As Air India restarts its hockey team, a look at Tata's sporting legacy

Some of India's top hockey and football talent has come from the ecosystem the conglomerate as nurtured

“For young boys who came from small towns but had a love for football and wanted to pursue the sport professionally, TFA (Tata Football Academy) was a brutal introduction,” former India captain Renedy Singh says. “It was a reality check; if you could make it there, with your peers, then you could make it anywhere.”

Renedy Singh leads a long list of India internationals who owe their youthful moulding to the Tata Football Academy in Jamshedpur – at one point of time, a one-stop for the best young footballers in the country. While the likes of Renedy Singh, Gouramangi Singh