalore Hi-Fliers. |
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