Former India hockey goalkeeper Neenah Asaikar-Rane breathed her last in a Mumbai hospital today, January 23, following a protracted illness. Aged 73, she had played in two World Cup Hockey tournaments in Paris (1974) and Edinburgh (1979). India had entered the semis for the only time in Paris.
Neena was a member of the Indian team that won the Six-nation Tournament at Madras in 1975.
She was a recipient of the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Award bestowed by the State of Maharashtra.
Neena was associated with Sanjan Home an institution for the differently abled.
She is survived by her husband, a girl and a daughter.
She will be cremated on Tuesday 24th January at 10 am, at the Vile Parle Hindu Crematorium adjacent to Pawan Hans, Vile Parle-West.