SANT NAGAR SIRSA: In the sleepy village Sant Nagar of Haryana’s Sirsa district, Sardar Singh’s house is easy to locate today. He is a hockey icon and vice captain of the Indian national team that will play in the coming Olympics after a gap of eight years.

However, for Sardar’s parents Gurnam Singh and Jasveer Kaur, who are the force behind the player, it has been a journey fraught with struggles.