Karnataka’s first female international hockey umpire Anupama dies of coronavirus
Sunday, April 18th, 2021Madikeri : India’s first-ever international woman hockey referee Anupama Puchimanda passed away due to the Covid here on Sunday April 18. She was soft-spoken and gentle off the pitch. On it, field hockey’s international umpire, was a tough, no-nonsense ‘whistle blower’. In the early of Sunday, Covid-19 cruelly blew the final whistle on the 40-year-old’s life. […]