Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Technically, the National Games have started from September 20, but officially they started on September 29 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

The opening ceremony was also attended by big sports personalities of India. Anju Bobby George, Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu and Gagan Narang also graced the ceremony with their presence.

Moreover, weightlifter Mirabai Chanu also attended the event. However, all these players are not participating in the National Games, but by attending the opening ceremony, these players explained the importance of this competition, and this will certainly boost the importance of sports in the country.

The players also took a shot at the shooting range of the Gujarat National Games before attending the opening ceremony of the National Games.

PM Modi while attending the opening ceremony Gave the slogan of ‘Jeetega India’.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares the 36th National Games open at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

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— ANI (@ANI) September 29, 2022

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— DD Sports – National Games 2022 🇮🇳 (@ddsportschannel) September 29, 2022

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Olympic gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra has made a big statement from the athletes point of concern at the joint meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Government of India (GOI) at Lausanne, where he called for a larger focus on athlete involvement in affairs that affect them.

“It is athletes who suffer in case of any governance lapses and will continue to suffer if there is any suspension, derecognition or other sanction on the IOA. All of this when athletes have no control or culpability in respect of the matters that affect their careers and livelihood.” said Bindra at the meeting.

The Olympic also stressed that India have world class athletes who represent the nation at various platforms but for their growth, they ‘deserve a strong, responsible, skilled and autonomous institutional structure.’

“There has never been a more exciting time in Indian sport with the best ever performances of our athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The level of government support has also been excellent and is at levels not seen before across a wide variety of sport,” said Bindra.

“The prospect of India as a sporting nation is very real and one gets the feeling that we are only getting started. The athletes and the public deserve a strong, responsible, skilled and autonomous institutional structure to take this mission forward.” he added in the meeting.

The main purpose of the joint meeting was held in order to agree on a constructive solution and establish a roadmap leading to NOC.  The Olympic medallist, thus pointed to an incident wherein IOC had issued a last warning for IOA, earlier in September to get their house in order.

Bindra also went to Twitter and highlighted some points in context to the same.

For the media and sports fans contacting me here is my statement from the athletes perspective at the Joint meeting of the IOC- IOA-GOI at Lausanne earlier today ! pic.twitter.com/VZniMYWA3C

— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) September 27, 2022

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A few days back, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had issued a warning sign to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), in context to resolve all issues of the Sports in the country and around its hierarchy, whereas a clear suspension was on the way.

Earlier on, FIFA, the governing body of Football in the world had put up a ban on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in view of interference of third-party involvement. The ban was however, lifted after some days and FIFA had ordered AIFF to go ahead as plan and schedule of all the events and tournaments.

Now, the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of India, Anurag Thakur has come up with an eye-catching statement, in which he has said that the federation needs to come forward.

“It’s the federation that needs to deliver” said the former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The statement by Thakur should be stressed upon as the central government cannot go through each and every detail and cons happening in the procedures and execution of plans.

The key responsibility is of the Sports Federation, and they should ensure that each player and athlete in the country is equipped with the latest methods and services in their respective games.

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Sports has been reaching to new heights and milestones over the past few years, especially in India, in context to this sports conclave was held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in which different sports personalities expressed their views on ways to better playing conditions.

Manisha Malhotra, the head of sports excellence and security, at JSW Sports, said, “Each training centre should have more accountable benchmarks. I feel the training centres we have do not give the results they were earmarked to do. I think it is time for the government to open the doors to the corporates and make it a much larger movement.”

“I am much pleased to learn that “Sportstar West Sports Conclave Focus Gujarat” is being organized by Sportstar at Ahmedabad. I am delighted to learn that the Conclave is being held as a precursor to the National Games,” message by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel.

“Differentiating between a player who is young and doing well and one who has played for a very long time because there is no yardstick.” But former India international Parthiv Patel feels “players are being taken care of. It is not that player contracts are the only thing. Money is being spent.” Shishir Hattangadi, former Mumbai player take on the hierarchy of sports in the region.

There was also a discussion on how to best utilize sports potential of Gujarat. Manasi Joshi, Asian Para Games medalist, Bhavina Patel, Paralympic medalist, Ankita Raina, Indian tennis player and Ashwini Singh, the principal secretary to the Gujarat government in the sports, youth & cultural activities department shared their views.

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Table tennis will be the first game to kick off at the 36th National Games at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Indoor Stadium in Surat on Tuesday with the official inauguration of the Games happening in Ahmedabad on the 27th of September.

The dates had to be preponed as the World table tennis championships starts off in Chengdu (China) on September 30 and the Indian paddlers who are part of the National team fly off on the 25th & 26th September.

