MUMBAI: Even as the Indian hockey contingent readies to take on the best at the Olympic Games, comes a some serious inspiration.

Zee News is offering a massive cash incentive to the Indian Olympic Hockey Team to come out winners during the Athens Olympics. 'Gold ka iradaa 1 Crore ka wadaa' is a promise to the Indian hockey team by Zee News. Translated that means that Rs10 million will be distributed among the team members if they win a Gold medal at the Games, which officially kicks off tomorrow.

Announcing this, Laxmi Goel, director-Newsgroup, Zee News says, "'Gold ka iradaa, 1 Crore ka wadaa' is our way of celebrating the spirit of India's national sport. In making this offer Zee News hopes to boost the hopes of our team in Athens to battle all odds in achieving what we did 24 years ago."