Gujarat men and Maharashtra women will be the favourites to sweep of the titles in the championships.

The national team has had a 10-day camp at the Tapti Valley International School here. “We are excited to represent Gujarat in our home state, and this is the first time we are all (referring to Manush & Manav) playing together in the Games. We have to play well to justify our top seeding,” said Harmeet, who was part of the Indian team that won a gold in the recently held Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

The host has Harmeet Desai, Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar, who are ranked No. 3, 4 & 5 in the country at the domestic level and will be expected to bag the gold.

Moreover, India’s top stars including A. Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra are expected to arrive in the city in a day or two to compete in the individual events. All of them also took part in the Shillong National Championships.

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Chennai Open 2022: Rutuja Bhosale, Karman Thandi get entry into doubles main draw

The all-Indian pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Thandi make their way into the doubles main draw of the WTA250 Chennai Open on Wednesday. Rutuja and Karman got entry as alternates after the withdrawal of Andorran Argentine duo of V. Jimenez Kasintseva (left hip injury) and Nadiia Podoroska.

Rutuja and Karman will face compatriot Prarthana Thombare and Indonesian Jessy Rompies in the opening round.

Digvijay Pratap Singh through to quarterfinals

Digvijay Pratap Singh defeats Pablo Carretero of Spain 6-1, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Madrid on Wednesday. In the Challenger in Istanbul, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan playout BerkIlkel and S Mert Ozdemir of Turkey 6-4, 6-4 to reach the doubles quarterfinals.

Sportstar to host first-ever North Sports Conclave in Lucknow

Sportstar is set to host the first-ever North Sports Conclave on September 15 in Lucknow.

The Conclave will be a series of specially curated conversations on the existing infrastructure, scouting, training, and governance of sports in the state of Uttar Pradesh and also parts of North India in general.

The event also highlights inspiring success stories and provides a rare opportunity to get an insider’s view on North India’s sporting ecosystem, the role of the government in promoting sports, and much more.

World Junior Badminton Championships: Unnati, Anupama, Sankar to lead India

Newly crowned junior world no. 1 Anupama Upadhyaya and Odisha Open Super 100 champion Unnati Hooda would lead the Indian contingent at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships to be held at Santander, Spain from October 17-30, 2022.

The Indian team for the tournament, which is to be held after a gap of two years following the restrictions from Covid-19 pandemic, was selected after a selection process that included two All India Ranking tournaments and a selection trial in Raipur.

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Rajeev Mehta has asked for ‘wholehearted support and cooperation in making the National Games successful’. “As far as athletes are concerned, participation in the National Games is most important for them,” wrote the IOA secretary-general in a letter.

He added: “To ensure the esteemed significance of the National Games, participation of all eligible eminent athletes who have taken part/won medals in International Games and Championships are necessary to compete in the 36th National Games also. The Sports Federations and State Olympic Associations are requested to keep this in mind when selecting the athletes for representing their sports and states.”

However, in the beginning of the year, the National Games were not even in the picture anywhere. It was only in June that the IOA decided to conduct the event, which was originally scheduled to be held in Goa, in the year 2016.

“If there is a clash between international tournaments and the national games for some of the athletes we will discuss and find the best possible solution,” Mehta told the Indian Express.

“We are trying to ensure a way through which at least some of our top-ranked shooters can take part in the National Games. With regards to the rifle/pistol team, they will have to compete in Gujarat before quickly turning their attention to the World Championships,” the official said.

Moreover, he shotgun World Championships are up to take place in Osijek, Croatia, from September 19 to October 12. Afterwards, from October 12 onwards, the rifle and pistol World Championships will begin in Cairo, Egypt.

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The sports sector and its overall infrastructure in India has been extremely fast forward and exponential in its growth and is considered to be the next big opportunity in the field. The infrastructure accounts for a sign of growth and that too particularly in sports.

Moreover, the sports tend to have an overall positive impact on the overall health, education and the economy on large number of studies. Also, countries like United States, Australia, China, Canada, United Kingdom have invested highly in sports domain over the last few years.

These facilities are available to their youth as well across schools, colleges and universities. This has aided these countries to be some of the prime leaders and global sporting powers in world games with their athletes being able to train with world class facilities.

Also, the Sports Authority of India, country’s main sports body is spearheading the development of the sector at full pace to make India an ambitious and a successful sporting nation.

While Indian investment in the sports sector has risen up in recent times, the country has witnessed a surge of growth in its infrastructure development pertaining to sports which will have a positive impact in the long run.

The results can also be seen, India has the richest board of cricket in the world, athletes that participate in Olympics are also bringing laurels for the country. Even football, which has not seen much success in India, still is very equivalent and can be seen making news headlines time and again.

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